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A Haunted Generation Remembers

Second-generation Sikhs grew up with fragments and half-told stories of the anti-Sikh violence of 1984, but it is not just direct descendants of survivors who “remember” traumatic experiences.

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Asian Americans and Internalized Racial Oppression: Identified, Reproduced, and Dismantled

Asian Americans and Internalized Racial Oppression: Identified, Reproduced, and Dismantled

Internalized racial oppression among Asian Americans is currently an understudied topic in the...

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This course focuses on interactions between people and groups from different religions in the increasingly multicultural and interconnected global society. It emphasizes how sociology informs our understanding of interreligious contact and conflict. 

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114th ASA Annual Meeting

The 2019 ASA Annual Meeting will be held August 10-13 in New York City. The submission site for the 2019 Annual Meeting is now open.

 

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Fall 2018 Contexts Online Free until January 13

Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge social research accessible to general readers. It's the public face of sociology.
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ASA Letter Regarding the Occupy Central and Umbrella Movement

Recently ASA sent a letter encouraging China to drop charges against leaders of Occupy Central and Umbrella Movement.

National Scientific Organizations File Amicus Brief Objecting to Inclusion of Citizenship Question in the 2020 Census

The American Sociological Association, the American Statistical Association, and the Population Association of America filed an amicus...
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Call for Papers: Social Networks and Social Psychology

Social Psychology Quarterly invites papers for a special issue on the social networks and social psychology. Submission deadline: June 1,...
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Letter Regarding the Proposed Legal Definition of Sex

According to a memo obtained by The New York Times on October 21, the Department of Health and Human Services is seeking to establish a...

Call for Applications: Editor, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Application deadline: March 1, 2019 Individual and team applications are invited for the position of editor of Sociology of Race and...
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Proposals Invited for Five ASA Journal Editorships

ASA encourages applications for both sole editorships and co-editorships, and from members of underrepresented groups.
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