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John Comaroff Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in Anthropology, Sociology and the Committee on African and African American Studies; Fellow, Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory; Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation Areas of Expertise:
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Background:
John Comaroff, the Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in Anthropology, is an expert in colonialism, postcoloniality, modernity, neoliberalism, and social theory. With his wife Jean, he has conducted extensive fieldwork in South Africa and Botswana. In addition to co-writing their book, Of Revelation and Revolution (University of Chicago Press, 1985), he is the author of The Structure of Agricultural Transformation in Barolong (Republic of Botswana, 1977) and The Tswana (Kegan Paul Intl, 1991). He received his B.A. in 1966 from the University of Cape Town and his Ph.D. in 1973 from the London School of Economics. A Chicago faculty member since 1978, he was Chairman of Anthropology from 1991 to 1994.
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News clippings:
‘The Latest Theory Is That Theory Doesn't Matter' NEW YORK TIMES April 19, 2003 |
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Chronicle articles:
2002 Quantrell Award Winner: John Comaroff, Harold H. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in A May 23, 2002 |
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