Kamari Clarke

Kamari Clarke is a Professor at the University of Toronto and an Adjunct Professor at UCLA. Her work bridges Legal Anthropology, Affect Theory, and Transnationalism, focusing on the interplay between legal institutions, human rights, and globalization.

Education:

• Ph.D., Anthropology (UC Santa Cruz, 1997)
• M.Phil., Anthropology (UC Santa Cruz, 1994)
• M.A., Anthropology (New School for Social Research, 1993)
• M.S.L., Yale University Law School (2003)
• B.A., Political Science (Concordia University, 1988)

Research Interests span Culture and Power, Legal Anthropology, Religious Nationalism, and Geospatial Technologies. Her scholarship examines how International Law and Human Rights are mediated through transnational and African diasporic frameworks.

Key Publications include Affective Justice (2019), Fictions of Justice (2009), and Mapping Yoruba Networks (2004). She has also co-edited volumes on Law and Society and African Withdrawals from the ICC.

Scientific Awards

• 2019 Royal Anthropological Institute’s Amaury Talbot Book Prize
• 2019 Elliot Skinner Book Award Finalist
• 2021 Guggenheim Prize for Career Excellence
• 2024 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Advising: Clarke is not currently accepting students. She has served as a technical advisor to the African Union Legal Counsel, producing policy reports on International Law and UN Challenges. Her Labs and Teams engage interdisciplinary approaches to Transitional Justice, Legal Pluralism, and Anthropology of Expertise.