The Commission on Nomadic Peoples is pleased to call for submissions for the CNP Best Student Essay Prize 2026 on the broad topic of nomadic peoples, as defined in our journal, Nomadic Peoples. The winner will be awarded a prize of £250 and guaranteed free, open-access publication in Nomadic Peoples…
Nomadic Peoples 30.2 (2026) is out and open access! It includes a 'Pastoralists and COVID-19’ special issue guest edited by Angela Kronenburg García, Joana Roque de Pinho, and Annemiek Pas Schrijver, and a special section on the UN International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026). Check it out and…
The next World Anthropological Union Congress will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, next year, 31 Aug- 4 Sep 2027, and the call for panels, roundtables and workshops is open until 2 October 2026. https://www.waucongress2027.org/ As usual, the Commission on Nomadic Peoples encourages and supports the submission of panels by Commission…
The Bonte-Brisebarre grant was launched in 2026 by friends and colleagues of Professor Pierre Bonte and Professor Anne-Marie Brisebarre. This grant honors their crucial contributions to the field of pastoralism studies and their work in service of education and research. The grant aims to support the fieldwork of students enrolled…
Image above: Toddlers watching juvenile goats and sheep. Photo by the author (2025). Author: Xiaojie Tian, Associate Professor, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan (email: tian.xiaojie.fw@u.tsukuba.ac.jp) Imagine handing a young child sole responsibility for his or her family’s assets. In most modern households, this idea is almost…
The International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations under the auspices of UNESCO (IISNC), in collaboration with partner institutions and networks, is organizing an international, interdisciplinary conference titled “Nomadic Futures: Cultural Rights, Knowledge Systems, Climate Resilience”, to be held on 19-21 August 2026. Coinciding with COP17 to the United…
Ariell Ahearn(editor), Gantulga Munkherdene (editor) and Takahiro Ozaki (editor)Focusing on pastoral and rural communities, this volume highlights ongoing transitions in rural Central Asia. Informed by in-depth case studies from Mongolia, Buryatia and Kyrgyzstan, the essays focus on themes in contemporary pastoralism, including the adaptation and resilience of rural pastoralist livelihoods…
Image above by Jan Jassen Author: Jamal Alkirnawi, A New Dawn in the Negev, Rahat, Israel (jamal@anewdawninthenegev.org)When most people picture therapy, they imagine an office: a couch, a closed door, maybe a box of tissues on a side table. But in parts of Israel's Bedouin society, therapy is happening somewhere very different — in family compounds, backyard…
Image above: Two camels in pasture with Jbel Taïssa in the background, Photo B.P. 2026 Author: Bastien Pillon, Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France. bastien.pillon.bp@gmail.com Bastien is a recipient of the 2026 Bonte-Brisebarre granThe Saharan region of Guelmim-Oued Noun is the northernmost of the three regions within the camel breeding…
Image above: Toddlers watching juvenile goats and sheep. Photo by the author (2025). Author: Xiaojie Tian (email: tian.xiaojie.fw@u.tsukuba.ac.jp), Associate Professor, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, JapanImagine handing a young child sole responsibility for his or her family’s assets. In most modern households, this idea is almost unthinkable. Most adults would…
Nomadic Peoples 30.1 (2026) is now published: link: https://liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpnp/30/1 Guest Edited by: Giordano Marmone and Kelly Askew Preface Giordano Marmone, Preface to the Special Issue: Collective Rights to Land and Resources: An Institutionalist Perspective on Pastoralism in Africa Introduction John G. Galaty, Overview: Institutional Pluralism and Innovation in African Pastoralist…
Image above retrieved from https://iyrp.info/pastoral-commons IYRP2026 'Pastoralism and Land Rights' working groupThe IYRP2026 'Pastoral Commons' working group has published a conceptual framework highlighting the values, challenges and importance of pastoral commons worldwide. More information here https://iyrp.info/ and here https://iyrp.info/pastoral-commons.
