Militias, coercive brokers and public authority This seminar explores the entanglements between para state armed groups (PAGs) illicit economies, organised crimes and formal politics.
The everyday life of drugs: producers, dealers, consumers, enforcers This session, held in-person in London, will showcase research on the everyday realities, perspectives and experiences of participants in illicit drug economies, and discuss the wider implications of everyday perspectives on drugs.
Yenching Academy Scholarship A two-year interdisciplinary Master's Program in China Studies at the top university in China. Calls for scholarship applications is now open. Deadline: 12am, midnight (UK time), Sunday 3rd December 2023.
Illicit economies, violence(s) and state formation in Latin America In this seminar, chaired by Jeff Garmany, keynote speaker Jenny Pearce will discuss illicit economies, violence(s) and their influence on state formation in Latin America.
Frontiers, illicit flows and the geographies of uneven development In this opening seminar of the CIVAD-RUSI seminar series, Michael Watts and Dolly Kikon will discuss how the circulation of illicit flows (capital, commodities, people, ideas) shape and connect processes of (uneven) development within and across regions.
Danced by the Unseen: A Conversation with Butoh dancer and visual artist Florencia Guerberof This event is the first of a series of conversations with artists who work in Japanese arts or are inspired by Japan. The aim is to explore artistic practice as a process of research and reflect on the ways in which academic and artistic production can build upon each other.
In Conversation with Jade Y. Chen: The writer, dramatist and director In this event, we will have a chance to talk with the Taiwanese writer Yu-hui Chen about her life experiences as a dramatist, playwright, directer and journalist.