RC11 'Sociology of Ageing' Programme at Second ISA World Forum of Sociology in Buenos Aires, August 1-4, 2012

Programme coordinators

Susan FELDMAN, Australia, Susan.Feldman@monash.edu

Julie MCMULLIN, Canada, mcmullin@uwo.ca

Committee members

Esteban CALVO, Chile, estebancalvo@gmail.com

Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS, Canada, amm@exchange.ubc.ca

Adriana FASSIO, Argentina, adrianafassio@yahoo.com

Deadlines

Session proposals: June 15, 2011

On-line abstract submission will be open from August 25 to December 15, 2011.

Call for sessions

The Research Committee on Sociology of Aging, RC11, will be organising a full programme of sessions during the Second ISA Forum of Sociology in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1-4 August 2012. We are planning a high quality and intellectually stimulating programme, which addresses a wide range of issues within Sociology of Aging relevant to researchers from a diversity of countries.

We invite you to propose RC11 sessions for the ISA Forum.

Sessions will be 90 minutes in length. We encourage RC11 members to propose a variety of forms of sessions, as well as ‘regular’ paper sessions, which might include:

Regular sessions
Comprising four 15-20 minute presentations (or at most five 15 minute presentations ones) and 10-20 minutes of collective discussion.

Symposium
Focusing on a key theme with 4 speakers, plus a discussant, from a diversity of countries.

Featured or keynote speaker
For example, a session featuring a leading researcher in RC11 (with a presentation of between 35 and 60 minutes duration, followed by a discussion period).

Round tables or author meets their critics sessions
A debate about a current issue of particular importance within Sociology of Aging, or around an important recent publication presented by the author(s) with commentators.

Please email your proposals for RC11 sessions to the Programme Coordinators.

Your proposal must include:
1. Name of session organiser and email address
2. Title or topic of proposed session
3. A short description, 5-10 lines, of the proposed session

Note: You do not need to send names of paper presenters for ‘regular’ sessions. We recognise that 15 June 2011 is an early deadline, but ISA requires all RCs to submit the final list of proposed sessions to the ISA Secretariat by 15 July and to issue to call for papers for these sessions by 25 August 2011. This Call for Papers for ‘regular’ sessions will remain open until 15 December 2011.

If you have any queries, please contact one of the members of the RC11 Programme Committee.