Dr. Jan H. French
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Profile
Grants and Fellowships
Awards
The Alfred B. Thomas Award from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) (2010)
Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Best Book Award (2010)
Roberto Reis Book Award, Brazilian Studies Associaton, Honorable mention (2010)
Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Best Book Award (2010)
Roberto Reis Book Award, Brazilian Studies Associaton, Honorable mention (2010)
Presentations
Race and Color in Brazil and the U.S.: A comparative Perspective
Presented by Dr. Jan French, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, as part of the Sociology and Anthropology Speaker Series on Race and Ethnic Identity in the Year of the Census
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Publications
Books
French, J.H. Legalizing Identities: Becoming Black or Indian in Brazil's Northeast (UNC Press 2009). Podcast.
Winner of the Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Book Award (2010)
Winner of the Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Book Award (2010)
Articles
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.
Chapters
French, J.H. "Ethnoracial Land Restitution: Finding Indians and Fugitive Slave Descendants in the Brazilian Northeast" in Restoring What Was Ours: The Rights And Wrongs Of Land Restitution, eds. Derick Fay and Deborah James (Routledge Press 2008).
French, J.H. "Ethnoracial Identity in a Neoliberal Age: Government Recognition of Difference in Northeast Brazil," in Beyond Neoliberalism in Latin America, eds. John Burdick, Philip Oxhorn and Kenneth Roberts (Palgrave MacMillan 2008).
Education
Ph.D., Duke University
J.D., University of Connecticut
B.A., Temple University
Areas of Expertise
Latin AmericaLegal and Political Anthropology
Human Rights
Anthropological Theory