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Danish Sheikh

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Law, theatre, queerness, repair | Lecturer at La Trobe, Melbourne https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/dsheikh

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Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi friends old and new! I write plays about the law and research creative forms of legal resistance as well as the reparative possibilities afforded by law. None of these things inform my personality, which is 90% arguing about Taylor Swift with strangers on the internet.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jul 13

Pleased to have this be my lasting legacy to legal scholarship.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

Bonus points for getting to spend some time in the magical Tilburg woods.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

I was grateful for the chance to think about how dramaturgy plays out in my work: as a way to stage legal thought, as a means of bringing life into law, and as a training mechanism to practice the increasingly difficult task of repair.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

Through conversations that ranged from walking and letter-writing as legal method, to the protocols of official wear at international courts, we found a range of entry points to talk about how we train ourselves to notice law, and what it might take to notice differently. (5/n)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

The workshop prompted participants to ask how we are oriented towards the various sources of international law, and how we bring them to life within our professional work. (4/n)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

These questions of orientation and genre are often relegated to the margins of legal scholarship. What a joy then to spend a day watching them take centre-stage at this wonderful workshop convened by @riclements.bsky.social and Alex Dela Cruz. (3/n)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

- these orientations affect the voices we choose to listen to and the causes we consider worth fighting/ thinking/ writing about. Conversely, how we narrate our work affects how it is received: style and form are inextricably linked to the content of our thoughts. (2/n)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

One way to understand the nature of legal work is to ask how the jurist becomes oriented towards their materials. What draws us in or excites us, what leaves us unmoved or repels us - (1/n)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

almost, but then it made it stronger ...

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 13

Oh wow, absolutely!

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 5

Aw that’s lovely. I hope we can all have coffee and say nice things about each other together sometime :)

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 5

Hi Sandra! Check out orinam.net which is a really excellent archival source for your questions.

orinam | LGBTQIA+ Support, Chennai

Orinam is a support group in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, for people who identify themselves as LGBTQIA+ and for their family and friends.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Jun 3

Excited to kick off a month long fellowship at the EUI in Florence with this workshop around my forthcoming book. Say hi if you’re around!

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Jun 2

Last month, we Iaunched Queer Judgments in Melbourne alongside two other fantastic books on queer law edited by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social & @claerwen.bsky.social. We had a lovely chat/performance about our books with @dansheikh.bsky.social, @juliadehm.bsky.social, Di Otto & Sarah Ward. Listen here:

Queer Connections: A Triple Book Launch

The Institute for International Law and the Humanities at Melbourne Law School was pleased to host a triple book launch to celebrate and draw out the connections between three recent edited volumes fo

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ANZSIL Gender, Sexuality & International Law Interest Group @anzsilgsil.bsky.social · May 12

This Friday, to mark IDAHOBIT, IILAH is hosting a screening of CALL HER GANDA at Melbourne Law School from 2-5pm. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Sanam Amin, chaired by Di Otto. Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/film-scree... For more about the film: www.callherganda.com

Film Screening: Call her Ganda

Please join IILAH for the Australian premiere of 'Call Her Ganda'

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Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · May 7

Have had the most joyful time exploring how the lecture-performance might reshape how we teach, feel, and think about law. Last week I shared ‘Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love’ at the narrm ngarrgu library: part queer legal history, part personal storytelling, part staged feeling.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · May 1

A queer delight to celebrate queer legal scholarship today in Melbourne & launch our family of books: Queer Judgments, Queer Engagements with International Law, & Queer Encounters with International Law.

@claerwen.bsky.social
@senthorun.bsky.social
@juliadehm.bsky.social
@dansheikh.bsky.social

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Photo of different people, in colourful outfits, holding up books on queer approaches to law.

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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · Apr 28

Join @senthorun.bsky.social, @claerwen.bsky.social, @dansheikh.bsky.social, @juliadehm.bsky.social, Di Otto and others in Melbourne on Thursday (1st May) for some critical reflections and celebrations of queer legal scholarship.

Join us in person or online: events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Apr 17

Given recent legal shittyness, I’m glad I’ll be in Melbourne in a few weeks to join queer, trans legal scholars who are imagining how we might use/disrupt law in affirming ways. We’ll talk about the challenges of queer legal work and share queer joy with cabaret.

Join us (online or in person)!

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Queer Connections: A Triple Book Launch

This event will celebrate and draw out the connections between three recent edited volumes focused on queer approaches to law: Nuno Ferreira, M...

events.unimelb.edu.au

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Apr 12

Oh wow I *love* that. Chucking it in the list.

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Apr 11

Yeah that communal vibe is where I’m stuck with trying to find the right example.
Meanwhile “Yarnheads at the Rave” - I cannot get over what a great title this is??

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Apr 10

On point 1 - love that, chucking it in my list.
On point 2 - it indicates that you and I are basically the same person …

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Apr 10

Think I’m on to something here …

Danish Sheikh @dansheikh.bsky.social · Mar 28

Rankings are foolish and meaningless unless I agree with them (which in this case I largely do):

www.vulture.com/article/best...

Every Studio Ghibli Film, Ranked

The animation powerhouse behind some of the best films ever made is back with The Boy and the Heron.

www.vulture.com

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Kate Leader @leader-kate.bsky.social · Mar 8

CLS friends - this is going to be a great event - Anderson's article in Theater Journal is terrific. muse.jhu.edu/article/8457... Ping @henriquecarvalho.bsky.social @illanwall.bsky.social @dansheikh.bsky.social