Call for Applications
The Journal of Peasant Studies (
JPS), College of Humanities
and Development Studies (
COHD) of China Agricultural University (Beijing), Institute
for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (
PLAAS),
Young African Researchers in Agriculture (
YARA), Future Agricultures Consortium (
FAC),
and the Global South Young Critical Agrarian Studies Scholars (the emerging association of graduates of this annual writeshop) are jointly organising the Second JPS Annual Summer Writeshop-Workshop in Critical Agrarian Studies and Scholar-Activism for PhD
students and young researchers (up to 5 years from PhD completion) who are based in, or are originally from, the Global South.
The JPS-COHD-PLAAS-YARA-FAC Writeshop aims to improve young researchers’ strategic knowledge about and practical skills on matters related to international journal publication and impact (including choosing journals; building ideas about and framing/writing
journal manuscripts, and overall preparation and submission of journal manuscripts; dealing with peer review reports, and so on). It will include sessions on key debates and literature in critical agrarian studies, and concepts in and practice of scholar-activism.
The 7-day Writeshop-Workshop will include peer review discussions on participants’ draft journal manuscripts.
After the workshop, participants will be in a better position to frame their work in relation to critical agrarian studies and to think about international journal publications in the long-term, and finalise journal manuscripts in the short term. They will
also benefit from being part of an emerging community of young researchers working in critical agrarian studies from a scholar-activist tradition. Several participants would be be invited to submit manuscripts to JPS, and encouraged to submit to other major
international journals.
We are looking at a maximum of 30-40 workshop participants. We will provide full fellowships (travel and accommodation financial support) for up to 20 researchers. We also encourage externally funded participants. Successful applicants must circulate a draft
manuscript (based on their accepted abstract) of 8,000-10,000 words in advance of the Writeshop-Workshop.
For applications, please submit the following
in one Word file:
(1) An abstract of 500 words, related to critical agrarian studies (see
JPS aims
and scope)
(2) A short bio of 250 words
(3) Names and contact information of 2 academic references
Please send your application to:
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Deadline: 1 March 2020
Application results to be announced on 15 March 2020.
Those selected are invited to submit a full draft manuscript of 8,000–10,000 words. This is due on 31 May 2020.
Writeshop-Workshop date: 25-31 July 2020
Venue: COHD, China Agricultural University, Beijing
After last year’s writeshop, the attendees formed the Global South Young Critical Agrarian Scholars and drafted “Towards a solidarity-based network of agrarian studies global-south scholars:
A
manifesto”.