Just received a review invite from Frontiers in Sociology that seems to be AI-generated and cites papers I never wrote. The paper abstract also seems clearly AI-generated. The journal has a few hundred associate editors, but I’m not sure if any actual humans are involved in the editorial process.
If you’re working on LGBTQ+ movements or rights and thinking about ASA submissions tonight, I’m organizing two connected panels on queer/trans movements and LGBTQ+ rights in times of crisis and backlash. Submissions are due tonight at 9PM (EST). Thanks for considering!
This event features Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi (U Lausanne), Alex Hanna (DAIR) @alexhanna.bsky.social, Yatun Sastramidjaja (U Amsterdam) @yatunsastra.bsky.social, Jay Ulfelder (Independent Researcher), and will be moderated by Didem Türkoğlu (Kadir Has) @didem-turkoglu.bsky.social
How are young people around the world organizing amid a global polycrisis—democratic backsliding, rising fascism, war/genocide & climate catastrophe?
Join the ASA CBSM @asa-cbsm.bsky.social virtual conversation on Global Youth Mobilization!
📅 Dec 8, 2025, 11AM (Chicago Time)
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Join us for a workshop on publishing books in Korean studies (broadly defined). Speakers will tackle questions like: How long from idea to contract? How to pitch to editors? What goes in the book vs. articles? How to stay authentic?
🗓 Nov 12 (Wed), 3:30-5PM EST
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Join us for a virtual conversation with ASA Human Rights Section Book Award winners, Chana Teeger and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, on race, memory, and injustice. I’ll be moderating this discussion.
📅 November 19 (Wed) 10–11 AM CST / 4–5 PM GMT
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A new article out: “Flexible Masculinities: Negotiating Gender, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Global Asia.” I introduce the concept of “flexible masculinities” to understand how people navigate shifting gender norms across different cultural and geographic contexts.
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