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John Comaroff was born on 1 January, 1945 in Cape Town, South Africa, is a South African anthropologist. Discover John Comaroff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 1 January 1945
Birthday 1 January
Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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1890

His father's family was from Ukraine: his grandfather migrated in the early 1890s from Ukraine to England, and his father, Louis, was born in Rhodesia.

1900

Comaroff's mother's family migrated to South Africa from Lithuania in the early 1900s.

Comaroff was the first person in his family to attend University.

He attended the University of Cape Town, where he developed his interest in anthropology.

In his second year at the university, he met his classmate and future wife, Jean.

They completed their bachelor's degrees and part of their Honors year at the University of Cape Town.

The second part of their Honors year was completed at the London School of Economics.

Comaroff has conducted most of his field research in South Africa.

1945

John L. Comaroff (born 1 January 1945) is Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Oppenheimer Fellow in African Studies at Harvard University.

He is recognised for his study of African and African-American society.

Comaroff and his wife, anthropologist Jean Comaroff, have collaborated on publications examining post-colonialism and the Tswana people of South Africa.

He has written several texts describing his research and has presented peer-reviewed anthropological theories of African cultures that have relevance to understanding global society.

1969

From 1969 to 1970 he spent 19 months studying society, culture, politics, and law among the Barolong boo Ratshidi, part of the Tswana chiefdoms along the South Africa-Botswana Borderland.

Witchcraft has been a topic of interest for the Comaroffs since 1969.

1971

Comaroff has also been a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Wales (1971–1972), University College of Swansea (1971–1972), and the University of Manchester (1972–1978).

1972

From 1972 to 1973, he went back to the Mafeking District, of the Barolong boo Ratshidi, for supplementary research on society and culture for filming Heal the Whole Man, which looks at healing and other religious practices of the Barolong boo Ratshidi.

1974

He then focused his research on the social and cultural aspects of economic development of the Barolong in Botswana for 15 months in 1974 and 1975.

1977

From 1977 to 1978 for three months, he focused on this group again but looked at the rise of agrarian capitalism.

1990

During the summers of 1990–1998, Comaroff returned to South Africa to conduct research in various places such as Bophuthatswana, better known as the North West Province.

The Comaroffs became particularly interested in this phenomenon after they returned to South Africa in the 1990s, shortly after apartheid had ended in South Africa.

Global capitalism also serves as a topic of interest for both Comaroffs.

They published Ethnicity Inc.

1991

Comaroff joined the American Bar Foundation in 1991 as a research fellow until 2012.

He is no longer an affiliated scholar at the American Bar Foundation.

Their definition states, "We take hegemony to refer to that order of signs and practices, relations and distinctions, images and epistemologies – drawn from a historically situated cultural field – that come to be taken for granted for as the natural and received shape of the world"(Comaroff, 1991).

1999

From 1999 to 2001, he again studied in the North West Province, looking at occult-related violence.

He researched this topic for 15 months.

2002

Then from 2002 to 2001, he studied crime and policing in this area.

2005

During 2005–2010 he researched the Tswana and San people and how ethnic identity and cultural property are becoming commoditised.

2006

This concept is used in their book Law and Disorder in the Postcolony (2006) in an analytical sense.

In their book, Of Revelation and Revolution, the Comaroffs look closely at hegemony.

2009

Since 2009, Comaroff has worked on the project Ethnicity Inc., follow-up research being conducted in connection with the Comaroffs' book Ethnicity Inc. The project focuses on why ethnic groups have become increasingly like corporations, why culture has become more like intellectual property, and what about the contemporary world has made it that way.

The Comaroffs published a book, Theory from the South, based on research conducted in South Africa.

John and Jean Comaroff spent 34 years teaching at the University of Chicago.

(2009), which focuses specifically on the topic of global capitalism.

They have also expressed an interest in the concept of lawfare, specifically how the law has been used to inflict violence indirectly by using the law to benefit oneself at the expense of others.

2012

In 2012, he and Jean Comaroff took teaching positions at Harvard University.

2020

Comaroff was placed on paid administrative leave from his position at Harvard in August 2020 following allegations of sexual harassment and later placed on unpaid leave in January 2022.

He has resumed teaching since September 2022.

Comaroff was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the only child of Jane Miller Comaroff and Louis (sometimes known as Lionel) Comaroff.