The 6th International Conference of the BRICS Initiative for Critical Agrarian Studies (BICAS)
Development and agrarian transformations:
BRICS, competition and cooperation in the Global South
Desenvolvimento e transformações agrárias:
BRICS, competição e cooperação no Sul Global
Universidade de Brasília (UnB) – November 12 to 14th, 2018
Programa
November 12th
17:00 – Official Opening
18:00 – Opening Conference – Teodor Shanin – Lenin and land in the XXI century
November 13th
8:00 – Plenary Session 1
10:30 – Plenary Session 2
Afternoon (2 p.m. – 5 p.m.) – Working groups (parallel session)
November 14th
8:00 – Plenary Session 1
10:30 – Plenary Session 2
Afternoon (2 p.m. – 4 p.m.) – Working groups
17:00 – Closing session
International guests (confirmed)
- Clara Craviotti – Conicet/Argentina
- George Mészarós – Warwick University (England)
- Henry Bernstein – SOAS/England
- Henry Veltmeyer – Universidad de Zacatecas (México)
- Jingzhong Ye – China Agricultural University (COHD – Pequim)
- Ligia Cabral (University of Sussex – IDS)
- Ruth Hall – PLAAS/South Africa
- Suzanna Hecht – California University (Los Angeles)
- Wendy Wolford – Cornell University (Ithaca)
- Jan D. Van der Ploeg – Holand
- Alex Shankland (University of Sussex – IDS)
November, 13th
8:00 – Plenary session 1: Development and regional influences: BRICS investments in Africa, Asia and Latin America (Desenvolvimento e influências regionais: investimentos dos BRICS na África, Ásia e na América Latina)
Chair: Sérgio Schneider
- Ligia Cabral (University of Sussex – IDS)
- Jingzhong Ye – COHD
- George Mészarós – Warwick/England
- Eduardo Gomes – Brazil/UFF
- Thomas Patrick Dwyer – Brazil/Unicamp
10:30 – Plenary session 2: BRICS cooperation: policy transfer and state influences in the global south (Cooperação dos BRICS: policy transfer e influências dos Estados no sul global)
Chair: Janaina D. de Abreu Sá Diniz – Brazil/UnB
- Alexander Nikulin (Sasha) – RANEPA
- Suzanna Hecht – California University
- Isabela Nogueira de Moraes – Brazil/LabChina
- John Wilkinson – Brazil/CPDA
- José Vicente Tavares dos Santos – Brazil (UFRGS)
- José Paulo Pietrafesa – Brazil/UFG
November, 14th
8:00 – Plenary session 3: BRICS: the ‘agricultural frontier’, environment and food sovereignty (BRICS: ‘fronteira agrícola’, meio ambiente e segurança/soberania alimentar)
Chair: Paulo A. Niederle – Brazil/PGDR
- Ruth Hall – PLAAS
- Henry Veltmeyer – Zacatecas/Mexico
- Claudia Schmitt – Brazil/CPDA
- Sérgio Pereira Leite – Brazil/CPDA
- Arilson Favareto – Brazil/UFABC/Sao Paulo
10:30 – Plenary session 4: Agriculture, financiarization and commodity production: food security and sovereignty in the global south (Agricultura, finaceirização e produção de commodities: segurança e soberania alimentar no sul global)
Chair: Moisés V. Balestro – Brazil/UnB
- Henry Bernstein – SOAS/Inglaterra
- Walter Belik – Brazil/UNICAMP
- Clara Craviotti – Conicet/Argentina
- Ramonildes Gomes – Brazil/UFCG
- Lauro Mattei – Brazil/UFSC
17:00 – Closing plenary session: Agrarian transformations and socio-territorial movements: resistance and perspectives (Transformações agrárias e movimentos socioterritoriais: resistências e perspectivas)
Chair: Bernardo Mançano Fernandes – Brazil/UNESP
- Wendy Wolford – Cornell Univeristy (USA)
- Leonilde S. de Medeiros – Brazil/CPDA
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