The only lesson is that there aren’t enough jobs
Every so often something happens that perfectly encapsulates the consumptive death rattle that is the job market in higher education. […]
Mediating Mobility: Migration and Brokerage at the Borders of the State
Natasha Raheja (Cornell University) will present on ‘Mediating mobility: Migration and brokerage at the borders of the State’. Elizabeth Challinor (Universidade NOVA
Casting Out the Disabled and Ill Immigrant: The Legacies of Australia’s Immigration Restriction Act of 1901
Collectively, immigration policies function to perform national sovereignty by reinforcing the division between citizen and migrant, usually conflated with ‘native’
#Open Call: Allegra Lab / EASA LawNet webinar series in honour of Sally Engle Merry
This series of online, public seminars features presentations that examine the current state of legal anthropology. We welcome contributions from
#Failures: Failed to belong – (Re)Negotiations of care in a Tanzanian social welfare office
Every day, women, men, and children sit on the wonky wooden benches in front of the social welfare office, patiently
Dispossessed
Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork, Dispossessed considers the 2008 subprime crisis through the eyes of Sacramento homeowners and
Research ethics, violated
Recently on a scholar’s email listserv dealing with Myanmar (Burma) issues, IÂ learned that at some universities in Australia, Singapore,
On being voices of prudence in times of a pandemic
Many academic disciplines have a lot to say these days about COVID-19. There are the medical experts, of course, epidemiologists,
Call for reviews: Law, technology, Bureaucracy
Our new Book Review Team has expanded with the arrival of Emilie Thévenoz (Thank you Emilie for joining us!), which
Larissa’s Story: Behind the Migration Crisis Headlines
In late September, 2019, the current US presidential administration struck several unprecedented deals with the Northern Triangle governments of Honduras,