International Sociological Association (ISA)

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🖊️ Fresh off the boat again? The conversion of cultural capital and distinction-making among Western-educated returnee scholars in China, which is the winning paper of the Annual SAGE International Sociology Best Paper Prize’s 2025 edition (Vol. 40).

📣 Annual SAGE International Sociology Best Paper Prize winning paper!

This month enjoy free access to the article by Zizhen Wang (Xiamen University, China) published in International Sociology:

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ℹ️ ISA RC30 Online Seminar Series
A series of 4 online seminars organized by ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Work (RC30) between March and May. Free inscription.

🗓️ March 13, March 27, April 24, May 22, 2026 at 2:30-4:30pm CET
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ℹ️ “Solidarity: Possibilities and Pitfalls”
2026 Annual Congress of the South African Sociological Association (SASA) on July 6-9, 2026 at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts: March 15, 2026
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💬 Daniel P.S Goh, Associate Professor, NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology

💬 Joonmo Son, Associate Professor, NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Panelists:

💬 Kelvin Low, Professor, Head, NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology

💬 Feng Qiushi, Associate Professor, Deputy Head, NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology

📣 “Meet-the-Editors” of Current Sociology
Webinar for prospective contributors by Current Sociology editors

🗓️ March 12, 2026 at 5pm - 7pm SGT (UTC +8)
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ℹ️ Feminist Approaches to Justice: ISA at CSW70
ISA-sponsored panels at UN CSW70 at Church Center of the United Nations, New York, USA or online

🗓️ March 11, 13, 17 and 18, 2026
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#CallForPublications

ℹ️ “Emerald Studies in Global Emotions, Bodies and Sensing”. Call for Book Proposals for the Emerald Publishing in partnership with ISA WG08

🗓️ Submissions: ongoing and open invitation
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In celebration of the life and work of T. K. Oommen, explore his reflections on global sociology, academic dependency, and the role of the Global South in shaping the discipline:

🕊️ To honour the legacy of former ISA President T. K. Oommen (1937-2026), we are sharing two of his articles published in Current Sociology & now available in #OpenAccess until the end of March.

▪️ Adam Carter and Katherine Davies, ‘Laughing through Brexit: Family humour practices, political troubles and everyday life, 2025, Volume 73, Issue 7
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▪️Kyle Chan, Emotional bureaucrats: The paradox of Weberian bureaucracy and emotions in the Indian Railways, 2025, Volume 73, Issue 7
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▪️Deisy Del Real and Blanca A. Ramirez, Remitting amid autocracy: Venezuelan migrant remittances to relatives enduring widespread structural violence, 2025, Volume 73, Issue 6
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▪️Ruby YS Lai, Political polarization and intimate distance: Negotiating family conflicts during a high-risk protest movement, 2025, Volume 73, Issue 3
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Shortlisted papers are in #OpenAccess 🔑 till the end of March:

▪️Dana Kornberg, Transactional pathways: Institutional possibilities for status and wealth under racial/caste capitalism, 2025, Volume 73, Issue 2
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📣 Annual SAGE Current Sociology Best Paper Prize

Established in 2022. Current edition: 2025, Volume 73.

💬 The prize awards an outstanding paper from the year published in Current Sociology, which was of note in terms of originality, innovation, significance and influence in the field.

🕊️ As we were closing the annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association, we received the sad news of the passing of our former President, T. K. Oommen. He… | ... 🕊️ As we were closing the annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association, we received the sad news of the passing of our former President, T. K. Oommen. He had...

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🕊️ As we were closing the annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the ISA, we received the sad news of the passing of our former President, T. K. Oommen. He had served as Secretary-General of the 1986 World Congress of Sociology in New Delhi and was elected President of the ISA in 1990.

#FES #ISA #CollectiveMember
XVI Spanish Congress of Sociology (Bilbao, 15-17 July 2026)

Final 2 weeks for submitting papers to the XVI Spanish Congress of Sociology on the theme 'Challenges, evidence and solutions'.

📅 Deadline: 8 March, 2026
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Always a pleasure to discuss @isa-sociology.org journals and publication outlooks, especially with fellow Current Sociology editors, Joonmo Son and Daniel Goh, alongside the Executive Committee meeting. Also loved the reusable conference badge. Also loved the reusable conference badge.

📸 More moments from the inaugural session of the ISA Executive Committee meeting at Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium), as we engage in discussions on governance, future directions and the road to #ISAWCS27.

In the photo, UCLouvain is represented by Prof. Pierre Baudewyn, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Social Sciences, Political Science and Communication, and Prof. Hervé Jeanmart, Pro-Rector for International Affairs.

We appreciate the warm hospitality of UCLouvain and the dedicated work of our EC members. This gathering is all the more meaningful as UCLouvain is the home university of ISA President, @geoffreypleyers.bsky.social.

The ISA Executive Committee meets at UCLouvain – Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (February 2026) to review and discuss key aspects of the association’s governance, as well as future plans, including preparations for #ISAWCS27.