This semester I took students in my Law and Order in the Americas seminar on a tour to the Florida…
Winner and finalists for APLA’s Graduate Student Paper Prize!
The 2014 APLA Graduate Student Paper Prize committee was Gabrielle Hosein, Mark Schuller, and Chika Watanabe. This year we added…
New Syllabus in Teaching Resources!
Ieva Jusionyte has shared the syllabus for her Law and Order in Latin America class! Check it out here, along…
Identity and Incorporation in Citizens United and Hobby Lobby
By Leo Coleman, Ohio State University Photo by American Life League Citizens United and Hobby Lobby have been two of…
APLA’s Inaugural Book Prize Awarded to Lori Allen!
APLA BOOK PRIZE WINNER 2014 We are happy to announce the winner and honorable mention for our 2014 APLA Book…
APLA’s revamped online presence!
Photo by Gullevek. As you might have noticed, our APLA website has a new design! Just to remind you, our…
Happy Hour Salon: “Producing Political and Legal Knowledge Through Cross-Disciplinary Engagements” at the AAA Meetings
Save the date! Happy Hour Salon: “Producing Political and Legal Knowledge Through Cross-Disciplinary Engagements” When: Wednesday, December 3, 6-8 pm.…
APLA at that AAA Meetings, Washington D.C. 2014
Photo by Will Marlow Final preparations for the 2014 AAA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC have begun! As usual, APLA…
Graduate Students: these workshops during the AAAs are for you!
APLA Graduate Student Workshops at AAA 2014 Call for participants… Each year during the AAA meetings, the Association for…
Human Rights Come Home?
Interested in how global oversight bodies shape the substance of human rights imaginaries? Source: UNOHCHR By Joshua Clark. A coalition of…
Position Announcement: University of Washington
Follow this link for more information about this open position in the Law, Societies and Justice Program at the University…
HIV/AIDS, policing sex work and public health in India: an interview with Simanti Dasgupta
The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology is featuring interviews with our members who participated in Law and Society Association’s…
New LSA Ethnography, Law & Society Collaborative Network
At the recent LSA meetings in Minnesota, a group of ethnographically-oriented researchers (including graduate students, post-docs, and faculty) came together…
Graduate Student Paper Prize!
APLA Graduate Student Paper Prize Competition Deadline: August 1, 2014 The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA) Board invites…
Meet the new APLA Board Members!
APLA election outcomes are out! Catherine Besteman (Colby College) is now our President-Elect, Roberto Gonzales (San Jose State University) will…
APLA at LSA Meetings ’14: Law and Inequalities – Global and Local
APLA members are launching a new Collaborative Research Network (CRN) on Ethnography, Law and Society through the Law and Society…
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