The Ethnography Collaborative Research Network within the Law and Society Association is sponsoring several panels and events of interest to anthropologists…
Category: Announcements
New in PoLAR: Perspectives on AAA’s Israel Boycott Vote
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review’s fourth emergent conversation features a variety of perspectives regarding the American Anthropological Association’s (AAA) vote on a possible boycott … More
APLA Announces 2016 Graduate Student Paper Prize
APLA (Association for Political and Legal Anthropology) is pleased to announce that the 2016 Student Paper Prize is open for submissions. The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program to send stand-alone papers centering on political and/or legal institutions and processes…
Call for Graduate Student Representative
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is accepting applications for a
second Graduate Student Representative to the section’s Board of Directors. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, working with the Board…
Making Refuge: New Book by Catherine Besteman
Catherine Besteman is Francis F. and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology at Colby College. Her latest book is Making Refuge: Somali Bantu Refugees and Lewiston, Maine…
APLA Book Prize 2016 Call for Nominations
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2016 APLA Book Prize competition. The association will recognize work that best exemplifies creativity and rigor in the ethnographic …
2015 APLA Book Prize Winners
We are pleased to announce the winner and honorable mentions in the 2015 APLA Book Prize award! The APLA Book Prize Committee described Leviathans at the Gold Mine as a powerful ethnographic and theoretical exploration…
Call for PoLAR Digital Editorial Fellows
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review welcomes applications for the Digital Editorial Fellows (def) Program for graduate students interested in enhancing their knowledge and experience in academic publishing. The program is part of an effort to expand the virtual presence of the journal, foster dialogue among members…
Crimescapes: Space, Law, and the Making of Illegality in the Americas
The Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Florida is pleased to invite you to the 65th Annual Conference, CRIMESCAPES: Space, Law and the Making of Illegality…
LSA 2016: Law and Ethnography CRN Call for Proposals
AT THE DELTA: Belonging, Place and Visions of Law and Social Change June 2 – 5, 2016 Law and Society … More
APLA at LSA 2015
#LSAWA2015 Connect with APLA at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Seattle, May 28-31. APLA members are active … More
APLA Announces 2015 Graduate Student Paper Prize
“A Kind of Magic” by Gisela Giardino APLA (Association for Political and Legal Anthropology) is pleased to announce that the … More
Disavowing the Law and Engaging Politics in Rural China
By Andrea E. Pia – PhD Candidate, LSE This month, APLA is proud to present a column by the winner … More
APLA Book Prize 2015!
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) is pleased to launch its 2015 prize for the book that best exemplifies … More
#BlackLivesStillMatter: Race and Justice at AAA 2015
In response to the overt racial injustice embedded in the organization of American policing and justice system, made undeniably visible … More
Participatory democracy, civic engagement and citizenship education
“By The People” Participatory democracy, civic engagement and citizenship education Photo by Sara CALL FOR PROPOSALS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Arizona State … More
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