Abstract
Death and the advent of a variety of anniversaries are occasions when a discipline
reflects on the accomplishments of its members, propounded by host universities,
scholarly associations, focused conferences, journals, as well as the more normal
course of the unfolding of a scholar’s influence. The paper attempts to assemble
Robert K Merton’s posthumous publications together with the array of works
directly relating to his body of sociological work. While it might be expected that
particular themes would continue and this indeed occurs, there is also a wide range
of attention to a large variety of Merton’s work, including the launching of his
emergent inte4rest in sociological semantics. The assemblage of material suggests
that Merton’s work will continue to play an important role in inspiring sociological
research.