Below is a video conversation about the 2024 book prize winner, Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity and the Rise of Youth…
Congratulations to the 2025 APLA prize winners!
The APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology recognizes work that best exemplifies creativity and rigor in the ethnographic exploration of…
Speaking Justice to Power 2025
Academic Freedom, Immigration, and Carceral Regimes At the American Anthropological Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans Cosponsored by APLA (Association for…
Town Hall Meeting on the Future of PoLAR (Political and Legal Anthropology Review)
Monday, September 15, 3 pm Eastern US time (9 pm Central European Time ) Zoom link: https://uib.zoom.us/j/68945806343?pwd=hQNpKiezITlIBnQC2T93Vjd0YWkjzt.1 Meeting ID: 689…
A (Non?)Travel Toolkit for Anthropologists (and anyone!)
The academic year is finally winding down and many of us are hoping to travel— for research, fun, or a…
APLA 2025 Graduate Student Paper Prize Competition
The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D., J.D., LL.M., S.J.D. etc.) to…
Resources and Links on Academic Freedom Relevant to Anthropologists
To be updated regularly. Last update March 21, 2025 Contact: Heath Cabot (heath.cabot@uib.no) Have you found yourself under attack within…
APLA Taskforce on Academic Freedom
Letter from APLA President: Call for Action and Help March 21, 2025 Dear APLA Members and Friends, As you know,…
Nominations Open: 2025 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2025 APLA Book Prize in…
Speaking Justice to Power 2025: Inauguration Discussion
APLA invites members and the public to a livestream event on Friday, January 24, 2025, from 12—2 PM Eastern Standard…
Announcing the winners of the APLA Book and Paper Prizes
APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology recognizes work that best exemplifies creativity and rigor in the ethnographic exploration of politics, law, and/or…
Letter From The President
Dear APLA members and friends, Writing to you on the eve of a hugely consequential election, I want to take…
APLA Special Events at the AAA 2024
Wednesday, 11/20: VIRTUAL3779 – Virtual Job Market and Career RoundtableTime: 12:45 PM – 2 PMThis virtual roundtable explores a range…
“Non-Existent Plots”: Land Fraud in Nairobi’s Construction Boom
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology for Anthropology News By Peter Lockwood In 2022, Lesedi Developers, a land-selling company in Kenya…
Fire’s Alter-Lives: Climate Change Adaptation and Settler Futurity in Bolivia
Association for Political and Legal Anthropology for Anthropology News By Mareike Winchell Jesús Valdivia planned to get his cows high. This,…
2024-25 Call for PoLAR Digital Editorial Fellows
In 2012, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review launched the Digital Editorial Fellows (def) Program for graduate students interested in enhancing their knowledge and…
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