Rojava’s revolution is one of the most promising projects of democratization and social transformation afoot in the current conjuncture in the Middle East. Its context within the ongoing Syrian War…
Report from Rojava: Revolution at a Crossroads
Multimedia story: #ERPI2018 – Authoritarian Populism & the Rural World
The event Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World, held in March in The Hague, generated a lively online discussion. We’ve compiled a multimedia story with selected tweets and images from…
CfP: POLLEN18 – Political Ecologies, Authoritarian Populism and Emancipatory Politics
A call for panellists has been issued for a panel on ‘Political Ecologies, Authoritarian Populism and Emancipatory Politics’ at the POLLEN conference in Oslo, 20-22 June 2018. The panel is organised…
Call for papers: International conference on authoritarian populism in the rural world
A call for abstracts has been issued for an international conference in March 2018, to explore the rise of ‘authoritarian populism’ in rural settings, as well as resistance and alternatives….
Why agrarian studies should confront the rise of authoritarian, populist movements
Last week I was in Russia at the fascinating fifth BRICS Initiative in Critical Agrarian Studies conference. Throughout the event we heard about the emergence of particular styles of authoritarian populist regimes,…
Emancipatory Rural Politics: call for papers at AAG2018
Emancipatory Rural Politics: contextualising authoritarian populism and resisting, mobilizing and creating alternatives Call for papers, Association of American Geographers 2018 annual meeting, 10-14 April, New Orleans Organizers: Amber Huff (Institute of…
Confronting authoritarian populism: a new initiative and a new paper
A few weeks back, I highlighted the launch of the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI), and the availability of small grants for doing research on both the contours of the…
4th BICAS Conference: call for abstracts on extractivism & rural social dynamics in the BRICS
Following the launch of the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI), a call for papers has been issued for an international conference in Moscow in October. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS/PAPERS for the…
Small grants call to launch Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative
The new Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) has launched with a call for small grants applications. The grants will fund working papers and fieldwork to generate new, empirical reflections and…