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La Via Campesina – transforming agrarian and knowledge politics, and co-constructing a field: a laudatio by Saturnino M. Borras Jr.
31 January 2023 was Jun’s last day as Editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies after 15 years of working for the journal. This year is also the 50th anniversary of JPS! We want to share Jun’s laudatio piece for La Vía Campesina on its 30th anniversary, which has just been released. This is Open Access.…
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EMERGING LEADERS IN THE AMERICAS PROGRAM (ELAP) Scholarships. Deadline March 6th 2023
EMERGING LEADERS IN THE AMERICAS PROGRAM (ELAP) The ELAP scholarships provide students from post-secondary institutions located in Latin America and the Caribbean with short-term research exchange opportunities in Canadian post-secondary institutions. Candidates must be citizens of an eligible country/territory: For more info, please visit: http://www.sfu.ca/international/index/funding/other-funding-opportunities/elap.html P.S. Gerardo Otero is willing to accept a student in the…
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Politically engaged, pluralist and internationalist: critical agrarian studies today by Jun Borras
As you know, 31 January 2023 is Jun’s last day as Editor of the Journal of Peasant Studies after 15 years working for the journal. This year is also the 50th anniversary of JPS! We want to share with you Jun’s reflection paper recently released on how JPS and Critical Agrarian Studies have shaped each…
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UN OHCHR Call for input: Violence and the right to food. Deadline: Nov. 21, 2022
Purpose To inform the Human Rights Council report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, focusing on the nature, degree, and cause of violence present in food systems. Key questions and types of input/comments sought For more information: https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2022/call-input-violence-and-right-food