DALHOUSIE POSTDOCTORAL POSITION-ENVIRONMENT AND MARITIME STUDIES

I'm in the process of looking for a post-doc to help, starting in July, with a new oceans-related project.

The position we're looking at (funding confirmed by our Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is a 2-year postdoctoral appointment (minimum) which involves work on the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) at Dalhousie University. David VanderZwaag from Law and I represent the social science contingent on a large, natural science project oriented to electronic tracking of marine mammals and various fish species, especially ones considered to be endangered. David and I are looking at the social and legal dimensions of creating a global network in this area (Dalhousie maintains an OTN website via our main page, and I'd recommend looking at it). I'll be happy to provide other substantive information.

The salary, as per SSHRC rules for research positions, is $31,500 a year. A recent ruling from the federal government indicates this money is taxable-why, we are not yet sure.

We expect the postdoctoral candidate to do two basic things: (1) develop a research program of their own around the project; and (2) take the lead in organizing one, and perhaps two, academic conferences, one of which will be used to build an Multiple Collaborators Research Initiative (MCRI) grant proposal to SSHRC. The project is international; we will be looking at an international assemblage of academics. It is crucial that they complete your doctoral work as of July 1, as these sorts of projects (major CFI/NSERC/SSHRC funding) move quickly.

I'd appreciate a resume/cv, a writing sample, and a list of references. Detailed information on postdoctoral work at Dalhousie, and the draft research postdoctoral letter of appointment, may be viewed at:

http://dalgrad.dal.ca/postdoctoral/forms/

I will be happy to discuss specific issues at (902) 494-2020 or apostle@dal.ca

If you know of anyone, or might have connections to someone who’s graduating, or who has graduated recently, I'd appreciate it if you would circulate the information.

Richard Apostle

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Dalhousie University

Halifax, N. S.

B3H 4P9

New in the Canadian Journal of Sociology

Reviewed in the Winter 2010 issues of the Canadian Journal of Sociology (35, 1):

Stanley R. Bailey, Legacies of Race: Identities, Attitudes, and Politics in Brazil. Reviewed by Luisa Farah Schwartzman. .

Takeyuki Tsuda, Diasporic Homecomings: Ethnic Return Migration in Comparative Perspective. Reviewed by Alena Heitlinger .

See the issue's table of contents here.

Book reviews coming soon in CJS: Kathleen Rodgers on della Porta's Democracy in Social Movements; Janet Conway on Making Transnational Feminism; Irene Bloemraad "Canada: Multicultural Model or Cautionary Tale?" (review essay).

Not so new, but better late than never: from CJS 34, 4 (Fall 2009): Kathleen R Rodgers “When do Opportunities become Trade-offs for Social Movement Organizations? Assessing Media Impact in the Global Human Rights Movement” ABSTRACT PDF

Rabble.ca iPhone / iPod touch app

(At the CSA meetings Karen Stanbridge said that I maintained CNSIMC's website, thereby shaming me into making this blog active again. Here's something I just came across, that might be of interest to CNSIMC afficianados, at least those who own iPhones or iPod Touches):

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Sociology needs blues songs!

It's time for all the musical CNSIMCers to step up the microphone:

Book reviews of interest to CNSIMC

The following book reviews appear in the Fall 2009 issue of the Canadian Journal of Sociology (34, 3):

Cecil Foster, Blackness and Modernity: The Colour of Humanity and the Quest for Freedom (Roberta Hamilton), pp. 916-919

Jennifer J. Nelson, Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism (Don Clairmont), pp. 920-922

Haideh Moghissi, Saeed Rahnema, and Mark J. Goodman, Diaspora by Design: Muslims in Canada and Beyond (Abdie Kazemipur), pp. 923-925

Micheline Labelle, François Rocher et Rachad Antonius, Immigration, diversité et sécurité: les associations arabo-musulmanes face à l'État au Canada et au Québec (Zeina Sleiman), pp. 926-929

Hiromi Mizuno, Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan (Grégoire Mallard), pp. 930-932

Kelly Moore, Disrupting Science: Social Movements, American Scientists, and the Politics of the Military, 1945–1975 (Ronjon Paul Datta), pp. 933-934

Tina Fetner, How The Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism (Thomas John Linneman), pp. 947-949

Kristen Bumiller, In an Abusive State: How Neoliberalism Appropriated the Feminist Movement against Sexual Violence (Judith K Taylor), pp. 950-952

Kathleen M. Fallon, Democracy and the Rise of Women’s Movements in Sub-Saharan Africa (Julie Lyn Kaye), pp. 953-955

John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond, Darfur and the Crime of Genocide (Augustine SJ Park), pp. 956-959

Ron Eyerman, The Assassination of Theo van Gogh: From Social Drama to Cultural Trauma (Frank J. Lechner), pp. 960-962

Mabel Berezin, Illiberal Politics in Neoliberal Times: Culture, Security, and Populism in the New Europe (Andrej S Zaslove), pp. 963-965

Martin Koopman et Stéphane Martens (dir.), L'Europe prochaine. Regards franco-allemands sur l'avenir de l'Union européenne (Mathieu Petithomme), pp. 966-968

Proposed CNSIMC sessions for 2010 CSA meetings

When submitting your abstract to the CSA, please mention the session in which you'd like your paper to appear.

Nationalism in Theory: 
Organizers of this session invite presentations discussing current developments in theories of nationalism, not least of all those aiming to point out weaknesses or oversights in the past endeavours in the field, and ways in which those may be addressed or overcome. Theoretical contributions concerning ethnogeneses, ethnic conflicts, nation-making, separatism, secession, ethno-national diversity, multiculturalism and other related themes are all welcome.

Nationalism in Practice: 
Organizers of this session invite presentations dedicated to case studies of ethnogeneses, ethnic conflicts, nation-making, separatism, secession, ethno-national diversity, multiculturalism and other related themes, and particularly critical and/or theory-oriented ones. Comparative, historical, demographic, qualitative, quantitative and any other contributions are all welcome.

Militarism and Society:
 Organizers of this session invite presentations discussing relationships between militarism and society, both those unearthing the social grounding and geneses of militarism, and those analysing the impact of militarism on society. Theoretical, comparative, historical, demographic, qualitative, quantitative and any other contributions are all welcome.

Social Movements in Theory: The session invites papers concerned with conceiving, critiquing, synthesizing, extending, and/or elaborating upon social movement theory. Macro and micro perspectives are welcomed, as are comments on recent debates in the field, including those surrounding emotion and social movements, cultural approaches, and transnational action.

Social Movements Case Studies: Case studies form the core of social movements scholarship. The session welcomes papers that focus on particular instances of collective action as bases for discussion of social movement approaches and concepts. Investigations of recent examples of collective action are welcome, as are historical and/or comparative works.

Emerging Scholarship in Social Movements: The session highlights graduate student research on social movements. MA and PhD students in the final stages of their research are encouraged to submit papers on any topic pertaining to social movements study toward creating a forum for presentation and critical discussion of emerging scholarship in the field.

Some new books

Donatella Della Porta, ed., Democracy in Social Movements. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 304 pp. $US 90.00 hardcover (978-0-230-21883-3).

Publisher's blurb: This collection explores conceptions and practices of democracy of social movement organizations involved in global protest. Focusing on the global justice movement this book shows how they adopt radical new democratic approaches and thus provide a fundamental critique of conventional politics.

Table of contents: http://us.macmillan.com/democracyinsocialmovements#toc

Jeffrey Ayres and Laura MacDonald, eds., Contentious Politics in North America: National Protest and Transnational Collaboration under Continental Integration. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 272 pp. $US 85.00 hardcover (978-0-230-22427-8)

Publisher's blurb: This is the only book of its kind devoted to exploring contentious politics from a North American perspective including protests, social movements, transnational contention, and emergent regional governance processes between Canadian, U.S. and Mexican state and civil society actors.

Table of contents: http://us.macmillan.com/contentiouspoliticsinnorthamerica#toc

Kiran Asher. Black and Green: Afro-Colombians, Development, and Nature in the Pacific Lowlands. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009, 272 pp. $US 22.95 paper (978-0-8223-4483-4), $US 79.95 hardcover (978-0-8223-4487-2)

Publisher's blurb: In Black and Green, Kiran Asher provides a powerful framework for reconceptualizing the relationship between neoliberal development and social movements. Moving beyond the notion that development is a hegemonic, homogenizing force that victimizes local communities, Asher argues that development processes and social movements shape each other in uneven and paradoxical ways. She bases her argument on ethnographic analysis of the black social movements that emerged from and interacted with political and economic changes in Colombia’s Pacific lowlands, or Chocó region, in the 1990s. more

Victoria Squire. The Exclusionary Politics of Asylum: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 272 pp. $US 85.00 hardcover (978-0-230-21659-4)

Publisher's blurb: This critique of the securitization and criminalization of asylum seeking challenges the claim that asylum seekers 'threaten' receiving states. It analyzes recent policy developments in relation to their wider historical, political and European contexts and argues that the UK response effectively renders asylum seekers as scapegoats.

Table of contents: http://us.macmillan.com/theexclusionarypoliticsofasylum#toc