TASA Conference 2015 Cairns Neoliberalsim and Contempory Challenges for the Asia-Pacific November 23-26, 2015 TASA’s 2015 annual conference will be held in Cairns, in Far North Queensland from 23 to 26 November 2015. The location makes this conference an ideal site for sociological conversations across the Asia-Pacific region, and will make a major contribution to strengthening regional networks in sociology. The conference theme is Neoliberalism and Contemporary Challenges for the Asia-Pacific. The theme is designed to appeal to academic and non-academic sociologists throughout the Asia-Pacific region. As a global structure, neoliberalism has impacted lives around the world in far more than an economic sense. In this conference, we seek to understand the global effects of neoliberalism, but especially the ways neoliberalism is experienced in different local contexts. The experiences of Australia and New Zealand are different from those of Asia and again of the Pacific. What challenges and opportunities does neoliberalism present, and how does sociology respond to those challenges? Cairns is easily accessible from all Australian airports, and also hosts an international airport with regular flights to East and Southeast Asia, including direct links to Tokyo, Osaka, Guam, Port Moresby, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Conference delegates can take advantage of the excellent tourist infrastructure in the Cairns CBD, and might like to extend their stay to explore more of North Queensland. With Keynote Speakers: Professor Eva Cox ProfessorVedi Hadiz Associate Professor Itty Abraham More information at: www.conference.tasa.org.au Hosted by TASA, the Cairns Institute and the College of Arts, Society & Education at James Cook University