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with your announcement attached (Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, and pdf files preferred). Call for Papers will be posted at no charge until the deadline date has expired. Miscellaneous Announcements will be posted at no charge for two months from the date posted date. We invite you to visit our website http://www.clp.cpvp.cz to discover all the details about the CLP2008. The website contains updated information about the academic content, practicalities and application process. We also suggest students to submit their applications by Early Bird Application Deadline of April 30, 2008. The Final Deadline is May 15, 2008. Should you have any questions regarding the CLP2008 and/or application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at: We are looking forward to your application!!!Posted 4/21/08.
Winner of Margaret Mead Award for 2007 Announced
The Boards of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology selected Prof. João Biehl to receive the Margaret Mead Award for 2007. Biehl was selected for his book Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment, published by the University of California Press in 2005. Biehl is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology on the faculty of Princeton University.
The Award was presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 28, 2008.
The Margaret Mead Award is sponsored jointly by the two associations and presented annually. The Award is presented to a young scholar for a particular accomplishment that employs anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public.
The Award honors the memory of Margaret Mead who in her lifetime was the most widely known woman in the world and arguably the most recognized anthropologist. Mead had a unique talent for bringing anthropology into the light of public attention. The Award was initiated in 1979 by the Society and with Mead¹s approval. It has been presented jointly with the American Anthropological Association since 1983.
Before joining the Princeton faculty in 2001, Prof. Biehl was a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. He earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley (1999) and a doctorate in religion from the Graduate Theological Union (1996).
Contact the offices of either association for details.
American Anthropological Association
Kathy Ano
703.528-1902
Society for Applied Anthropology
Melissa Cope
405.843.5113
Click here for additional Information. Posted 7/23/08.
Society Announces 2008 Bronislaw Malinowski Award
The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce that Prof. Orlando Fals Borda has been selected as the recipient of the Bronislaw Malinowski Award for 2008. Dr. Borda received the Malinowski Award at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Bronislaw Malinowski Award is presented to an outstanding social scientist in recognition of efforts to understand and serve the needs of the world's societies and who has actively pursued the goal of solving human problems using the concepts and tools of social science.
Professor Fals Borda is best known for developing the theory and methodology of Participatory Action Research (PAR), now widely used by applied anthropological, educational, and medical practitioners working with local communities.
Orlando Fals Borda was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on July 11, 1925. He studied English Literature and History for his B.A. at the University of Dubuque, graduating in 1947. He received his M.A. in 1953 at the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1955 at the University of Florida. Fals Borda then worked in Brazil as a consultant for the Organization of American States. Returning to Colombia, he was the Director General for the Ministry of Agriculture from 1959 until 1961. In 1957, he co-founded the Faculty of Sociology at the prestigious Universidad Nacional de Colombia, becoming the faculty¹s first dean and continuing in that role until 1967. He is known as the father² of sociology in Colombia.
Prof. Fals Borda has served as President of the Research Committee on Social Practice of the International Sociological Association and has won several awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award, the Hoffman Prize from the United Nations, the Kreisky Prize from Austria, and the Medal of Order of Boyacá, Colombia. He has been awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Central de enezuela, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and universities of Boyacá and Antioquia.
Please contact the Offices of the Society for additional information or visit the SfAA website (www.sfaa.net , click on "Awards"). Posted 7/23/08.
Society Announces 2008 Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award
The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce that Lucy Cohen has been selected as the recipient of the Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award for 2008. Dr. Cohen is an Anthropology Professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She was presented the Sol Tax Award on March 28 at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee.
Prof. Sol Tax provided distinguished, innovative service to the field and to anthropological societies. The Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award, initiated by the Society for Applied Anthropology in 2002 is presented annually to a member of SfAA in recognition of long-term and truly distinguished service to the Society.
Dr. Cohen graduated with a B.A. in 1965 from Mt. St. Mary's College in Los Angeles, California. Two years later in 1958, she earned the Masters of Social Work from The Catholic University of America. In 1966 she earned her Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. Lucy was recruited in 1967 as Chief of Program Evaluation for the first Community Mental Health Center funded in the District of Columbia.
Two years later in 1969, she returned to The Catholic University of America to a senior position in the Department of Anthropology with a joint appointment in the School of Social Service. Her deep interest in public affairs in the District of Columbia led to a high level of involvement in community affairs. She was selected to the Board of Trustees for the University of the District of Columbia when the institution was in its early stages. She also served on the Board of Trustees of a prominent foundation with a wide-ranging impact on the District, the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation.
Prof. Cohen's role within the Society has been long and sustained. She assisted in the development of the policy that led to the first Malinowski Award that the Society presented in 1973. She has also served as the Program Chair for an annual meeting and been active on committees within SfAA, particular those that deal with women, immigration, and government relations.
Please contact the SfAA Office for additional information or visit the SfAA website (www.sfaa.net , click on ³Awards²). Posted 7/23/08.
2007 Peter Kong-ming New Award Winners Announced
The Board of Directors of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is pleased to announce that Christina Chauvenet has been awarded First Prize in the Peter Kong-ming New Student Research Competition for 2007. Ms. Chauvenet won the New Award for her paper, First Line of Defense: Health Care Agents and Childhood Cancer in Recife, Brazil.
The Award was presented on March 28th at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee. Her paper was featured at a special session of the Meetings. Ms. Chauvenet received a cash prize of $1,000 and an engraved Steuben crystal trophy.
Ms. Chauvenet is an undergraduate at Wake Forest University. She will graduate in 2008 with a major in Latin American Studies and political science.
The Peter K. New Student Research Competition was initiated in 1990, and honors the memory of the late Peter Kong-ming New, a distinguished medical sociologist/anthropologist and former president of the Society. The annual competition is open to students at all levels and is given to the best paper which reports on an applied research project in the social/behavioral sciences.
The competition is sponsored by the Society for Applied Anthropology.The first prize carries a cash award of $1,000, an engraved Steuben crystal trophy, and travel funds to attend the annual meeting of the Society.
Honorable Mention was given to Melissa Stevens, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, for her paper Power Disparities in Community-Based Tourism Partnerships: A Vietnamese Case Study and to Troy Wilson, graduate student, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, for his paper Growth, Scale, and Sustainability in Washington's Apple Industry.
Please visit the SfAA webpage (www.sfaa.net , click on ³Awards²) for additional information on the New Award or you may contact the SfAA Office at 405-843-5113. Posted 7/23/08.
Congratulations to Bonnie Berry who has been honored with the 2008 Herbert Bloch award for distinguished service to the discipline of Criminology and to the American Society of Criminology. In additon she has two new books available entitled:
Bonnie Berry. Beauty Bias: Discrimination and Social Power, 2007, Praeger/Greenwood.
Bonnie Berry. The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical Appearance, 2008, Ashgate.
Posted 6/26/08.
TSCF 2008 Malta II conference Location: Malta
Conference Date: 2008-09-19
The next international conference of The Social Capital Foundation will be held on September 19-22, 2008 in Malta.
The conference is on social capital and social inclusion.
The conference information is at http://www.socialcapital-foundation.org/conferences/2008/TSCF%20International%20Conference%202008.htm . Posted 6/26/08.
The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce our 69th Annual Meeting in Santa Fe, NM, March 17-21, 2009.
The Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) invites abstracts (papers and posters) for the Program of the 69th Annual Meeting. The theme of the Program is Global Challenge, Local Action: Ethical Engagement, Partnerships and Practice.
The Society is a multi-disciplinary association that focuses on problem definition and resolution. We welcome papers from all disciplines. The deadline for abstract submission is October 15, 2008. For additional information on the theme, abstract size/format, and the meeting, please visit our web page (www.sfaa.net, click on Annual Meeting).
For meeting information visit
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2009.html
Posted 6/26/08.
This is a Call for Participation in an INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NGOs holding in London United Kingdom, where as many as 200 participants from across the world including Health Practitioners, Professionals in relevant fields, Lawyers, Psychologists, Women and Youth Development Groups, Government Officials, Donor Agencies and participating NGOs will meet to discuss issues pertaining to the Welfare of NGOs...and also to meet others like yourself; to learn, teach, inspire and being inspired. This event will be exploring the potential of a practical approach that will unleash and nurture the human capacity to create, collaborate and change positively, the world at large. Please click here for full information. Posted 6/3/08.
Beginning June 1, 2008 Social Problems will be implementing an all electronic manuscript submission process. The system being introduced, MsCentral, is the same as that used by Social Forces, Sociological Perspectives and Gender and Society among other prominent journals. The decision to move in this direction has received the strong support of the Editorial and Publications Committee of SSSP as well as the Budget, Finance and Audit Committee and the Board of Directors.
Posted 5/2/08.
Please click here for a more indepth overview. Posted 4/29/08.
The Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP) is pleased to announce the forthcoming Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology 2008 (CLP2008)
Where? Prague, Czech Republic
When? July 2-9, 2007
Who? The founder of the European Spring/Summer Institute (ESI), the Prague's Centre for Public Policy (Centrum pro verejnou politiku - CPVP), has teamed up with professors from the University of Aberdeen and Warwick University to organize the third Summer School on Crime, Law and Psychology 2008 (CLP2008)
Why? The Summer School on Crime, Law an Psychology 2008 (CLP2008) is a week long academic program designed to bring together 30 undergraduate and graduate students of various nationalities and academic backgrounds (criminology, legal studies, psychology, sociology and other related academic fields) from the USA, Eastern and Western Europe to enjoy their summer holidays in the unique academic and cultural environment.
What is it about? The aim of the program is to provide students with an opportunity to deepen their own expertise, thereby enhancing their knowledge on the correlation between criminal law and psychology, exchanging their ideas with academics, practitioners and fellow students from different countries. The summer program combines intensive academic courses with cultural, social, and recreational opportunities.
Centrum pro verejnou politiku
Vyjezdova 510
190 11 Prague 9
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 737 679 605
Fax: +420 281 930 584
E-mail: clp@cpvp.cz
Victims & Mediation Seminar
APAV – Portuguese Association for Victim Support - is organising the Victims & Mediation Seminar that will be held in 14-15 July 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal. Organised under the Project Victims & Mediation, co-financed by the European Commission, this seminar aims to attain a more exact notion of the current standing and treatment information of victims in victim-offender mediation projects and programmes in Europe.
We welcome everyone to be part of this seminar and share this important opportunity for researchers and practitioners working in the area of mediation, victim support and justice.
For more detailed information please check the website: www.apav.pt/victimsmediation
To download the media pack of the seminar, which includes a brochure with the programme, registration form and a banner, please check:
www.apav.pt/victimsmediation/VM_seminar_mediapack.zip Posted 4/13/08.
Sally Serena Ramage’s paper entitled, "The French Bank Fraud, the United States' Regulatory Fraud, the United Kingdom's Takeover Exposure and Their Relation to the Global Financial Recession" recently listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for MIO: Regulation (Topic) Top Ten . All papers in the journal are listed here. Ramage's other recently submitted papers include Annotations of the United Kingdom Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006, United Kingdom Interception of Communications (as Evidence) Bill 2006, an Unsuccessful Private Bill,Nevertheless Annotated, and United Kingdom Fraud Trials (Without a Jury) Bill 2007- Annotated Even Though Abandoned after Second Parliamentary Reading. See Ramage’s papers available on SSRN. Posted 4/3/08.
Women's Conference at the University of Kentucky
If you live in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee or in other areas nearby, come join the historic Black Women's Conference at U.K. Dr. Joycelyn Elders - former U.S. Surgeon in the Clinton Administration - will be speaking on Thursday, March 27th at 5:00 p.m. Click here for more information. Posted 3/18/2008.
The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology
The 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology will be held at the Memphis Downtown Marriot Hotel March 26-29, 2008. Applied anthropologists play an important role in identifying and understanding issues that confront contemporary organizations and societies and developing solutions to resolve them. Prominent anthropologists and other social scientists from across the country and around the world will be discussing critical social issues and concerns, including terrorist recruitment, housing foreclosures, immigration, war in Iraq, infant and child health care, climate change, and community development initiatives in the Memphis area. This year's theme The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology will highlight the specific contributions of applied anthropologists and other social scientists in the public sphere. This meeting will showcase social scientists' efforts in shaping public policy and improving people's lives through direct action and community advocacy. Over 1,800 participants will attend a variety of sessions. Some of the sessions and papers that may be of particular interest are highlighted below, along with their abstracts and contact information. Posted 3/18/2008.
University of Kentucky Establishes Endowed Professorship
To honor the career of Professor Doris Wilkinson, the University of Kentucky Department of Sociology is establishing the Doris Wilkinson Distinguished Professorship in Sociology and the Humanities. Click here (PDF) for more information. Posted 3/06/08.
Stanford Lyman Memorial Scholarship ($1,000) (PDF)
Announced by the Mid South Sociological Association Scholarship Committee
The scholarship is for a Ph.D. candidate working on a dissertation in sociological theory, symbolic interaction, race relations, law, or ethics. Applicants must be receiving the degree from an institution within the MSSA member states (see http://www.midsouthsoc.org/ for more information) or from an institution which has active MSSA student/faculty memberships. Application Deadline: September 1, 2008. Posted 4/3/08.
Critical Sociology Research Competition
Submission Deadline: May 5, 2008
The Sage journal Critical Sociology announces its Research Competition, to be awarded at the Critical Sociology Conference in August 2008. The goal of this award is to recognize and promote original critical scholarship that furthers the aims and goals of the journal. We wish to recognize the best paper written and so this competition is open to everyone. Over the past decade the journal has been home to articles informed by post-modern, feminist, cultural and other perspectives that critically evaluate the workings of the capitalist system and its impact on the world. This year’s award recipient will receive a monetary prize of $750 and registration for the 2008 Critical Sociology Conference in Boston, MA, where the winner(s) will be invited to present their paper. Papers must be submitted electronically in a format compatible with MS WORD and authors should ensure that they receive a confirmation of receipt for their submission. Papers of up to a maximum length of 30 double-spaced pages including tables and references may be sent beginning in March 2008 but must be received no later than May 5, 2008 to the Chair of the 2008 Critical Sociology Award Committee: Professor Graham Cassano,
Authors will be invited to submit their paper for publication in Critical Sociology. To see the call for proposals for the Critical Sociology Conference, click here. Posted 4/3/08.
Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide is proud to announce a new toolkit for scholar activists, educators, students & community organizers, The Critical Classroom: Education for Liberation and Movement Building. Posted 4/3/08.
Latina Lesbian Receives Two Book Awards/Lesbiana Latian Recibe Premios Literarios Posted 4/3/08.
SSSP's Mascot Resolution Referenced in a New Hampshire Newspaper Article Posted 4/3/08.
The Social Capital Foundation 2008 Malta Conference Posted 4/3/08.
Theme: Perspectives on Social Capital and Inclusion
Date: Septermber 19-22, 2008
The National Domestic Workers Alliance has formed. Posted 4/3/08.
Read the press release (PDF)
See a profile of a worker (PDF)
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues: Posted 4/3/08.
Membership information
For graduate students
The Global Petition Posted 4/3/08.
The Boards of the American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology selected Prof. João Biehl to receive the Margaret Mead Award for 2007. Biehl was selected for his book Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment, published by the University of California Press in 2005. Biehl is currently an Associate Professor of Anthropology on the faculty of Princeton University. The Award was presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 28, 2008. The Margaret Mead Award is sponsored jointly by the two associations and presented annually. The Award is presented to a young scholar for a particular accomplishment that employs anthropological data and principles in ways that make them meaningful and accessible to a broadly concerned public. The Award honors the memory of Margaret Mead who in her lifetime was the most widely known woman in the world and arguably the most recognized anthropologist. Mead had a unique talent for bringing anthropology into the light of public attention. The Award was initiated in 1979 by the Society and with Mead¹s approval. It has been presented jointly with the American Anthropological Association since 1983. Before joining the Princeton faculty in 2001, Prof. Biehl was a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. He earned a doctorate in anthropology from the University of California at Berkeley (1999) and a doctorate in religion from the Graduate Theological Union (1996). Contact the offices of either association for details. American Anthropological Association Kathy Ano 703.528-1902 Society for Applied Anthropology Melissa Cope 405.843.5113 for additional Information. Posted 7/23/08. The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce that Prof. Orlando Fals Borda has been selected as the recipient of the Bronislaw Malinowski Award for 2008. Dr. Borda received the Malinowski Award at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee. The Bronislaw Malinowski Award is presented to an outstanding social scientist in recognition of efforts to understand and serve the needs of the world's societies and who has actively pursued the goal of solving human problems using the concepts and tools of social science. Professor Fals Borda is best known for developing the theory and methodology of Participatory Action Research (PAR), now widely used by applied anthropological, educational, and medical practitioners working with local communities. Orlando Fals Borda was born in Barranquilla, Colombia, on July 11, 1925. He studied English Literature and History for his B.A. at the University of Dubuque, graduating in 1947. He received his M.A. in 1953 at the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1955 at the University of Florida. Fals Borda then worked in Brazil as a consultant for the Organization of American States. Returning to Colombia, he was the Director General for the Ministry of Agriculture from 1959 until 1961. In 1957, he co-founded the Faculty of Sociology at the prestigious Universidad Nacional de Colombia, becoming the faculty¹s first dean and continuing in that role until 1967. He is known as the father² of sociology in Colombia. Prof. Fals Borda has served as President of the Research Committee on Social Practice of the International Sociological Association and has won several awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation award, the Hoffman Prize from the United Nations, the Kreisky Prize from Austria, and the Medal of Order of Boyacá, Colombia. He has been awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Central de enezuela, the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, and universities of Boyacá and Antioquia. Please contact the Offices of the Society for additional information or visit the SfAA website ( , click on "Awards"). Posted 7/23/08. The Society for Applied Anthropology is pleased to announce that Lucy Cohen has been selected as the recipient of the Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award for 2008. Dr. Cohen is an Anthropology Professor at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She was presented the Sol Tax Award on March 28 at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee. Prof. Sol Tax provided distinguished, innovative service to the field and to anthropological societies. The Sol Tax Distinguished Service Award, initiated by the Society for Applied Anthropology in 2002 is presented annually to a member of SfAA in recognition of long-term and truly distinguished service to the Society. Dr. Cohen graduated with a B.A. in 1965 from Mt. St. Mary's College in Los Angeles, California. Two years later in 1958, she earned the Masters of Social Work from The Catholic University of America. In 1966 she earned her Ph.D. from The Catholic University of America. Lucy was recruited in 1967 as Chief of Program Evaluation for the first Community Mental Health Center funded in the District of Columbia. Two years later in 1969, she returned to The Catholic University of America to a senior position in the Department of Anthropology with a joint appointment in the School of Social Service. Her deep interest in public affairs in the District of Columbia led to a high level of involvement in community affairs. She was selected to the Board of Trustees for the University of the District of Columbia when the institution was in its early stages. She also served on the Board of Trustees of a prominent foundation with a wide-ranging impact on the District, the Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation. Prof. Cohen's role within the Society has been long and sustained. She assisted in the development of the policy that led to the first Malinowski Award that the Society presented in 1973. She has also served as the Program Chair for an annual meeting and been active on committees within SfAA, particular those that deal with women, immigration, and government relations. Please contact the SfAA Office for additional information or visit the SfAA website ( , click on ³Awards²). Posted 7/23/08.The Board of Directors of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) is pleased to announce that Christina Chauvenet has been awarded First Prize in the Peter Kong-ming New Student Research Competition for 2007. Ms. Chauvenet won the New Award for her paper, First Line of Defense: Health Care Agents and Childhood Cancer in Recife, Brazil. The Award was presented on March 28th at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Society in Memphis, Tennessee. Her paper was featured at a special session of the Meetings. Ms. Chauvenet received a cash prize of $1,000 and an engraved Steuben crystal trophy. Ms. Chauvenet is an undergraduate at Wake Forest University. She will graduate in 2008 with a major in Latin American Studies and political science. The Peter K. New Student Research Competition was initiated in 1990, and honors the memory of the late Peter Kong-ming New, a distinguished medical sociologist/anthropologist and former president of the Society. The annual competition is open to students at all levels and is given to the best paper which reports on an applied research project in the social/behavioral sciences. The competition is sponsored by the Society for Applied Anthropology.The first prize carries a cash award of $1,000, an engraved Steuben crystal trophy, and travel funds to attend the annual meeting of the Society. Honorable Mention was given to Melissa Stevens, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, for her paper Power Disparities in Community-Based Tourism Partnerships: A Vietnamese Case Study and to Troy Wilson, graduate student, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, for his paper Growth, Scale, and Sustainability in Washington's Apple Industry. Please visit the SfAA webpage ( , click on ³Awards²) for additional information on the New Award or you may contact the SfAA Office at 405-843-5113. Posted 7/23/08.