ASA Theory Section

Our mission is to advance sociological theory through the exchange of ideas, research, and teaching experiences.

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Couldn’t get enough theory at @ASAnews? Our new newsletter is out now!

https://t.co/n36022f1L1

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Congratulations to this year’s awardees: @BarbaraKiviat, @mintytem, Yuchen Yang, Jacob W. Richardson, and @Tyler_Leeds! And a special shoutout to our honorable mentions: @YuvalFeinstein, Amanda R. Cheong, @motorresx, and @Carlo_Sariego.

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New year, new look! Our updated website is live and features a sleek design and growing syllabus repository. Check it out: https://t.co/bu0DF5xbCB

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Do you teach theory? Help us build a community syllabus database by sharing yours. Find our email in the bio.

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Do you teach theory? Help us build a community syllabus database by sharing yours. Find our email in the bio.

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It’s that time of year again — the call for papers for the Junior Theorists Symposium is live! Submit your précis here: https://t.co/IvMSDY5yJw

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Graduate students, postdocs, and recent PhDs (2020 onwards), please submit your work to the Junior Theorist Symposium, which will be convening in Montreal before the ASA meetings this summer. See more info here!

[Zach Griffen @runzach]

Call for Submissions: the 2024 @ASAtheory Junior Theorists Symposium, featuring Marion Fourcade, Claudio Benzecry, and Gianpaolo Baiocchi as discussants. More info below, and please circulate widely!

https://t.co/Qk71P6KQ3f

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The second concerns our shared belief in the importance of editorial independence:

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Our section's council has released two statements related to the recent editorial turnover at Theory and Society. They are both reposted here, and shared as images below: https://t.co/oblxXmxAr9

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The first concerns our shared commitment to inclusivity and pluralism:

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Here's the final schedule, @victorerikray @runzach @MadisonCRenner @DanyaLagos @privatelanguage @jdvasqueza @ByeonJulia @jeffreynparker @wendyliy

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We're excited to share the final schedule for the upcoming Junior Theorists Symposium on August 17th!

RSVP here: https://t.co/qnPUTX0OVC

We hope to see you there!

[Ellis Monk @EllisMonk]

I'm delighted and honored that my paper "Inequality without Groups: Contemporary Theories of Categories, Intersectional Typicality, and the Disaggregation of Difference," in @SocTheory won the Theory Prize from @ASAtheory

🧵about the paper here: https://t.co/JA58OmZgo9

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The @ASAtheory Junior Theorists Symposium (August 17th) program is out now!

Come join us for innovative theory, novel methods, the politics of theorizing, and more. @ASAnews

Register here: https://t.co/67d9clDV92

🧵Read on for 🔥panels and paper topics 🧵

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We’ll celebrate the conclusion of the 2023 JTS at the Chinatown Beer Garden near Philly's Center City in the early evening.

Please join us for any / all of this!

We're excited for conversations to come and hope to see you this August!!!

Register here: https://t.co/Trp6ONBzJO

[ASA Theory Section @ASAtheory]

The @ASAtheory Junior Theorists Symposium (August 17th) program is out now!

Come join us for innovative theory, novel methods, the politics of theorizing, and more. @ASAnews

Register here: https://t.co/67d9clDV92

🧵Read on for 🔥panels and paper topics 🧵

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The JTS Closing Panel will discuss the question: *Why Theorize?*

It will include:

Zine Magubane (@zinemagubane)
Iddo Tavory
Diane Vaughan
Karida Brown (@karida_leigh)