Development Section Announcements

Below are the section announcements. It includes a call for papers and job announcements. ********* Call for Participants “Connecting Students to the Labor Movement” Annual Meetings of the Southern Labor Studies Association March 6–8, 2015 Washington, DC – The George Washington University Deadline: February 9, 2015 (Papers not necessary) We invite labor activists and academics alike to participate in a panel to discuss how they … Continue reading Development Section Announcements

Call for Papers Qualitative Sociology Special Issue on Gender and Globalization

In the past decade, pressing social changes have brought issues of gender, sexuality, and globalization to the fore, many of which are just beginning to be studied sociologically. New social movements addressing issues of gender and sexuality are being organized at a global level – including LGBTQ activism, anti-trafficking activism, and domestic worker advocacy – and inciting contentious debates. The Arab Spring and turmoil in … Continue reading Call for Papers Qualitative Sociology Special Issue on Gender and Globalization

Panel and Paper Proposals for SEWHA Peace and Human Rights in World History Conference, October 10-11, 2014

The June 1 Call for Papers (CFP) deadline has passed and we have 16 paper proposals in hand (4 complete panels (4 x 3 papers each = 12), 3 individual paper submissions, and one partial panel submission).  There are three additional possible panels, and a possible individual paper. We almost have enough papers now, as there are slots for six or seven panels, or even … Continue reading Panel and Paper Proposals for SEWHA Peace and Human Rights in World History Conference, October 10-11, 2014

Section Announcements

ASA RECEPTION:  The Development Section will hold its reception on Saturday, August 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 at THIRSTY BEARS BREWING COMPANY, 661 Howard Street, San Francisco.  We will be joined by colleagues from the Theory and Comparative-Historical Sections.  We have a great room for the event, and it should be a good time for all.  I will send out reminders about this event as ASA approaches, but please mark … Continue reading Section Announcements

Call for Papers: Canadian Sociology Association Conference

This is an open call for papers for the “Sociology of Development” panel(s) of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) annual conference (cross-listed with the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development). The 49th Annual Conference of the CSA will be held from Monday, May 26 through to Friday, May 30, 2014 as part of the Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress, this year taking place at Brock … Continue reading Call for Papers: Canadian Sociology Association Conference

Sociology of Development Events at the ASA Annual Conference

Sessions Sponsored by Sociology of Development (August 10).  To help with your scheduling, I’ve listed the sessions sponsored by the section (scroll down for a listing of our sessions).  August 10th (Saturday) – the opening day of the ASA– is our day.  In addition to several sessions (Gender and Development, Institutions and Development, and Population and Development), our roundtables are scheduled for 8:30 – 9:30 AM.    Sociology … Continue reading Sociology of Development Events at the ASA Annual Conference