Dear SSS community: I am delighted with the response to this year’s Southern Sociological Society meeting theme, The Sociology of the Future and the Future of Sociology. Program Chair Lisa Walker and her amazing program committee have been hard at work organizing what I think is going to be an exciting program. In particular, I … Read more
Dear SSS members, I am so excited to update you on our planning for the 2025 meeting. In response to the Call for Papers built around President Dawn Robinson’s theme “Sociology of the Future and the Future of Sociology,” we received hundreds of submissions for research papers, posters, thematic sessions, panels, workshops, and much more. … Read more
SSS 2025: Sociology of the Future and the Future of Sociology Charlotte, NC April 9-12, 2025 The deadline for submissions to SSS 2025 is tonight, Nov. 13th at 11:59 p.m. EST! Use the buttons below to access the submission portal and the full call for papers. We look forward to your submissions and seeing you … Read more
Good day SSSers.I would like for you to consider the ways you can make your work, your programs, and your organizations visible at SSS 2025. There are a variety of ways, and, indeed, we are always open to new ideas for working with members, their publishers, and a myriad of organizations. First, though, I would … Read more
SSSers, As the deadline for submitting abstracts and panels for our annual meeting in Charlotte, NC, approaches, we are excited by the response to President Dawn Robinson’s theme of “Sociology of the Future and the Future of Sociology”! We recognize that organizing sessions and clarifying presentations involves time, imagination, and energy; therefore we are extending the … Read more
Submit your Session Seeking Papers (SSP) by Sunday, Oct. 27th, to be included in our final weekly digest next Tuesday. To submit a Session Seeking Papers, use this form. We currently have 27 SSPs across a variety of exciting themes! Their due dates for abstract submission vary. Please visit our website for the full list of SSPs for … Read more
With less than 5 weeks until the submission deadline for the SSS 2025 meeting in Charlotte, NC, now is the time to consider organizing a session(s) around various themes, including but not limited to the conference theme (Future of Sociology and the Sociology of the Future), that represent the richness of sociology. For the full … Read more
This is the first of our weekly digests of Sessions Seeking Papers for the SSS 2025 meeting. With the meeting’s theme “Sociology of the Future and the Future of Sociology,” President Dawn Robinson invites us to consider “how sociology can help us understand how to adapt, resist, and thrive in the face of this changing social … Read more
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SSSers. I hope everyone had safe travels back from New Orleans. We had some 941 of you register for these meetings! This means that SSS continues to grow since the pandemic and this is so exciting to see! Thanks again to our 2023-2024 President, Gayle Kaufman, and their Program Chairs D’Lane Compton and Hiromi Taniguchi … Read more