Ralf Dahrendorf 1929-2009

I haven't seen anything about Ralf Dahrendorf's death in Canadian papers. Here are some  obituaries

The Economist http://www.economist.com/obituary/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13895016&fsrc=nwlptwfree

The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/19/ralf-dahrendorf-obituary-lords-lse

The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6530884.ece

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/world/europe/22dahrendorf.html

Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/carnet/article/2009/06/22/ralf-dahrendorf-sociologue-homme-politique_1209947_3382.html

Book reviews in Canadian Journal of Sociology

Some book reviews of possible interest to CNSIMC members have appeared in the latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Sociology

Colin Campbell, The Easternization of the West: A Thematic Account of Cultural Change in the Modern Era. reviewed by Zaheer Baber

Sultan Tepe, Beyond Sacred and Secular: Politics of Religion in Israel and Turkey. reviewed by Aviad Rubin

Philip Carl Salzman, Culture and Conflict in the Middle East. reviewed by Mark Haugaard

Aziz Al-Azmeh and Effie Fokas, eds., Islam in Europe: Diversity, Identity and Influence. reviewed by Peter Beyer

Jonathan Fox, A World Survey of Religion and the State. reviewed by Kristen R Lucken

Y. Michal Bodemann, ed., New German Jewry and the European Context: The Return of the European Jewish Diaspora. reviewed by Alena Heitlinger

Ginetta E.B. Candelario, Black Behind the Ears: Dominican Radical Identity from Museums to Beauty Shops. reviewed by Wendy D. Roth

Paul Bramadat and David Seljak, eds., Christianity and Ethnicity in Canada. reviewed by Nancy Nason-Clark

Maryse Potvin, Crise des accommodements raisonnables: une fiction médiatique? reviewed by Ratiba Hadj-Moussa

Stefan Svalfors, ed., The Political Sociology of the Welfare State: Institutions, Social Cleavages, and Orientations reviewed by Julia S O'Connor  

Daniela Del Boca and Cecile Wetzels, eds., Social Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood: A Comparative Analysis of European Countries. reviewed by Mehmet Fatih Aysan and Roderic Beaujot  

Margaret R. Somers, Genealogies of Citizenship: Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to have Rights. reviewed by  Alan Hunt  

Jackie Smith, Social Movements for Global Democracy. reviewed by 

Liam Swiss  

Amin Ghaziani, The Dividends of Dissent: How Conflict and Culture Work in Lesbian and Gay Marches on Washington. reviewed by  Tina Fetner  

Ann Mische, Partisan Publics: Communication and Contention across Brazilian Youth Activist Networks. reviewed by  David Benjamin Tindall 

Tenure Track Position in Sociology & Criminology – Saint Mary’s University

The Department of Sociology and Criminology invites applications for a tenure track appointment at the Assistant Professor level commencing July 1, 2010. We seek a Sociologist who will contribute to teaching in Quantitative Methods and whose research areas are preferably Class and Critical Political Economy. Candidates should have a Ph.D. or be near completion. We encourage applicants to consult faculty web pages to determine how, as potential hires, candidates might enrich or expand the Department’s intellectual community. The Department offers undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Criminology as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Criminology. The University is committed to serving the local, regional, national, and international communities, and integrating such activity as part of the learning environment for undergraduate and graduate students.

Applicants are asked to include in their packages a curriculum vita, an example of recent published work, teaching portfolio, and the names, addresses and contact numbers for three referees. Application packages should be sent directly to Dr. Evangelia Tastsoglou, Chairperson, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H3C3. The deadline for completed applications is September 30, 2009. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, this advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Saint Mary's University is committed to principles of employment equity.

Honourable mention for CNSIMC's Liliana Riga

Liliana Riga (University of Edinburgh) received an honourable mention in this year's ASA Comparative/Historical Sociology Section Best Article Award for her article "The Ethnic Roots of Class Universalism: Rethinking the 'Russian' Revolutionary Elite," American Journal of Sociology 114 (2008): 649-705.