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Salwa Hoque

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow - AIAI Network, Emory University | Fellow, ISP-Yale Law School | PhD & MPhil, NYU | MA, Columbia University | BA, University of Washington. Research Interest: Law; Technology; Gender Website: salwahoque.com

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Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · 23d

The AIAI Network is hosting journalist and novelist Vauhini Vara on Thursday, October 16. She will give a talk titled “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Her most recent book, Searches, investigates what is at stake—ethically, culturally, and for writing—with the rise of AI.

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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨New publication🚨

Our @salwahoque.bsky.social writes about "Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the 'Legal' and the 'Social'" in @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the “Legal” and the “Social” | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core

Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the “Legal” and the “Social”

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Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to ‪@ssrc.org‬ and American Institute of Bangladesh Studies for the generous fellowships, which allowed me to conduct fieldwork for this research. I’m grateful for the thoughtful feedback/suggestions from friends and colleagues at NYU and @yaleisp.bsky.social

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

This research doesn’t romanticize shalish. Yes, this site can be patriarchal and reinforce gendered violence. A nuanced take shows that state courts often fail rural women too. The comparison reveals gaps in state law, and aims to rethink justice more broadly across legal systems

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Alternate epistemic frameworks of justice can recognize and center rural women’s positionalities, desires, and standpoints, pointing to the need to decenter thinking about law and evidentiary processes rooted in Eurocentric, patriarchal, and urban frameworks.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

This article draws on ethnography in Bangladesh, archival research, and interviews to compare (non)admissible evidence across state courts and shalish, examining the legal reasoning behind decision-making.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Customary marriages, often unregistered & without any paperwork, are common in Bangladesh. This means many women have no documentation to prove their marriage. So where do they go? Not to state court, but to shalish, community-based courts that recognize these forms of marriages.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Is a marriage invalid without a marriage certificate? What happens when the state doesn’t recognize your marriage/relationship, but your community does? In Bangladesh, this is not hypothetical. It’s daily life for many women.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

Excited to share my peer-reviewed article: “Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the ‘Legal’ and the ‘Social’” @lsijournal.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
This article examines alternate legal reasoning to reimagine law and evidentiary protocols from the ground-up.
doi.org/10.1017/lsi....

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 19

It’s been just over a month since I’ve been in NYC without needing to travel for work-the first time all year I’ve stayed in one place for this long. I really needed this time to feel grounded, to slow-read, to think, and write as much as possible before the Fall semester starts.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 11

Like many writers, I’ve been using em dashes for years, and hate that people now dismiss/identify it as “AI.” My grad school writing coach taught me the value of em dashes and I feel terrible deleting them just to avoid looking like I use AI.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 5

And at that point, I probably applied to another post in the same department that same week 🥲

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 5

My best friend and I are celebrating our 30-year friendaversary this year. We met in playgroup when we were just 3 or 4 years old, studied together from school through undergrad, and still talk/text every single day. It’s one of the most cherished and meaningful relationships in my life. ❤️

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 3

Currently studying the ethical standpoint(s) of the term “al-ma’ruf” that’s often used in (Islamic) legal systems. It’s translated in English court records as “reasonable,” “kind,” “fair,” or “custom,” but I don’t think these interpretations capture the richness of this concept.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Aug 2

Knowing multiple languages is supposed to lead to a broader vocabulary and more expansive thinking. In my case, I’m not fluent in any language and mostly just muddle through using a mixed style. My English vocabulary and grammar are a mess; so is my Bangla. How is this fair!?🥲

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 30

Looking back, I’m glad I chose to double major in Communication and English during my undergrad. It taught me to approach questions using both social science and humanities methods, and to recognize where these perspectives align & differ- how methods shape the way we see and make sense of the world

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 27

Any recommendations for readings that engage with Nida’s comparison of formal and dynamic equivalence?

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 26

This NYC heat and poor air quality are making my eyes burn!

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 26

Just received the final proof for my Law & Social Inquiry article! Aaaaaaahhh!! So excited!!!!!

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 25

I've been diving into translation theory, (re)reading Asad, Benjamin, Spivak, Apter, Nida, Baker, Venuti, Bassnett, Sakai, Silverstein, Herzfeld, Rubel & Rosman, and Delisle & Woodsworth. It's been incredibly fun and interesting! Welcome more reading suggestions!

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Jul 11

Just got the typeset version of my upcoming @lsijournal.bsky.social article on marriage, evidence, & legal reasoning! Excited to publish! This piece holds traces of my early research with Prof Sally Merry when I first started working on legal pluralism #CriticalLegalStudies #LawAndSociety

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Apr 19

Having a dissertation on Bangladesh win this prestigious award means the world to me – a win for one is a win for all.

Salwa Hoque @salwahoque.bsky.social · Apr 19

I won the NYU University-Wide Outstanding Dissertation Award! It’s announced a year after graduation as each department/program nominates one candidate from all the schools/divisions across NYU. So incredibly honored to have won in the Social Sciences category!
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Emory Center for Digital Scholarship @ecds-emory.bsky.social · Feb 17

Join @emoryuniversity.bsky.social postdoc @salwahoque.bsky.social and GSU doctoral fellow Erin Anderson of the @aiainetwork.bsky.social this Friday, Feb 21st for a workshop on systemic bias within AI datasets! Zoom link here: emory.zoom.us/j/93314581879.

Sponsored by the Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network. Curating ethical datasets workshop on Friday, February 21 10-11:30am via Zoom. How can we address systemic bias in our data work? Join interdisciplinary ATL scholars to discuss methods and possibilities. Learn more, find advance materials, and sign up for updates at atldh.wordpress.com.