Kamari Maxine Clarke

Kamari Maxine Clarke is an Adjunct Professor at UCLA and Distinguished Professor at the University of Toronto. She holds dual academic roles in legal anthropology and international law studies. Her research focuses on legal pluralism, affective justice, and transnational social formations.

Educated at Concordia University (B.A.), New School for Social Research (M.A.), UC Santa Cruz (M.Phil., Ph.D.), and Yale Law School (M.S.L.), Clarke bridges anthropology with socio-legal studies. She advises the African Union on international law and has authored nine books including *Affective Justice* (2019), winning major awards like the Guggenheim Prize (2021).

Her work critiques ICC-Africa dynamics, exploring how emotional affects shape judicial practices. Notable contributions include studies on Oyotunji African Village, Yoruba transnational networks, and the anthropology of geospatial technologies. She has pioneered 'affective justice' theory, analyzing how emotions inform legal contestations.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Royal Anthropological Institute’s Amaury Talbot Prize (2019)
  • Royal Society of Canada Fellowship (2024)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (2021)
• Labs/Teams: Collaborates with African Union legal counsel, African Court of Justice researchers, and transnational ethnography networks.