2013 News
Guest blogger of September – “Family and Migration” by Irena Juozeliuniene
The organizer of our last CFR seminar in Vilnius, Irena Juozeliuniene, is our guest blogger of September. Irena organized with Jan Trost two CFR seminars in Lithuania (1993 & 2013), exploring different but related themes. She has been a member of our committee since...
Guest blogger of July — “Story of a Social Resistance in Taksim, Istanbul” by Filiz Baloglu
We are very, very, very excited about this month's guest blogger. We invited our colleague Filiz Baloglu, from Istanbul, to write about the recent popular uprising in Turkey and its significance for family studies. Here is her thoughtful and interesting contribution....
Restructuring the ISA – Call for Comments
Dear RC06 members, Following detailed discussions over the last year, the ISA Executive Committee has voted to propose changes to the organization of ISA. The proposed changes involve the re-composition of the program committee for World Congresses that will give...
Our new gazette is out!
Our newsletter is out! You can check it here. Or you can find it in the newsletters’ menu. In this issue, you can find information on the Call for Papers for the ISA World Congress (2014, Japan), as well as a list of sessions....
Guest blogger of May – “A report of three RC06/CFR family conferences in Taiwan: 1992, 2003, 2013” by Chin-Chun Yi
Our guest blogger of May is Dr. Chin-Chun Yi, the organizer of our last seminar in Taiwan. Dr. Yi is a research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota (1981). Dr....
Guest blogger of March – “We do not choose!” by Jan Trost
Our first guest blogger of 2013 is a widely known member of our community: Professor Jan Trost. Jan is a Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Uppsala University, Sweden. He was President of the committee from 1986 to 1994, and is now our honorary President. Jan is...
Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology Vienna, “Migration & Inequality”, 2013
This year's Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology Vienna will be on "Migration & Inequality". The brochure is available here. Migration and Inequality (July 8-12, 2013) Migration is a key challenge in contemporary societies. The magnitude of people who live and work...
Call for Sessions Topics and Organizers by ISA’s Committee on Family Research (RC06) for ISA World Congress of Sociology XVIII (2014)
Dear CFR Colleagues: We invite your proposals for topics and session organizers for CFR program at the 2014 World Congress. Please submit as soon as possible but no later than 1 February 2013 24:00 GMT. You are welcome to submit a possible topic, recommend an...