Announcing New PoLAR Editorial Leadership
By Deepa Das Acevedo Editor-in-Chief, PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review Six years ago, a new pair of PoLAR editors…
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Speaking Justice to Power 2025: Immigration and Border Politics
APLA invites members and the public to a livestream event on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 5—7 PM Eastern Standard…
2024 Letter from the APLA President
Dear APLA members and friends, Writing to you on the eve of a hugely consequential election, I want to take…
All IU Faculty, Staff, and Students Are “Safe,” But Some Are Safer Than Others
The Discursive Stylings of an Authoritarian Campus Administration By Jessica Storey-Nagy This essay contains the views of an AAA member,…
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…
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer
The essays in this forum celebrate Jonathan Spencer’s many contributions to anthropology, and were originally presented at a workshop held…
Jonathan Spencer, Sri Lanka, and Political Anthropology
Introduction Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Tobias Kelly The essays in this forum celebrate Jonathan Spencer’s many contributions to anthropology, and…
A Tribute to Jonathan Spencer
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Harini Amarasuriya Thank you so much, Toby, for inviting me to be part of this event….
What is the Political?
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Mukulika Banerjee My thanks to Toby and Jonathan for this invitation that allows us to pause…
What of the Political Imagination? Jonathan Spencer’s Contribution to a Field
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer John Borneman I’m very honored to participate in Jonathan Spencer’s “Retirement Event.” My own “retirement event,”…