Dr. Jan H. French

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
302H Weinstein Hall
Office: (804) 287-6429
Fax: (804) 287-1278

Research:
Latin America
Legal and Political Anthropology
Human Rights
Anthropological Theory

Education:
Ph.D., Duke University
J.D., University of Connecticut
B.A., Temple University

Selected Publications:

French, J.H. (2007) A Tale of Two Priest and Two Struggles: Liberation Theology from Dictatorship to Democracy in Brazilian Northeast. The Americas, v. 63, no. 3, 409-443.

French, J.H. (2006) Buried Alive: Imagining Africa in the Brazilian Northeast. American Ethnologist, v. 33. 

French, J.H. (2005) Personal Encounters with the Work of Laura Nader. Law & Society Review, v.39, Issue 4, 957-964.

French, J.H. (2004) Mestizaje and Law Making in Indigenous Identity Formation in Northeastern Brazil: "After the Conflict Came the History." American Anthropologist, v. 106, no. 4, 663-674.

French, J.H. (2003) Os Quilombos e seus Direitos Hoje: Entre a Construcao das Identidades e a Historia. Revista de Historia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, v.149.

French, J.H. (2002) Dancing for Land: Law Making and Cultural Performance in Northeastern Brazil. Politcal and Legal Anthropology Review. v.25.