Judicial means and political ends: Transitional justice and political trials
There are fascinating parallels and connections between political trials and transitional justice. Both are seen to serve other ends than […]
In the name of ‘rule of law’…
After South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, one could read in the international
The Deportation Corridor. A spatial, institutional and affective state of transit
In the course of the last two decades, the territorial exclusion of unwanted foreigners, constructed as a threat to national
Recent Publications on the ‘Anthropology of the State’ #AnthroState
We recently featured a review on the ‘Anthropology of the State’ with Madeleine Reeves’s new publication on Border Work: Spatial
Undercover at the U.N. Lounge, Where Diplomats Get Drunk and Handsy
In keeping with this week’s theme, today Allegra is happy to direct you to a piece written by Noreen Malone,
Mumbai (1992-93) and Ahmedabad (2002), a tale of two cities: Narratives of violent and victimized women enduring urban riots in India
Brief extract from a forthcoming publication  Over the past decades, the rapid rise of Hindu nationalism or Hindutva in
Conversation Kurdistan One-Shots
Interview with Latif Tas on Kurdistan and the Kurdish diaspora
Today we are happy to share with you an interview with Latif Tas who is a socio-legal researcher currently based
The Land-Grab Trap. Is there a Will to Govern Global Land-Grabbing? #AIGNetwork
How to govern the “global land rush” was at issue in the final negotiations on Principles for Responsible Investment in
Universities in a State of Exception
Today we continue our thread ‘Allie’s Jewels on University Crises’ by a post by Dimitris Dalakoglou, originally published in October
Democracy building unraveled
This thematic thread gathers together a series of posts by leading experts and anthropologists of Afghanistan, who analyse the 2014