# Violence and Land Dispossession Project > A research project in Latin America ## Posts - [Talk "Research in Support of Emancipatory Agendas: the Questions and Challenges"](https://landandviolence.org/talk-research-in-support-of-emancipatory-agendas-the-questions-and-challenges/): On November 18 Dr. Jasmin Hristov gave the talk “Research in Support of Emancipatory Agendas: the Questions and Challenges” at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, Global Studies Theme at UBC Okanagan.Continue Reading - [Presentation on Land Dispossession and Sexual Violence](https://landandviolence.org/presentation-on-land-dispossession-and-sexual-violence/): Presentation on Land Dispossession and Sexual Violence On October 23, 2018, Jasmin Hristov gave a presentation entitled “Land-owners, Owners of Women: Land, Sexuality and the Logic of Dispossession” as part of the Feminist Research Speaker Series, Gender and Women’s Studies Program, UBC Okanagan. The presentation offered a new perspective on sexual violenceContinue Reading - [Call for Papers CSA 2019, deadline Jan 28, 2019](https://landandviolence.org/call-for-papers-csa-2019-deadline-jan-28-2019/): The Sociology of Development Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association invites submissions to the following sessions for the CSA 2019 Annual Conference at Congress in Vancouver June 3-6, 2019. Call for Papers CSA 2019, Submission Deadline January 28, 2019 SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT This open session features papers on theContinue Reading - [Non-State Armed Actors, Econ. Glob., and the State](https://landandviolence.org/non-state-armed-actors-econ-glob-and-the-state/): Presentation on Non-State Armed Actors, Economic Globalization, and the State: Towards an Emergent Theory of Violence On March 30, 2019 Jasmin Hristov will present the paper “Non-State Armed, Actors, Economic Globalization, and the State: Towards an Emergent Theory of Violence” at the International Studies Association (ISA) 60th Annual Convention in Toronto. This paperContinue Reading - [Knowledge Exchange in Practice: A Collaborative Workshop](https://landandviolence.org/hello-world/): Presentation at “Knowledge Exchange in Practice: A Collaborative Workshop” at the CARA WEST Conference On December 7, 2018 Jasmin Hristov presented at the workshop on Knowledge Exchange at the conference of the Canadian Association of Research Administrators in Kelowna, BC.Continue Reading ## Pages - [Jasmin Hristov](https://landandviolence.org/jasmin-hristov/): BIOGRAPHY As of July 1, 2021 I joined the University of Guelph as Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Guelph Institute of Development Studies (GIDS). Between 2017 and 2021 I was Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of History and Sociology at the UniversityContinue Reading - [LAND DISPOSSESSION](https://landandviolence.org/land-dispossession/): As part of the neoliberal economic restructuring, starting in the 1990s international institutions such as the World Bank began to promote market-led agrarian reform (MLAR) in Latin America aimed at converting land from social property into a private transferable commodity. This process has generated massive land dispossession characterized by aContinue Reading - [STATE AND PARAMILITARY VIOLENCE](https://landandviolence.org/state-and-paramilitary-violence/): While there is a substantial amount of literature on land-grabbing and land inequality exacerbation under neoliberalism these works give almost no attention to the importance of violence as an enabler of land-acquisition. On the other hand, the problem of violence in Latin America is largely attributed by academics, policy makersContinue Reading - [RESEARCH AGENDA AND OUTCOMES](https://landandviolence.org/research-agenda-and-outcomes/): PROJECT COMPLETION: The project has now concluded. Over one hundred interviews and focus-groups were carried out in Honduras and Mexico with members of peasant organizations, journalists, students, academics, NGO personnel as well as some representatives from the private sector. Fieldwork in Guatemala has been postponed due to Covid-19. The findingsContinue Reading - [PAST CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS](https://landandviolence.org/past-conference-presentations/): 2018 (July 15-21). Sexual Violence, Land Dispossession, and Illegal Armed Groups. Toronto: International Sociological Association XIX World Congress. 2018 (July 15-21). Development, Coercion and Non-State Violent Actors in the Era of Globalization.  Toronto: International Sociological Association XIX World Congress. 2017 (May 29-June 1). Agrarian Conflicts and Resistance in Brazil: Legal and Violent Mechanisms inContinue Reading - [MEDIA INTERVIEWS](https://landandviolence.org/media-interviews/): 2015 (Oct.15). Colombia’s Deal with the FARC. Missouri: Global Journalist. TV Program.http://globaljournalist.org/2015/10/colombias-deal-with-the-farc-program/ 2015 (Oct.5).  Interviewed by Matt Peppe for article “Misrepresentation of the Colombian Conflict”. Counterpunch.https://www.counterpunch.org/2015/10/05/misrepresentation-of-the-colombian-conflict/ 2010 (June 26).  “Impunity in Colombia and the G-20 inToronto”. Latin Waves (CJSF 90.1 FM). Vancouver. Interviewed by Sylvia Richardson, Producer and Host.http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/43805 2009 (Oct. 1).  “Sangre yContinue Reading - [EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS](https://landandviolence.org/events-and-presentations/): EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS On March 30, 2019 Jasmin Hristov will present the paper “Non-State Armed, Actors, Economic Globalization, and the State: Towards an Emergent Theory of Violence” at the International Studies Association (ISA) 60th Annual Convention in Toronto. This paper exemplifies the contributions of global sociology to the field of International Studies byContinue Reading - [Welcome](https://landandviolence.org/welcome/): Welcome, Bienvenidos! Welcome to my website. I am Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of History and Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan and Associate Member of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program. My research is in the areas of political violence, irregular armed groups, economic globalization,Continue Reading - [IMAGE GALLERY](https://landandviolence.org/image-gallery/): All photos listed here are Copyright (c) 2019 Jasmin Hristov, 1147 Research Road V1V 1V7, Kelowna, B.C, Canada, All Rights Reserved For non-commercial educational use, please cite the source as: Hristov, Jasmin. 2019. http://blogs.ubc.ca/jasminhristov/For any other use please request permissions by contacting jasmin.hristov@ubc.ca Honduras MexicoContinue Reading - [NEWS AND EVENTS](https://landandviolence.org/news-and-events-news-from-radio-progreso-la-ceiba-17-environmental-activists-treated-as-criminals/): Presentation on Violence and Land Disposession in Honduras On June 1, 2021 Dr. Jasmin Hristov presented the paper “Violence and Land Dispossession in Honduras” for the Rural Sociology research cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Annual Conference (virtually). Presentation on the Racist Dimensions of Land Conflicts On June 3,Continue Reading - [VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTARIES](https://landandviolence.org/videos-and-documentaries/): ENTREVISTA A JAIRO LÓPEZ, PERIODISTA HONDUREÑO. OCTUBRE 21, 2018 “Aquel periodista que dice la verdad se convierte en el enemigo del sistema” Entrevista con Jairo López, Periodista hondureño. Jairo y su familia son acosados y perseguidos por el gobierno de Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH) y los cuerpos de seguridad, porContinue Reading - [VIOLENCE AND LAND DISPOSSESSION PROJECT](https://landandviolence.org/violence-and-land-dispossession-project/): PROJECT COMPLETION This project has now been completed. See concluding statement under section Research Agenda and Outcomes. This research on violence and land dispossession continues with the new project “Land Violence, Security and Development in Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico”, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of CanadaContinue Reading - [OUR TEAM](https://landandviolence.org/our-team/): PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Dr. Jasmin Hristov Dr. Jasmin Hristov Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Guelph Institute of Development Studies (GIDS). University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1 jhristov@uoguelph.ca Canada Tel: +1 416-876 3997 (2019). Armed Actors, the Commodification of Women and the Destruction of Childhood: UnderstandingContinue Reading - [BOOKS](https://landandviolence.org/books/): PARAMILITARISM AND NEOLIBERALISM: VIOLENT SYSTEMS OF CAPITAL ACCUMULATION IN COLOMBIA AND BEYOND ‘Very few books are able to penetrate the labyrinth of political development in Colombia and uncover the roots of the violence that has dominated the history of Colombia. This book does so with surprising agility, solid research andContinue Reading - [JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS](https://landandviolence.org/journal-articles-and-book-chapters/): REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Coates, R., Colombo, E., Dores, A., Hernandez, S., and Hristov, J. (2018). Teaching Globalization Globally: the Experience of Globalization, Social Justice and Human Rights Course. Islamic Perspective: Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities 19, 83-99. Hristov, J. (2017). Guerrillas, Marxists, Terrorists, or Trouble-Makers? Doing Sociology in High-Risk Violent ConflictContinue Reading - [RESEARCH GRANTS](https://landandviolence.org/research-grants/): 2019 Humanities and Social Sciences Research Grant, UBC Okanagan, $4,995 Principal Investigator for the project “Human Rights Monitor of Honduras” 2018-2020 Insight Development Grant (IDG), SSHRC, $70,776 Principal Investigator for the project “Violence and Land Dispossession in Central America and Mexico” 2018 Partnership Engage Grant (IDG), SSHRC, $24,995 Principal AwardeeContinue Reading - [ALTERNATIVE MEDIA- MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN ALTERNATIVOS](https://landandviolence.org/alternative-media-medios-de-comunicacion-alternativos/): Continue Reading - [Blog](https://landandviolence.org/blog/): Continue Reading - [Services](https://landandviolence.org/services/): Product / Service #1 Whatever your company is most known for should go right here, whether that’s bratwurst or baseball caps or vampire bat removal. 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