LAWNET workshop 2023: From Critique to Political Practice
You are warmly invited to the EASA LAWNET workshop in collaboration with Allegra Lab: From Critique to Political Practice The workshop will take place on 12 May 2023…
You are warmly invited to the EASA LAWNET workshop in collaboration with Allegra Lab: From Critique to Political Practice The workshop will take place on 12 May 2023…
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Allegra Lab expresses its concerns over Central European University’s (CEU) unexpected decision to close the Open Learning Initiative (OLIve), a university refugee education project established in Bud…
From Critique to Political Practice 12 May 2023, University of Sussex Dear colleagues, We are delighted to invite you to submit a paper abstract for the workshop ‘From…
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Omri Grinberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem and University of Haifa) will talk about “Vernacularizing Bureaucracy and Quantifying Violence: The Writing of Palestinians’ Testimonies in Israeli …
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From 11 Decembre 2020 to 21 May 2021 Co-organised by Allegra Lab and EASA LawNet. This series of online talks features presentations that examine the current state of…
This series of online, public seminars features presentations that examine the current state of legal anthropology. We welcome contributions from anthropologists working on ‘the law’ in the broad…
Originally published on February 6, 2015. On August 2nd, 2014, Allegra ran a panel titled ‘Boredom, Intimacy and Governance in ‘Normalized’ Times of Crisis’ at the EASA 2014…
Allegra is going on holidays from 22 July to 22 August. We’re happy to continue receiving all your suggestions and submissions while on leave, but are unlikely to…
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Hello, readers. We hope that you and your loved ones are all staying safe (and sane?!) during these odd and testing times. In this month’s #events post, we’ve…
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