ANTH 3417 — Political Anthropology

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath ICNUpath SINUpath WIusually offered: springBostonTraditional

Examines the anthropology of politics, focusing on the anthropology of the state. Studies the history of political anthropology with its roots in British structural-formalism and contextualizes it within the anthropology of Africa and witchcraft. Explores the linkages between the nation and the state, using classic works of Benedict Anderson on nationalism, before commencing an in-depth study of the problems of the state, classical theories of the state and statecraft, and how these ideas are traced to contemporary ethnographies of politics. Students interested in the study of resistance, displacement, social exclusion, citizenship, state violence, and communities may find this course relevant to their interests.

Prerequisites

one of:
- SOCL 1101 (min D-)
- PHR 101M
- ANTH 1101 (min D-)
- SOCM 103M
- HUSV 1101 (min D-)
- SW 105M
- CRIM 1100 (min D-)
- PHR 107M
- INTL 1101 (min D-)
- ISM 118M
- WMNS 1103 (min D-)
- POLS 1140 (min D-)
- POLS 1160 (min D-)
- ISM 116M

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Spring 2024	1	11	19	58%	8.0
Fall 2025	1	9	19	47%	10.0
Spring 2026	1	16	19	84%	3.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 31% · T 44% · W 25% · Th 31% · F 44%

Common patterns: TF (44% of sections), MR (31% of sections), W (25% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Doreen Lee (100% of students) · reviews

Spring

Layla Brown (59% of students) · reviews
Jelena Golubovic (41% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

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