EVENTS, PAPERS & CALLS!
It is again time for an update on ALL the academic fun forthcoming in our fabulous field of anthropology (and beyond)! Thus below your…
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Tobacco Capitalism
Introduction by Allegra’s Reviews Editor, Judith Beyer. Two weeks ago, Human Rights Watch released a report entitled Tobacco’s Hidden Children, in which it…
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Interview with Carlo Cubero #EASA2014
Allegra: Welcome to Allegra, Carlo! We wanted to talk to you as the convener of the innovative “laboratories” of the EASA Conference in Tallinn,…
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Time to #CHILL!
MAN – it sure has been an active fortnight with first #anthroislam and then #body – we find our heads still spinning, and understand…
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Classic publications on Islam #ANTHROISLAM
To continue our #ANTHROISLAM week, today we offer you a list of classic reading – classic not necessarily as in ‘old’ but as in…
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Summer’s CALLING – No boredom in sight!
For those of us who are wondering how to deal with potential boredom in the upcoming summer vacation, Allegra would like to point out…
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Waiting for Tallinn – A conversation with Noel Salazar #EASA2014
In its endeavour to cover the most important events on the anthropology calendar, Allegra approached Noel Salazar, the president of the EASA and Professor…
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Lamentations of the Bearded Lady
I am the bearded lady. I am neither whining about my condition nor do I want your pity. For I do not need your…
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A conversation with Heath Cabot on her new book on the Greek asylum crisis #BORDERS
Heath Cabot’s first monograph, entitled « On the Doorstep of Europe: Asylum and Citizenship in Greece », will come out with the University of Pennsylvania Press,…
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New publications #PublicationJihad
This week, our #PublicationJihad continues with Allegra’s own currated list of books covering a large spectrum of themes: from the history of international law,…
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POLAR, Part 2 – #PublicationJihad!
Today Allegra’s #PublicationJihad continues our collaboration with POLAR: Political and Legal Anthropological Review with Part 2 of their list of publications to be reviewed (Part 1…
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#PublicationJihad!
This week will be Allegra’s first ever #PublicationJihad! What this means is a full week of Spectacular Blogging Activity devoted to one single cause alone:…
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