The Journal of Peace and Security Studies is now online. The first issue is a special issue entitled ‘Unfolding Land Conflicts in Northern Uganda.’ The articles can be downloaded from the journal’s website: http://www.jpss.ug

Dear all Trustlanders,

Please click here to see a draft call for papers for a panel on Land, Displacement and Boundaries for the Annual meeting of African Studies Association, Indianapolis, IN November 20-23 2014.

For information about the meeting see http://www.africanstudies.org/annual-meetings/future-annual-meeting-dates.

If you are interested, please send the title of your paper and an abstract of max. 200 words to: lotte.meinert@cas.au.dk and Daivi RodimaTaylor <rodima@bu.edu> before March 11, 2014.

Time: Wednesday 4 December, 2.15-4.00 pm. Venue: Meeting Room 2, Conference Center, Stakladen, Aarhus University

Peter Geschiere is one of the leading authorities on witchcraft within anthropology and beyond. For decades he has been at the forefront of the intellectual effort to rethink of the relationship between modernity, globalization and witchcraft.  In recent years, professor Gescihere has begun a large comparative project that seeks to understand the similar processes that inform witchcraft on the one hand and ideas about belonging, group identity and nationalism on the other.  This talk will present ideas from his most recent book Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust (The University of Chicago Press, 2013).

On 15 November 2013, Christian Friis Bach, the Minister for Development Cooperation in Denmark, will take part in a panel debate about land rights in Africa. He has recently been criticized for claiming that collective rights are obstacles to Development. The debate will be in Danish. Further information is found here: http://www.u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/29-10-13/kom-til-debat-om-jordrettigheder-med-christian-fri

Quentin Gausset is co-organizing a panel entitled “Property, Ownership and Legal Pluralism” (Panel 6) at the MEGA seminar 2014 on law. The MEGA seminar is held in Denmark. Click here to download the call for abstracts and here to download a document with information about the different panels.

The Agri4D Conference held 25-26th of September in Uppsala has a session entitled “Securing Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa – in the context of increased competition for land”. Click here for further information.