Jihad, universalism, and the Left: A conversation with Darryl Li
Since its publication in 2019, Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press) has been the focus of a great deal…
Since its publication in 2019, Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press) has been the focus of a great deal…
An act of walking into the wilderness implies an act of walking out of somewhere or something. The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), which extends over the US states…
‘I’ve been here before’ – the feeling of the present being firmly rooted in the past can be intense and disorienting. It is difficult to trace, like a…
Anand Pandian speaks to Allegra editor Ian M. Cook about his latest book A Possible Anthropology: Methods for Uneasy Times (Duke, 2019). Special guests Penelope Papailias and Laura…
In the depths of the Depression, two girls were born to Jewish parents in New York City. One, in 1933, was Ruth Bader, later Mrs. Ginsburg. The other,…
If you look at one of those world maps that show where Covid-19 cases are currently spiking, you will notice that the United Republic of Tanzania is usually…
Indro Montanelli (1909-2001), the most famous journalist in Italian history, is an intellectual figure whose memory commands respect across Italy’s political spectrum. But, following the global protes…
This month, Chileans will decide whether to set in motion a process to change the country’s dictatorship-era constitution while marking a year since the beginning of a popular…
Interview-review of Remains of the Soviet Past in Estonia (Winner of the Early Career Scholars Award 2018 of the European Association of Social Anthropologists) Keiti Kljavin, Lecturer at…
In the early summer of 2020 I submitted what I presumed was a final round of extremely minor revisions to an article that I’d been working on in…
Libraria is a collective of researchers based in the social sciences who seek to bring about a more open, diverse, community-controlled scholarly communication system. Since 2015, the group…
First published December 6, 2018 As social scientists our work often directly grows out of our personal journeys—journeys that are physical, emotional, intellectual and political. However, this is…
You don’t waste your energy fighting the fever; you must only fight the disease. And the disease is not racism. It is greed and the struggle for power.…
This interview was completed and edited between 25 and 29 May, 2020 over E-mail in Berlin. What is your current research during the Corona pandemic about? What…
Recently on a scholar’s email listserv dealing with Myanmar (Burma) issues, I learned that at some universities in Australia, Singapore, and beyond, scholars intent on doing work in…
“[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!” First light: a deep purple over the edge of the camp, as…
First published on the 21st of June 2018 The HAU controversy is both a disappointment and an opportunity. It is a disappointment because it reflects the troubled condition…
Originally published the 21st of December 2016. *** It’s really bad with him. There are metastases in his head. He can stay at home tonight, and tomorrow night…