The section of the American Anthropological Association committed to critical study of politics and law
Winner: Catherine Fennell. (2015). Last Project Standing: Civics and Sympathy in Post-Welfare Chicago, University of Minnesota Press. This book is a careful, creative and rigorous study of public housing regeneration in Chicago. The book is a fascinating work that braids together…
By Emily Riley
During this summer’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, on multiple occasions delegates chanted “Lock her up!”…
By Felix Stein. The decision of people in Britain to leave the European Union has come as a surprise, even a shock to most of my friends and colleagues who work in academia here in England…
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…
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 …
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…
We will welcome incoming officers, including new President Catherine Besteman of Colby College…
APLA BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2014 We are happy to announce the winner and honorable mention for our 2014 APLA Book … More
APLA Graduate Student Paper Prize Competition Deadline: August 1, 2014 The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) Board invites … More
The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D. and J.D.) to send stand-alone papers … More
In 2014 APLA is launching its new Book Prize to recognize the innovative, cutting edge and thought provoking work that … More
Don’t forget to submit an article-length paper to the prize committee! The deadline is July 1st! http://aplaorg.org/about/prize/
The APLA student paper prize committee has recently announced a winner and honorable mention for our annual competition. This year … More
The deadline for Annual Graduate Student Paper Prize submissions is being extended to July 10, 2012! CfP: http://aplaorg.org/about/prize/
The APLA Board invites individuals who are students in a graduate degree-granting program (including M.A., Ph.D. and J.D.) to send … More
The 2012 prize announcement has just been posted! Look under the ABOUT tab for more information and specifics.
