Fragile Hope In Conversation

Sandhya Fuchs in conversation about her 2025 APLA Book Prize in Critical Anthropology winner, Fragile Hope: Seeking Justice for Hate Crimes … More

Panel Collaboration Hub: AAA Annual Meeting 2026 CFPs

On the Verge is the theme for the 2020 AAA Annual Meeting, which will be held November 18 – November … More

Fighting to Breathe Video Conversation

Below is a video conversation about the 2024 book prize winner, Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity and the Rise of Youth … More

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 … More

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 … More

AAA Town Hall on the Annual Meeting in Tampa

AAA invites members to join a Town Hall on Tuesday, February 27th from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. EDT, for a discussion of … More

APLA Statement in Support of Critical Scholarship

To add your name, complete this form. As concerned anthropologists and social scientists, we join scholars and scholarly associations around … More

Repair: AES / APLA Spring Conference 2024

April 4-6, 2024 | University of Pittsburgh In the face of compounding harms—mass extinctions, settler-colonial dispossession, gentrification, displacement—what does it … More

Florida 2024 Annual Meeting: APLA Calls for AAA Transparency

This statement is a call to action from the board of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology. The Association … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Contingent Labor

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology The seventh episode of Hiring Rituals focuses on contingent labor in … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Hiring in Australia

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology This sixth episode of Hiring Rituals focuses on hiring practices in … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Hiring in South Africa

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Our fifth podcast episode explores how South African anthropology departments hire. … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Hiring in Sweden

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Our fourth podcast episode explores how Swedish anthropology departments hire. Every … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Hiring in Norway

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Our third podcast episode explores how Norwegian anthropology departments hire. Every … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: UK Hiring

Presented by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Our second podcast episode explores how UK anthropology departments hire. Every … More

Academic Hiring Rituals Podcast by APLA: Law School Hiring

This series on academic hiring for anthropologists asks academics in different countries with considerable experience on hiring committees how hiring works in their academic systems to enable applicants to navigate these different processes.