Please note that conference participation requires membership in the ICSA. If you are not an active member yet, please become a member through ICSA’s new homepage: https://www.icsa-sociology.org/. The membership fees: $10 for a student membership, $30 for a regular membership, and $600 for a lifetime membership. 

The registration fee for the 2024 conference is $70 for regular members and $40 for student members.

We noticed that some members encountered problems in registration and payment on the website. To facilitate your registration, we strongly suggest you pay the membership fee and conference fee via PayPal (https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.paypal.com%2fcgi%2dbin%2fwebscr%3fcmd%3d%5fs%2dxclick%26hosted%5fbutton%5fid%3dXM8NXZRWM9VRU&umid=45ec7e84-3245-4371-9722-b8f4d81abc6e&auth=8d3ccd473d52f326e51c0f75cb32c9541898e5d5-829fdd776533fef1773e519e985f2652ef780e72 ) and send the receipt back to the association email (master@icsociology.org). Below is the detail of registration fee. 

*Registration fee is inclusive of dinner on June 13th and tea breaks on both days. 

If you have difficulties in using PayPal, please contact tjcai@um.edu.mo for assistance. 

The conference committee can assist participants for the hotel reservation in UM Guest House (https://srs.sao.um.edu.mo/um-guest-house/). Since the UM Guest House DOES NOT accept walk-in guests, rooms are only available for pre-booking reservations via the UM internal system. Please follow the link to provide your information if you want to stay on campus  

 (https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2uAFf3bPt0Xnbee). Please note the room capacity of UM Guest House is limited and the reservation is first come, first served.

International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) 2024 Yu Xie Early Career Award

Call for Nomination

The International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) invites nominations for the Yu Xie Early Career Award.The ICSA Yu Xie Early Career Award recognizes and honors individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in Sociology within 10 years of completing their doctoral degree. The award includes a certificate and USD $1,000. The winner will be honored during the Annual Meeting. The 2024 ICSA annual meeting will be held at the University of Macao on June 13-14, 2024. 

Nomination timeline

Nominations Opened: February 1st, 2024 

Nominations deadline for complete nomination package (nomination letter and CV): April 1, 2024.

Reference Letter max word: 600

Evaluation criteria

The award selection committee recognizes the multi-dimensional nature of intellectual contributions and will pay attention to a variety of scholarly contributions, including, but not limited to:

1)    Emerging body of significant and high-impact research in the form of publications that are likely to make a significant impact on theory, research, and practice.

2)    Evidence of growing intellectual leadership in the discipline as reflected in editorial appointments, particularly of leading Sociology journals.

3)    Other evidence of intellectual contributions that provide a platform for future success.

Nominators are encouraged to provide the award selection committee with specific indicators of the nominee's contributions in these and other categories.

Eligibility 

Nominee

1.    Members of this ICSA Awards Committee and the ICSA Board of Directors are not eligible to be a nominee for this award.

2.    Former recipients of this Award are not eligible.

3.    Nominees must be within 10 years of their terminal degree as of 31 December in the award year. 

4.    Nominees are required to be a member of ICSA

5.    Nominees must be living at the time of their nomination.

6.    Nominees not selected for the award in the year of the initial nomination are kept on file for automatic consideration again the next year, without requiring renomination. At the time of the Call for Nominations each year, nominators of previous unsuccessful nominations have the option of updating and resubmitting their earlier nominations.

Nominator

1.    Nominators are not required to be members of ICSA.

2.     Members of this ICSA Award Selection Committee may add additional candidates at their discretion.

Nomination instructions

An Award Selection Committee has been formed to select candidates for the award for 2024. The committee members are Professors W. Jean Yeung (Chair), Ming Wen, and Emily Hannum. Nominators can submit a nomination to the President of ICSA and Chair of the Award Selection Committee, W.J. Yeung by email at: socywj@nus.edu.sg (please state the subject as "Nomination for ICSA Yu Xie Early Career Award - 2024"). 

The nomination packet should include two items:

1)    Nominee's curriculum vitae/bio.

2)    The nomination letter should include a brief (not to exceed 600 words) description of the candidate's achievements and eligibility. The letter should identify the major contributions on which the nomination is based and explain why the nominee is especially qualified to receive this award.

The deadline for all nominations for this award is April 1^th 2024. 

Winners of the award will be informed around April 15, 2024.

International Chinese Sociological Association (ICSA) 2024 Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award

Graduate students are invited to compete for the ICSA 2024 Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award.  One paper (published or unpublished) will be selected and the award will be announced in the conference and presented with a plaque and a check of USD 500 (by mail). Five travel awards valued $500 will be offered to students based on their submission for the paper award.

To be considered for the Nan Lin Graduate Student Paper Award, papers must be (1) authored by student(s) only, (2) in English, and (3) to be presented at the 2024 ICSA Annual Conference in person. Student status must be valid as of the end of 2024. Only complete papers will be considered. Please mark *Nan Lin Paper Award* in the Subject Area when submitting online.