Calendar of Meetings of Interest to Sociologists

Meetings of Interest to Sociologists

There are a variety of sociological meetings that offer opportunities for sociologists and sociology students to expand their professional networks. A schedule of meetings planned by various sociological organizations is listed below.

December 10-11, 2009. National Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment Association Annual Conference, University of Texas-San Antonio. Contact: Samantha Dutill, (610) 993-0229; samantha@nabita.org; www.nabita.org.

February 4, 2010. Critical Criminology & Justice Studies Mini-Conference, Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI. Conference Theme: "Gender and Race/Ethnicity." Contact: Karen S. Glover, Department of Sociology, California State University-San Marcos, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd., San Marcos, CA 92096-0001; (760) 750-4170; kglover@csusm.edu.

March 12-13, 2010. Scholarship, Teaching and Learning in the Age of the Plastic Body - Dialogues with Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC, Canada. Contact: Diane Naugler at diane.naugler@kwantlen.ca.

March 18-21, 2010. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Theme: "Economic Crisis and New Social Realities." For more information, visit www.essnet.org.

March 31-April 3, 2010. Joint Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society and the North Central Sociological Association, Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL. Theme: "Communities in an Age of Social Transformation." Contacts: Peter J. Kivisto at PeterKivisto@augustana.edu; or Debra H. Swanson at swansond@hope.edu.

April 7-9, 2010. British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2010, Glasgow Caledonian University. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk/events/conference.

April 16-18, 2010. Voices from the In-Between: Aporias, Reverberations, and Audiences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Contact: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003; (413) 577-2161; voicesfromtheinbetween@gmail.com.

June 17-20, 2010. North American Conference on the Study of Radicalism Religious and Political Radicalisms: Mapping the Territory, Michigan State University. For more information, visit www.radicalismjournal.net.

July 5-10, 2010. British Sociological Association Food Study Group Second Conference: Food, Society and Public Health, British Library Conference Centre, London. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk/events/food.

July 19, 2010. British Sociological Association Ageing, Body and Society Study Group Third Conference. Theme: "Futures of Ageing: Science, Technology and Society." British Library Conference Centre, London. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk.

August 19-21, 2010. Kwame Nkrumah International Conference, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia, Canada. Theme: "From Colonization to Globalization: The Intellectual and Political Legacies of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and Africa’s Future." Contact: Charles Quist-Adade, Department of Sociology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72nd Avenue, Surrey, British Columbia V3W 2M8, Canada; (604) 599-2254; charles.quist-adade@kwantlen.ca.

September 1-3, 2010 or September 2-4, 2010. British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference, University of Durham. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk.

September 6-9, 2010. British Sociological Association Work, Employment and Society Conference, University of Brighton. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk.

November 16, 2010. British Sociological Association Death, Dying and Bereavement Study Group Annual Symposium, University of Sheffield. Contact: [+44] (0)191 383 0839; enquiries@britsoc.org.uk; www.britsoc.co.uk.

November 18-21, 2010. 42nd National Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, Los Angeles, CA. Contact: Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Marilyn_Rueschemeyer@Brown.edu; www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/.