Snapshots of British Islam (1) – Of pink Chador and black Niqabs
These fieldnotes are part of an on-going research on the Islamic legal culture of England. This research, which I started in 2009, aims to…
Read MoreThese fieldnotes are part of an on-going research on the Islamic legal culture of England. This research, which I started in 2009, aims to…
Read MoreALLEGRA: So, Kaius Tuori, we heard that you recently received a new position – Congratulations! Would you mind telling just what is it (and why…
Read MoreThis particular piece of slow food for thought on a very current theme came via our ‘friends’ at Facebook – a source we are…
Read MoreSometimes things arrive in hordes – or then our eyes have merely been selective lately! Whatever the case, all the below events/positions are located…
Read MoreIn UN treaty body proceedings members of the bodies regularly mention – after they are done with elaborate rounds of welcomes, thank yous and…
Read MoreIf, like us, you find yourself lost in translation each time you are confronted with the world of finance, why not start educating yourself…
Read MoreSusan Bibler Coutin is the president of the Association of Political and Legal Anthropology. A few weeks before the annual meeting of the AAA…
Read MoreA while back our contributor Antonio de Lauri drew our attention on the myth of the ‘good poor’ and how we may have collectively thought to have…
Read MoreTim Ingold has been a great source of inspiration to us recently, adding many ‘food for thoughts’ to ALLEGRA’s slow cuisine. Since good products…
Read MoreThis is finally it! I unlock my bike, hop on and start making my way down the hill in the direction of the lake….
Read MoreJust in case there is still anyone out there without funding (a bit of light humour to brighten our dark professional times if you…
Read MoreThe contemporary transformations of universities with the adoption of profit oriented modes of management and a greater pressure to measure the ‘impact’ of scholarship…
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