Post Tagged with: "Making and Breaking the Law"

Dr. Marina Peterson, Associate Professor of Performance Studies in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Center for Law, Justice & Culture faculty member, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for her current book project, Auditory Atmospheres.  A historical ethnography of noise pollution, Auditory Atmospheres examines its roots in 1960s environmentalism, its formation […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Children in No Man’s Land (2009), by a Panama-born, U.S.-based documentary filmmaker Anayansi Prado, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. Children in No Man’s Land is is a documentary that uncovers the […]

The faculty affiliated with the Center for Law, Justice & Culture are all interested in connections between law and cultural, political, and social life. Exploring those connections often falls under law and society studies. For Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science and one of the newest faculty members […]

The Food Studies Theme, along with the Common Project on Sustainability and the Making and Breaking the Law Theme, is sponsoring a free showing of the documentary Food Chains on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. A panel discussion follow the film presentation. This event is free […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Halfaouine: Boy of the Terraces (Asfur al-Sath) on Monday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Exploring the patriarchal apparatus of manhood in contemporary Tunisia, this film (directed by Ferid Boughdir) tells the story of a boy going through […]

Students for Law, Justice & Culture is calling for participants in a student research panel on April 2 from 5 to 7 p.m. centered on the U.S. criminal justice system. Students who have conducted fieldwork, done research, are involved in activism or are generally interested in criminal justice are encouraged […]

“A lot of my questions are both economic and legal questions,” explained Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and one of the newest faculty members of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Musaraj researches informal practices and economies in post-socialist contexts, specifically in her home country of Albania. […]