Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
Recent news, resources for early-career scholars and important announcements about the collective and our partners and allies.
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of La Via Campesina, the global peasant movement, we have put together a special “grassroots voices” collection, comprising interviews with key leaders of the movement: Morgan Ody, Francisca ‘Pancha’ Rodríguez, Geum Soon Yoon, Ibrahima Coulibaly, and Paul Nicholson, as well as reflection pieces by Nettie Wiebe, Rita Calvário and Annette…
The call for Fondecyt postdoctoral fellowships (from the Chilean government) is now open. In the following link you can see the requirements and deadlines (in Spanish). If you know someone who is interested in conducting research on agribusiness in Central / South America/ pesticides and public health, and public policies in Chile, Grettel Navas would…
This year the Journal of Peasant Studies is celebrating its 50th year in print. Since the first volume spanning 1973-1974, JPS has tackled some of the most powerful issues in the rural world. To celebrate the anniversary we are releasing a golden collection of articles free access until August 31st. This collection includes the top…
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….
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…