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The 6^th 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