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On the Doorstep of Europe. Asylum and Citizenship in Greece

October, 2015 / By Sébastien Bachelet

On the Doorstep of Europe is a vividly written ethnography of the asylum process in Greece, “with its ethos of mystification, […]

October, 2015 / By Gabriela Radulescu

Since gender sensitivity was first given recognition under the official UNHCR Guidelines in the 1990s, approaches in decision making processes

September, 2015 / By Freek Van der Vet

States resort to disappearances to remove unwanted critics or minorities from society. The act of a disappearance often follows a

August, 2015 / By Nirmala Jayaraman

Albertin Sarrazin once wrote, “whether you’re on the lam or whether you’re out hustling, gold is worth nothing compared to

In contemporary political anthropology, ‘the state’ is a curious as if object (Navaro-Yashin 2002). It has come to dominate the

This book comes to life as a product of fifteen years of research in and about the festive culture of

July, 2015 / By Harriet James

Lila Abu-Lughod’s book, Do Muslim Women Need Saving?, expands on her thoughts from an earlier article similarly titled. As she explains,

June, 2015 / By Gabrielle Toborg

Anger was abundant in South Africa during the 1990s. After the abolition of Apartheid in 1994, the Truth and Reconciliation

June, 2015 / By Anne Meneley

I welcomed the opportunity to see how scholars of food studies would make use of one of my take-to-the-desert-island favorite

June, 2015 / By Hasan Azad

Long-term vegetarian (and member of The Beatles) Paul McCartney famously observed that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all