Lori Allen is a political anthropologist with particular interests in the history and politics of international law, liberalism, academic freedom, fascism, and Palestine. Allen is a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London, and an independent scholar, writer, and editor. Her academic books include The Rise and Fall of Human Rights: Cynicism and Politics in Occupied Palestine (2013) and A History of False Hope: Investigative Commissions in Palestine (2020). She regularly guest hosts the podcast Recall This Book.