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,”…
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Peace, Polarization and the Anthropology of Politics in Colombia and Beyond
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Gwen Burnyeat I started my PhD in University College London on 4 October 2016, two days…
The Frisson of the Political: Re-Reading Jonathan Spencer’s work on Politics and Violence
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Moyukh Chatterjee I Whether it is a riot, election rally, political protest, or more concretely whether…
A Comforting Bell Ringing in My Head
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Emma Crewe It is impossible to do justice to the question of Jonathan Spencer’s influence on…
Back to the Beginning: A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer John Harriss John Harriss, sometime member of the Department of Anthropology at the LSE, is now…
Revisiting the Call for the “Study of Post-colonial Politics”: Insights from Post-Colonial Britain
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Insa Koch I first encountered Jonathan Spencer’s work in my second year as an undergraduate student…
Plenty of Political Ethnography but Little Political Anthropology
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Lucia Micheleutti What has changed in political anthropology since Jonathan Spencer’s (1997) call for a “radically…
My Correct Views on Everything
Festschrift for Jonathan Spencer Jonathan Spencer I start with a true story. Thirty years ago, the invitation to deliver the…
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…
