CSA Theory Cluster

Register now for our annual lecture: How Did We Get to Here? A Conversation with Jeffrey Alexander and Peter Beilharz Free and open to all. June 28 5:45pm @greekcentre, Melbourne. Concurrent with this year's @isa_sociology conference #ISAWCS23 buff.ly/3BBEuKg @AustSoc

This semester, students in my sociology of culture class are using #ChatGPT to complete their first assignment. Listen to my conversation on @CBCSuperiorMorn about it here: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

This special issue was edited by Dr. Shahina Parvin and Eileen Sowunmi.

The “Symposium on Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Theorizing” has been published in The Canadian Review of Sociology / Revue canadienne de sociologie (CRS/RCS) (May 2023 Issue). It can be found here in the section entitled "Committing Sociology": lnkd.in/g5YUWhCB

To our members: You're always welcome to send us news of your accomplishments and your recent publications.... we want to share them with our members!

The @csa_sociology conference/@federation_hss congress, is a few weeks away! Our section is hosting 9 sessions, join us! csa-scs.ca/conference/ses…

If you could go back in time, which classic sociological theorist would you like to meet?

𝟮/𝟭𝟭 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗺𝘀. In the social sciences, few explicitly state their ontological commitments. But some work has been done to identify what has been called paradigms, or theoretical approaches or positions, which draw on different ontologies. Here are some examples:

@ForooghMohamma1 and I are organizing a session at @csa_sociology annual conference. If you have done research in the sociology of space, place, and time area and want to present it, you can submit your abstract by January 31, 2023. @MUNSociology @sssiorg @CSA_Theory

Friendly Friday reminder that abstracts for the Symposium for Early Career Theorists are due January 31.

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The conference will be held May 29 – June 2, 2023 as part of the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress in partnership with York University. @YorkUniversity @YorkUSOCI @federation_hss

We have 9 calls for abstracts for this year's upcoming Conference of the Canadian Sociological Association. Check them out here: csa-scs.ca/conference/ses… And see submission instructions here: csa-scs.ca/conference/cal… #socialtheory #sociologicaltheory @csa_sociology

What's the newest addition to your theory syllabus?

The call for paper proposals to the Symposium for Early Career Theorists is open! We welcome extended abstract submissions of 600-800 words via the CSA Abstract Manager website: csa-scs.ca/conference/cal… #CSA @csa_sociology @yorkuniversity @federation_hss

📢📢 @csa_sociology is calling for abstracts for our Annual Conference!!!! Submission window is: December 5, 2022 - January 31, 2023 Learn more: csa-scs.ca/conference/cal…

What theory book has the coolest cover?

The semester is almost over! Are there any readings, videos, podcasts, etc. your students found super engaging this semester?

What's your favorite theory article or book published in the last 5 years?

Happy Halloween from Pumpkin Marx! 🔪&📸by Reiss