The first Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines (CEAD) conference and hui will take place at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. This, the first in what will be a quadrennial international conference, will take place on 17 - 19 November 2010. We welcome scholars, professionals, and students from all disciplinary backgrounds to share in the rich diversity that the conference and hui promises. Call for Papers and Registration now open! Submit your abstract online before 16 April 2010. http://www.cead.org.nz
Keynote speakers including;
Professor Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Professor Neil Drew, University of Notre Dame Australia (UNDA)
Professor Elspeth Probyn, Hawke Research Institute at the University of South Australia
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori at the University of Waikato
There are three major content strands or themes for the CEAD conference and hui:
Emerging Methods
Practice and Advocacy
Social Justice and Transformation
Contributors will be invited to experiment with traditional ethnography, as well as new methodologies and with new presentational formats such as drama, performance, poetry, autoethnography, and fiction. Presenters papers will be considered for a peer-reviewed compilation of four to five presentations per thread. Visit the website for more information http://www.cead.org.nz .
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
PhD OPPORTUNITIES: University of Ulster
PhD Opportunities at the University of Ulster (Social Sciences of Sport)
Applications are invited for PhD studentships commencing in September 2010. Applicants should hold, or expect to hold by 14 August 2010, a first or upper second class honours degree in a subject closely related to the proposed research topic.
Detailed information on funding opportunities is available on the University web site at http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/prospective/funding.html
Application materials are available at http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/status/studentopp.html
Information on the Social Sciences of Sport scholarships are available at http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/gradschool/-Sports-Exercise-Sciences-.html
The closing date for the receipt of studentship applications will be Friday, 26 March 2010. Interviews will form part of the selection process and are likely to be held during the period late April to early May 2010.
Applications are invited for PhD studentships commencing in September 2010. Applicants should hold, or expect to hold by 14 August 2010, a first or upper second class honours degree in a subject closely related to the proposed research topic.
Detailed information on funding opportunities is available on the University web site at http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/prospective/funding.html
Application materials are available at http://research.ulster.ac.uk/info/status/studentopp.html
Information on the Social Sciences of Sport scholarships are available at http://www.science.ulster.ac.uk/gradschool/-Sports-Exercise-Sciences-.html
The closing date for the receipt of studentship applications will be Friday, 26 March 2010. Interviews will form part of the selection process and are likely to be held during the period late April to early May 2010.
STUDENT CONFERENCE: “Weighing in” on Public Health: Physical Activity and the (Un)Healthy Body
The Physical Cultural Studies program at the University of Maryland is hosting its 3rd annual student conference on Friday, April 16th, 2010. The deadline for abstract submission has been set at Friday, March 19th. More detailed information and a call for papers can be found below and in the attachment.
Physical Cultural Studies
3rd Annual Student Conference
“Weighing in” on Public Health:
Physical Activity and the (Un)Healthy Body
Friday, April 16th, 2010
For additional details, please visit:
http://sph.umd.edu/KNES/research/pcs
Physical Cultural Studies
3rd Annual Student Conference
“Weighing in” on Public Health:
Physical Activity and the (Un)Healthy Body
Friday, April 16th, 2010
For additional details, please visit:
http://sph.umd.edu/KNES/research/pcs
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION: Sport, Leisure, and the Body
The Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division announces the 2010 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical and/or theoretical, and they may be on any aspect of sport or sporting culture, leisure, and/or sporting bodies broadly defined. The winner will receive a stipend of $100, student membership in SSSP, complimentary registration fee for the 2010 annual meeting (to help the winner attend the meeting), and a complimentary ticket to the 2010 awards banquet. The winner may also be invited to present the winning paper at one of the Sport, Leisure, and the Body sessions being at the 2010 annual meeting. To be eligible, a paper must meet the following criteria: 1) The paper must be authored by one or more students, and not co-authored with a faculty member or colleague who is not a student; 2) The paper must have been written between January 2009 and March 2010; 3) The paper may not have been submitted or accepted for publication (papers that have been presented at a professional meeting or that have been submitted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible); 4) The paper must not exceed 30 pages including notes, references, and tables; 5) The paper must be typed using 12 point font in either Times New Roman or Courier; and 6) The paper must be accompanied by a nominating letter from a faculty member at the student’s college or university. Papers must be submitted in BOTH electronic (Word-compatible) and hard copy format. Please send electronic submissions to pjmcgann@umich.edu . Send the faculty letter of nomination and FOUR copies of the paper with all identifying information removed to: Dr. PJ McGann, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, 3212 LSA Building, 500 So. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382. Submission must be dated (via electronic time/date stamp and post-mark) on or before March 31, 2010.
CFP: Sociology of Diagnosis
CALL FOR PAPERS: CALL FOR PAPERS: SOCIOLOGY OF DIAGNOSIS
Volume 13 of Advances in Medical Sociology
Barbara KatzRothman (CUNY), series editor
Editors: PJ McGann and David J. Hutson (University of Michigan)
ABSTRACTS DUE: April 5, 2010
The Advances in Medical Sociology series seeks submissions for a new volume on Sociology of Diagnosis. Diagnosis is central to medical practice, medical knowledge and research, medicalization dynamics, and health and illness experience. Embedded in social relations, diagnoses reflect and shape social dynamics and cultural concerns. Diagnoses are integral to resource allocation, form the basis for identities and action, and may become a focal point of turf battles and contested authority. Some diagnoses are willingly embraced, whereas others are strenuously resisted. Sometimes diagnoses come and go as fashions, yet some diagnoses persist. A sociological approach to diagnosis thus occupies a complex intersection of diverse subfields including medical sociology, sociology of knowledge, mental health, deviance and social control, sociology of science, social movements, the body, sexualities, gender, and the sociology of health and illness. Yet, despite path-breaking early statements (M. Blaxter 1978, P. Brown 1990) and suggestive recent work informed by feminist, Foucauldian, and cultural theories, the sociology of diagnosis is yet to cohere. With this in mind we envision Volume 13 as a touchstone text of sociologically informed empirical reports, conceptual pieces, and theoretical statements that define and survey the broad terrain of diagnosis-related inquiry. Accordingly we seek submissions that explore diagnosis as a social category and/or those that investigate diagnostic processes. Given the potential breadth of the field we are interested in a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to:
• Social activism and diagnostic categories
• Expansion & contraction of diagnostic boundaries
• Lay diagnosis
• Diagnoses and medical authority
• Contested diagnoses
• Diagnosis and stigma
• Embodiment and diagnosis
• Diagnosis and reality construction
• Diagnosis and social control
• Role of diagnosis in medicalization processes
• Collective identity, politics, and diagnosis
• Time- and culture-bound syndromes
• Existentiality of diagnostic categories
• Globalization of diagnosis
Interested contributors should email a 300-500 word abstract no later than April 5, 2010 to the editors at soc-of-diagnosis@umich.edu.
Inquiries are also welcome at this address. Please include the name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for the author(s) with the abstract. The editors will contact authors regarding their submissions by May 21, 2010. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) is November 15, 2010. The target date for publication of Volume 13 is late 2011/early 2012.
Volume 13 of Advances in Medical Sociology
Barbara KatzRothman (CUNY), series editor
Editors: PJ McGann and David J. Hutson (University of Michigan)
ABSTRACTS DUE: April 5, 2010
The Advances in Medical Sociology series seeks submissions for a new volume on Sociology of Diagnosis. Diagnosis is central to medical practice, medical knowledge and research, medicalization dynamics, and health and illness experience. Embedded in social relations, diagnoses reflect and shape social dynamics and cultural concerns. Diagnoses are integral to resource allocation, form the basis for identities and action, and may become a focal point of turf battles and contested authority. Some diagnoses are willingly embraced, whereas others are strenuously resisted. Sometimes diagnoses come and go as fashions, yet some diagnoses persist. A sociological approach to diagnosis thus occupies a complex intersection of diverse subfields including medical sociology, sociology of knowledge, mental health, deviance and social control, sociology of science, social movements, the body, sexualities, gender, and the sociology of health and illness. Yet, despite path-breaking early statements (M. Blaxter 1978, P. Brown 1990) and suggestive recent work informed by feminist, Foucauldian, and cultural theories, the sociology of diagnosis is yet to cohere. With this in mind we envision Volume 13 as a touchstone text of sociologically informed empirical reports, conceptual pieces, and theoretical statements that define and survey the broad terrain of diagnosis-related inquiry. Accordingly we seek submissions that explore diagnosis as a social category and/or those that investigate diagnostic processes. Given the potential breadth of the field we are interested in a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to:
• Social activism and diagnostic categories
• Expansion & contraction of diagnostic boundaries
• Lay diagnosis
• Diagnoses and medical authority
• Contested diagnoses
• Diagnosis and stigma
• Embodiment and diagnosis
• Diagnosis and reality construction
• Diagnosis and social control
• Role of diagnosis in medicalization processes
• Collective identity, politics, and diagnosis
• Time- and culture-bound syndromes
• Existentiality of diagnostic categories
• Globalization of diagnosis
Interested contributors should email a 300-500 word abstract no later than April 5, 2010 to the editors at soc-of-diagnosis@umich.edu.
Inquiries are also welcome at this address. Please include the name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for the author(s) with the abstract. The editors will contact authors regarding their submissions by May 21, 2010. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) is November 15, 2010. The target date for publication of Volume 13 is late 2011/early 2012.
Volume 13 of Advances in Medical Sociology
Barbara KatzRothman (CUNY), series editor
Editors: PJ McGann and David J. Hutson (University of Michigan)
ABSTRACTS DUE: April 5, 2010
The Advances in Medical Sociology series seeks submissions for a new volume on Sociology of Diagnosis. Diagnosis is central to medical practice, medical knowledge and research, medicalization dynamics, and health and illness experience. Embedded in social relations, diagnoses reflect and shape social dynamics and cultural concerns. Diagnoses are integral to resource allocation, form the basis for identities and action, and may become a focal point of turf battles and contested authority. Some diagnoses are willingly embraced, whereas others are strenuously resisted. Sometimes diagnoses come and go as fashions, yet some diagnoses persist. A sociological approach to diagnosis thus occupies a complex intersection of diverse subfields including medical sociology, sociology of knowledge, mental health, deviance and social control, sociology of science, social movements, the body, sexualities, gender, and the sociology of health and illness. Yet, despite path-breaking early statements (M. Blaxter 1978, P. Brown 1990) and suggestive recent work informed by feminist, Foucauldian, and cultural theories, the sociology of diagnosis is yet to cohere. With this in mind we envision Volume 13 as a touchstone text of sociologically informed empirical reports, conceptual pieces, and theoretical statements that define and survey the broad terrain of diagnosis-related inquiry. Accordingly we seek submissions that explore diagnosis as a social category and/or those that investigate diagnostic processes. Given the potential breadth of the field we are interested in a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to:
• Social activism and diagnostic categories
• Expansion & contraction of diagnostic boundaries
• Lay diagnosis
• Diagnoses and medical authority
• Contested diagnoses
• Diagnosis and stigma
• Embodiment and diagnosis
• Diagnosis and reality construction
• Diagnosis and social control
• Role of diagnosis in medicalization processes
• Collective identity, politics, and diagnosis
• Time- and culture-bound syndromes
• Existentiality of diagnostic categories
• Globalization of diagnosis
Interested contributors should email a 300-500 word abstract no later than April 5, 2010 to the editors at soc-of-diagnosis@umich.edu.
Inquiries are also welcome at this address. Please include the name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for the author(s) with the abstract. The editors will contact authors regarding their submissions by May 21, 2010. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) is November 15, 2010. The target date for publication of Volume 13 is late 2011/early 2012.
Volume 13 of Advances in Medical Sociology
Barbara KatzRothman (CUNY), series editor
Editors: PJ McGann and David J. Hutson (University of Michigan)
ABSTRACTS DUE: April 5, 2010
The Advances in Medical Sociology series seeks submissions for a new volume on Sociology of Diagnosis. Diagnosis is central to medical practice, medical knowledge and research, medicalization dynamics, and health and illness experience. Embedded in social relations, diagnoses reflect and shape social dynamics and cultural concerns. Diagnoses are integral to resource allocation, form the basis for identities and action, and may become a focal point of turf battles and contested authority. Some diagnoses are willingly embraced, whereas others are strenuously resisted. Sometimes diagnoses come and go as fashions, yet some diagnoses persist. A sociological approach to diagnosis thus occupies a complex intersection of diverse subfields including medical sociology, sociology of knowledge, mental health, deviance and social control, sociology of science, social movements, the body, sexualities, gender, and the sociology of health and illness. Yet, despite path-breaking early statements (M. Blaxter 1978, P. Brown 1990) and suggestive recent work informed by feminist, Foucauldian, and cultural theories, the sociology of diagnosis is yet to cohere. With this in mind we envision Volume 13 as a touchstone text of sociologically informed empirical reports, conceptual pieces, and theoretical statements that define and survey the broad terrain of diagnosis-related inquiry. Accordingly we seek submissions that explore diagnosis as a social category and/or those that investigate diagnostic processes. Given the potential breadth of the field we are interested in a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to:
• Social activism and diagnostic categories
• Expansion & contraction of diagnostic boundaries
• Lay diagnosis
• Diagnoses and medical authority
• Contested diagnoses
• Diagnosis and stigma
• Embodiment and diagnosis
• Diagnosis and reality construction
• Diagnosis and social control
• Role of diagnosis in medicalization processes
• Collective identity, politics, and diagnosis
• Time- and culture-bound syndromes
• Existentiality of diagnostic categories
• Globalization of diagnosis
Interested contributors should email a 300-500 word abstract no later than April 5, 2010 to the editors at soc-of-diagnosis@umich.edu.
Inquiries are also welcome at this address. Please include the name(s), affiliation(s), and full contact information for the author(s) with the abstract. The editors will contact authors regarding their submissions by May 21, 2010. The deadline for full submissions (7500-8500 words) is November 15, 2010. The target date for publication of Volume 13 is late 2011/early 2012.
CONFERENCE: Graduate Research Conference
The graduate students in the department of Exercise Sciences at the
University of Toronto are pleased to announce a two-day conference
aimed at the study of the human body. Please Join us in Toronto on May
13 and 14, 2010.
Now in its seventh year, the Graduate Research Conference is designed to
bring together graduate students to share their research in a positive
environment and to engage with other students and ideas from across
the many disciplines that comprise studies in sport, health and
physical activity. We welcome students from cultural studies, nursing, motor control,education, sociology, kinesiology, physiology, nutrition, sexual diversity studies and many others!
Students can present research 'in progress', test out ideas for a thesis or dissertation proposal, make a dry run of a future conference paper or present original research.
Please send a 200 word abstract, including your name and affiliation to conference.exs@utoronto.ca by APRIL 9, 2010
For more information email conference.exs@utoronto.ca
University of Toronto are pleased to announce a two-day conference
aimed at the study of the human body. Please Join us in Toronto on May
13 and 14, 2010.
Now in its seventh year, the Graduate Research Conference is designed to
bring together graduate students to share their research in a positive
environment and to engage with other students and ideas from across
the many disciplines that comprise studies in sport, health and
physical activity. We welcome students from cultural studies, nursing, motor control,education, sociology, kinesiology, physiology, nutrition, sexual diversity studies and many others!
Students can present research 'in progress', test out ideas for a thesis or dissertation proposal, make a dry run of a future conference paper or present original research.
Please send a 200 word abstract, including your name and affiliation to conference.exs@utoronto.ca by APRIL 9, 2010
For more information email conference.exs@utoronto.ca
CFP: ISHPES Seminar at the Wingate Institute in Israel
The deadline for the Call for Papers for the ISHPES Seminar at the Wingate
Institute in Israel (June 3-6, 2010) has been prolonged until March 31, 2010.
For further information see http://congress.wincol.ac.il
Institute in Israel (June 3-6, 2010) has been prolonged until March 31, 2010.
For further information see http://congress.wincol.ac.il
CONFERENCE: 'Olympic Myth and Sports Heroes'
Each year, the European Committee for Sports History (CESH) organizes its annual congress. We would like to invite you to participate. This year the topic is 'Olympic Myth and Sports Heroes'. It will be held in Monastir (Tunisia), 23-25 September 2010.
Call for abstracts is open. Please, send them to the secretary of the Congress until 15 May 2010: adelaviuda@gmail.com
You can find additional information on http://www.cesh-site.eu/monastir
Call for abstracts is open. Please, send them to the secretary of the Congress until 15 May 2010: adelaviuda@gmail.com
You can find additional information on http://www.cesh-site.eu/monastir
SCHOLARSHIP: Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Scholarship at Durham University
Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Scholarship at Durham University
(8 March 2010)
Project title: Iconic Institutions and Audience Ownership: a comparative study of the sport and corporate sectors
Applications are invited for a full-time postgraduate scholarship at Durham University, to be hosted jointly by the School of Applied Social Sciences and Durham Business School.
Supervisors - Prof. Richard Giulianotti (Sport/Sociology), and Prof. Timothy Clark (Organizational Behaviour/University Dean of Graduate School)
The scholarship will fund postgraduate research which investigates the contemporary relationships of audiences and markets to particular iconic institutions. The project will centre upon a comparative study of one popular sporting institution (a football club) and one non-sporting organisation. Both institutions will be the focus for strong senses of emotional engagement, ownership, loyalty and solidarity among their respective audiences, fans or consumers. The football club and other organisation to be investigated will be agreed by the student and supervisors. The project will build upon the core research strengths and published work of the supervisors - Professor Richard Giulianotti (SASS) and Professor Timothy Clark (DBS) - in relation to fans, audiences and celebrity within the sport and business spheres.
This scholarship is tenable for three years from 1st October 2010 and will provide the award-holder with the following annual package of financial support:
A fee waiver at the Home/EU postgraduate research rate[1]; and
A tax-free maintenance grant of £5,000.
Applications are invited from UK, EU and international students.
Applicants should have, or expect to receive, at least an upper-second class degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant social science. Preference may be given to candidates who are undertaking, or who have completed, postgraduate training in social research methods.
Closing date: 30 April 2010.
For informal enquiries, please contact: Richard Giulianotti (richard.giulianotti@durham.ac.uk) or Timothy Clark (timothy.clark@durham.ac.uk)
Applications
Applicants wishing to be considered for the awards starting in October 2010 should make an on-line application to the University on or before 30th April 2010, as well as submitting a research proposal and c.v. To apply, please read the further details about studying for a research degree in the School at: http://www.durham.ac.uk/sass/phd and then fill in the online application form by going to: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/ and following the link to the application form. Please select "PhD - Sociology and Social Policy" as your programme and indicate for which studentship you are applying.
For further information on the application process, please contact Jill Lea, Research Secretary, j.m.lea@durham.ac.uk (0191 3341485) in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, Elvet Riverside 2, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3JTUK.
(8 March 2010)
Project title: Iconic Institutions and Audience Ownership: a comparative study of the sport and corporate sectors
Applications are invited for a full-time postgraduate scholarship at Durham University, to be hosted jointly by the School of Applied Social Sciences and Durham Business School.
Supervisors - Prof. Richard Giulianotti (Sport/Sociology), and Prof. Timothy Clark (Organizational Behaviour/University Dean of Graduate School)
The scholarship will fund postgraduate research which investigates the contemporary relationships of audiences and markets to particular iconic institutions. The project will centre upon a comparative study of one popular sporting institution (a football club) and one non-sporting organisation. Both institutions will be the focus for strong senses of emotional engagement, ownership, loyalty and solidarity among their respective audiences, fans or consumers. The football club and other organisation to be investigated will be agreed by the student and supervisors. The project will build upon the core research strengths and published work of the supervisors - Professor Richard Giulianotti (SASS) and Professor Timothy Clark (DBS) - in relation to fans, audiences and celebrity within the sport and business spheres.
This scholarship is tenable for three years from 1st October 2010 and will provide the award-holder with the following annual package of financial support:
A fee waiver at the Home/EU postgraduate research rate[1]; and
A tax-free maintenance grant of £5,000.
Applications are invited from UK, EU and international students.
Applicants should have, or expect to receive, at least an upper-second class degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant social science. Preference may be given to candidates who are undertaking, or who have completed, postgraduate training in social research methods.
Closing date: 30 April 2010.
For informal enquiries, please contact: Richard Giulianotti (richard.giulianotti@durham.ac.uk) or Timothy Clark (timothy.clark@durham.ac.uk)
Applications
Applicants wishing to be considered for the awards starting in October 2010 should make an on-line application to the University on or before 30th April 2010, as well as submitting a research proposal and c.v. To apply, please read the further details about studying for a research degree in the School at: http://www.durham.ac.uk/sass/phd and then fill in the online application form by going to: http://www.dur.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/ and following the link to the application form. Please select "PhD - Sociology and Social Policy" as your programme and indicate for which studentship you are applying.
For further information on the application process, please contact Jill Lea, Research Secretary, j.m.lea@durham.ac.uk (0191 3341485) in the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham University, Elvet Riverside 2, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3JTUK.
SEMINAR: Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture
THE CHICAGO SEMINAR ON SPORT AND CULTURE
Sport, Social Intervention and Public Sociology
by
Peter A. Donnelly
Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health,
Director, Center for Sports Studies
University of Toronto
and
Michael Atkinson
Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
We are pleased to invite you to the next session of the Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture at the Newberry Library, March 19, 2010, at 3:30 PM, co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and North Central College. The lecture is open to the public at no charge. The Newberry Library is located at 80 W. Walton, Chicago, IL.
The authors will address the prospects and future horizons of a more vibrant, engaged and politically active public sociology of sport. In 2004, Michael Burawoy argued in his presidential address at the American Sociological Association that “the world needs public sociology—a sociology that transcends the academy. . . .The critical imagination, exposing the gap between what is and what could be infuses values into public sociology to remind us that the world could bee different. Donnelly and Atkinson believe that a public sociology of sport must account for and intervene into the barriers within sport and leisure fields that deny access to and freedom of participation/expression for all. It should go beyond critical sociological research and try to find resolutions to social problems in sport at local, national, and international levels. Academic work would thus have a practical and interventionist purpose beyond the ivory tower. They ask whether the sociology of sport makes a difference, and if so, “whose knowledge counts?
Prof. Donnelly’s publications include Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies (2009).
Prof. Atkinson’s most recent book is Battleground: Sports (2008)
For further information, contact Steve Riess, chair of the seminar, at 773 442 5631 or (preferred) s-riess@neiu.edu.
Sport, Social Intervention and Public Sociology
by
Peter A. Donnelly
Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health,
Director, Center for Sports Studies
University of Toronto
and
Michael Atkinson
Associate Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto
We are pleased to invite you to the next session of the Chicago Seminar on Sport and Culture at the Newberry Library, March 19, 2010, at 3:30 PM, co-sponsored by Northeastern Illinois University and North Central College. The lecture is open to the public at no charge. The Newberry Library is located at 80 W. Walton, Chicago, IL.
The authors will address the prospects and future horizons of a more vibrant, engaged and politically active public sociology of sport. In 2004, Michael Burawoy argued in his presidential address at the American Sociological Association that “the world needs public sociology—a sociology that transcends the academy. . . .The critical imagination, exposing the gap between what is and what could be infuses values into public sociology to remind us that the world could bee different. Donnelly and Atkinson believe that a public sociology of sport must account for and intervene into the barriers within sport and leisure fields that deny access to and freedom of participation/expression for all. It should go beyond critical sociological research and try to find resolutions to social problems in sport at local, national, and international levels. Academic work would thus have a practical and interventionist purpose beyond the ivory tower. They ask whether the sociology of sport makes a difference, and if so, “whose knowledge counts?
Prof. Donnelly’s publications include Sports in Society: Issues and Controversies (2009).
Prof. Atkinson’s most recent book is Battleground: Sports (2008)
For further information, contact Steve Riess, chair of the seminar, at 773 442 5631 or (preferred) s-riess@neiu.edu.
AWARD: 2010 Barbara Brown Student Paper
CALL FOR PAPERS – NASSS Student Members
2010 Barbara Brown Student Paper Award
HISTORY
Barbara A. Brown was a professor of sport sociology at the University of Western Ontario from 1983 until 1990, when she died of cancer aged forty. Dr. Brown, who was President-Elect of NASSS at the time of her death, was widely recognized for her expertise on women in sport and leisure, her political commitment to extending girls' and women's opportunities for participation in sport, and her contributions to the development of a professional community of sport sociologists. She was also a dedicated mentor and teacher whose invaluable work with students is appropriately memorialized in the naming of this award for her.
INSTRUCTIONS
· Papers may not exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including notes, tables, and references (which also need to be double-spaced).
· Papers should be free of any reference to the author(s) in order to ensure blind review.
· Authors should follow a consistent style (e.g., APA) throughout the paper, and should include line numbers to facilitate reviewer comments.
· Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper, their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree program, advisor name and contact information, and award category for submission (master’s or doctoral).
ELIGIBILITY
· Authors MUST be members of NASSS at time of submission. Please be sure that your membership status is updated and current.
· Papers do not need to be submitted for presentation at the NASSS conference (though most are).
· Authors must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time their paper is submitted.
· Papers that have undergone formal, peer review for publication are not eligible for the contest.
· Papers must represent student-produced inquiry only. Limited input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and content, or recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
· The committee will accept one (1) submission per author.
· Papers that were previously submitted for consideration and not awarded may be resubmitted for consideration, provided the author and paper meet all other criteria.
· In the event that a co-authored paper is selected as winner, the authors will share the prize.
· When warranted, the committee will offer up to two (2) awards, one (1) for a Master’s Student and one (1) for a PhD student.
· Only papers deemed by the committee to be truly outstanding will be considered for the award, and thus there is a possibility that no awards will be given for either or both award categories (i.e. Master’s and PhD).
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
Papers will be evaluated on the following criteria:
· Explanation of Conceptual Framework
· Analytic Clarity and Currency
· Organization and Clarity of Expression
· Discussion or Interpretation
· Contribution to Knowledge-Impact
· Relevance to NASSS/field
· Adherence to Consistent Referencing Style (e.g., APA)
PRIZES
The award recipient will receive up to $1000 towards their NASSS conference expenses, plus a waiver of the conference registration fee. The Student Paper Award Committee may also give up to two honorable mentions in each category. Students receiving an honorable mention will have their conference registration fees waived. In addition, all authors will receive feedback on their papers, which will hopefully benefit the authors.
SUBMISSIONS
The DEADLINE for submissions is August 1, 2010.
Papers and any questions should be sent via email to:
Dr. jay johnson, Student Paper Award Committee Chair
Email: jjohnson@kin.sjsu.edu
2010 Barbara Brown Student Paper Award
HISTORY
Barbara A. Brown was a professor of sport sociology at the University of Western Ontario from 1983 until 1990, when she died of cancer aged forty. Dr. Brown, who was President-Elect of NASSS at the time of her death, was widely recognized for her expertise on women in sport and leisure, her political commitment to extending girls' and women's opportunities for participation in sport, and her contributions to the development of a professional community of sport sociologists. She was also a dedicated mentor and teacher whose invaluable work with students is appropriately memorialized in the naming of this award for her.
INSTRUCTIONS
· Papers may not exceed 30 double-spaced pages, including notes, tables, and references (which also need to be double-spaced).
· Papers should be free of any reference to the author(s) in order to ensure blind review.
· Authors should follow a consistent style (e.g., APA) throughout the paper, and should include line numbers to facilitate reviewer comments.
· Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper, their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree program, advisor name and contact information, and award category for submission (master’s or doctoral).
ELIGIBILITY
· Authors MUST be members of NASSS at time of submission. Please be sure that your membership status is updated and current.
· Papers do not need to be submitted for presentation at the NASSS conference (though most are).
· Authors must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time their paper is submitted.
· Papers that have undergone formal, peer review for publication are not eligible for the contest.
· Papers must represent student-produced inquiry only. Limited input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and content, or recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
· The committee will accept one (1) submission per author.
· Papers that were previously submitted for consideration and not awarded may be resubmitted for consideration, provided the author and paper meet all other criteria.
· In the event that a co-authored paper is selected as winner, the authors will share the prize.
· When warranted, the committee will offer up to two (2) awards, one (1) for a Master’s Student and one (1) for a PhD student.
· Only papers deemed by the committee to be truly outstanding will be considered for the award, and thus there is a possibility that no awards will be given for either or both award categories (i.e. Master’s and PhD).
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
Papers will be evaluated on the following criteria:
· Explanation of Conceptual Framework
· Analytic Clarity and Currency
· Organization and Clarity of Expression
· Discussion or Interpretation
· Contribution to Knowledge-Impact
· Relevance to NASSS/field
· Adherence to Consistent Referencing Style (e.g., APA)
PRIZES
The award recipient will receive up to $1000 towards their NASSS conference expenses, plus a waiver of the conference registration fee. The Student Paper Award Committee may also give up to two honorable mentions in each category. Students receiving an honorable mention will have their conference registration fees waived. In addition, all authors will receive feedback on their papers, which will hopefully benefit the authors.
SUBMISSIONS
The DEADLINE for submissions is August 1, 2010.
Papers and any questions should be sent via email to:
Dr. jay johnson, Student Paper Award Committee Chair
Email: jjohnson@kin.sjsu.edu
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