CALL FOR PAPERS

2010 Annual Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Cambridge, MA
March 18-21, 2010

America is facing its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The 2010 Meeting will focus on the nature of this crisis and it’s implications for the U.S. and other societies around the world. How will the global economic crisis change the American Dream as well as the aspirations of those in other countries? What new patterns of consumption, work, and family seem most likely to emerge? What will be the role of government in economic markets? What will be the nature of government responsibility to its citizens in areas such as health care, social security, employment, housing, and family benefits? How will citizens define responsibilities to their government and to each other? What kinds of economic and social inequalities will emerge and will they feel legitimate or even acceptable? How will societies define the balance of individual rights versus communal concerns? How will the reduction of government programs affect education and the criminal justice system? To what degree will societies look inward and as opposed to looking outward toward more global issues such as the environment, immigration, terrorism, and international conflict? What new social policies will be needed to adequately deal with this changed reality? The new and current economic and social situation challenges sociology to provide analyses and answers to these and other pressing questions.

In addition submissions on all sociological topics are welcome. We are especially interested in having them in such varied forms as:

• Individual papers (please include one-page abstracts; longer drafts are also welcome)
• Wholly constituted sessions (with names and affiliations of all presenters)
• Workshops on specific topics and techniques (indicate the expert in charge)
• Conversations, Q & A sessions, or master classes (featuring a prominent scholar)
• Round-table and poster-session presentations

Regular submissions for all sociological topics in any of above formats are due by October 30, 2009. Details about electronic submission will be posted by the end of the summer.

It is never too early to start planning. Questions should be sent to: easterns2010@gmail.com

Click here to get started with the submission process.

Program Committee: Jonathan Imber (Co-Chair), Christopher Winship (Co-Chair), Rosanna Hertz (President), Pamela Stone (Vice President), Anita Garey, Nazli Kibria, and William Julius Wilson