Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the South
agrarian studies, global south, scholar-activists
CASAS’ collaborates with the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS) and partners to organise the International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism, otherwise known as the JPS Writeshop.
The Writeshop aims to improve early-career researchers’ strategic knowledge about and practical skills on matters related to international journal publication and impact, with a particular focus in the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. This includes choosing journals; building ideas about and framing/writing journal manuscripts; overall preparation and submission of journal manuscripts; dealing with peer review reports, and so on. It will include sessions by leading academics on key debates and literature in critical agrarian studies, and concepts in and practices of scholar-activism.
This sections encompasses call for applications and reflections about the Writeshop.
The Journal of Peasant Studies and co-organizers are pleased to announce the International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2026. 1-10 July 2026, China Agricultural University, Beijing/Hebei Call for Applications The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), Beijing Innovation Center for Rural Revitalization and Integrated Rural-urban Development (BIC-RRID), Collective of…
Our mentor, Jun Borras (former JPS Chief Editor and Professor of Agrarian Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies) has written about the global-local connections in international knowledge politics, considering the initiative of the international Writeshops for early career scholars from the Global South in which CASAS’ is one of the organizers. Read his…
We are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 28 September-4 October 2025, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), Cape Town. Call for Applications he Journal of Peasant Studies and co-organisers are pleased to announce the Africa Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 202529 September – 6 October…
We are pleased to announce the Asia Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism 2025 1-12 July 2025, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Call for Applications The Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), Beijing Innovation Center for Rural Revitalization and Integrated Rural-urban Development (BIC-RRID), Collective of Agrarian Scholar-Activists from the…
By Muhammad Arfan, CASAS’ member The 5th International Writeshop in Critical Agrarian Studies & Scholar-Activism took place from July 27 to August 8, 2024, in Beijing, China. This event was a collaborative effort by various institutions, including the Journal of Peasant Studies, China Agricultural University’s College of Humanities and Development Studies (COHD), Beijing Innovation Center…