Daanika Kamal
@daanika.bsky.social
Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London. Writes on VAWG in criminal law / family law & South Asian feminisms
New book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/domestic-violence-in-pakistan-9780198953449
New book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/domestic-violence-in-pakistan-9780198953449
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Daanika Kamal
@daanika.bsky.social
· May 20
Publication week! ✨
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Fantastic to see Dr Daanika Kamal's book, Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women (Oxford University Press, 2025), has now been shortlisted for the prestigious Hart-SLSA Book Prize 2026 👏
@hartpublishing.bsky.social / @slsauk.bsky.social
@hartpublishing.bsky.social / @slsauk.bsky.social
Exploring the lived realities of women domestic violence victims in Pakistan.
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
February 6, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Fantastic to see Dr Daanika Kamal's book, Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women (Oxford University Press, 2025), has now been shortlisted for the prestigious Hart-SLSA Book Prize 2026 👏
@hartpublishing.bsky.social / @slsauk.bsky.social
@hartpublishing.bsky.social / @slsauk.bsky.social
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Tomorrow! Daanika’s work on excavating the legal scripts of domestic violence in Pakistan, based on extensive fieldwork, has so much to teach us all about the legal reproduction of gendered violence and legal gate-keeping of knowledge
Proud of our @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social graduates always
Proud of our @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social graduates always
We are looking forward to hosting @daanika.bsky.social next month for a discussion on her book, ‘Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women’. Join us on the 6th of Feb from 13:00-15:00. (Event is hybrid and a Teams link will be shared a week before!)
February 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Tomorrow! Daanika’s work on excavating the legal scripts of domestic violence in Pakistan, based on extensive fieldwork, has so much to teach us all about the legal reproduction of gendered violence and legal gate-keeping of knowledge
Proud of our @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social graduates always
Proud of our @qmschooloflaw.bsky.social graduates always
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We are looking forward to hosting @daanika.bsky.social next month for a discussion on her book, ‘Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women’. Join us on the 6th of Feb from 13:00-15:00. (Event is hybrid and a Teams link will be shared a week before!)
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
We are looking forward to hosting @daanika.bsky.social next month for a discussion on her book, ‘Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women’. Join us on the 6th of Feb from 13:00-15:00. (Event is hybrid and a Teams link will be shared a week before!)
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One of our editors, @daanika.bsky.social, presented her excellent new book at Manchester Law School. Dr Kamal’s book explores how women in Pakistan articulate their experiences of domestic violence and the ways women are stigmatised/pathologised in courts. Read here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
One of our editors, @daanika.bsky.social, presented her excellent new book at Manchester Law School. Dr Kamal’s book explores how women in Pakistan articulate their experiences of domestic violence and the ways women are stigmatised/pathologised in courts. Read here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Dr. Daanika Kamal’s new book (OUP) reveals how Pakistani law discredits women who report domestic abuse. Based on 100+ cases, it offers a vital feminist legal critique.
🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Dr. Daanika Kamal’s new book (OUP) reveals how Pakistani law discredits women who report domestic abuse. Based on 100+ cases, it offers a vital feminist legal critique.
🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
🔗 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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You can now listen to more from Dr Daanika Kamal on domestic violence in Pakistan via the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast (also available on Apple and Spotify): newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio...
Daanika Kamal, "Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of 'Bad' and 'Mad' Women" (Oxford UP, 2025) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
July 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
You can now listen to more from Dr Daanika Kamal on domestic violence in Pakistan via the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast (also available on Apple and Spotify): newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio...
Really grateful to chat with Dr Miranda Melcher about my book for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social last week. If you'd like to have a listen, the podcast is available on the NBN website: newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio... - and on Apple Podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Daanika Kamal,
Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 03/07/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Really grateful to chat with Dr Miranda Melcher about my book for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social last week. If you'd like to have a listen, the podcast is available on the NBN website: newbooksnetwork.com/domestic-vio... - and on Apple Podcasts here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...
Reposted by Daanika Kamal
Exploring the lived realities of women domestic violence victims in Pakistan.
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
June 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Exploring the lived realities of women domestic violence victims in Pakistan.
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
A new book by Dr Daanika Kamal from our Department of Law and Criminology highlights how prejudices against victims are captured and negotiated in the Pakistani legal system.
Read more: ow.ly/oNYC50WhwrG
Very much looking forward to chatting about my new book at Birkbeck, University of London next week. Big thank you to @tanyaserisier.bsky.social for having me!
Join us at 3pm on Thursday 3rd July - more details below:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Join us at 3pm on Thursday 3rd July - more details below:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Book Launch - Daanika Kamal, Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of 'Mad' and 'Bad' Women
Dr Daanika Kamal gives an introductory talk on her new book, Domestic Violence in Pakistan, with a Q+A to follow.
www.bbk.ac.uk
June 25, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Very much looking forward to chatting about my new book at Birkbeck, University of London next week. Big thank you to @tanyaserisier.bsky.social for having me!
Join us at 3pm on Thursday 3rd July - more details below:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Join us at 3pm on Thursday 3rd July - more details below:
www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
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“This moment necessitates that we trace & map the linkages between the various forms of oppression & harm we witness, locate their manifestations in the spaces we move in, & draw on these lessons to fight back.”
@norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.
@norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.
Reflections on Fugitive Practices in the University: Labouring in the Wake of Violence - Feminist Legal Studies
Feminist Legal Studies -
link.springer.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“This moment necessitates that we trace & map the linkages between the various forms of oppression & harm we witness, locate their manifestations in the spaces we move in, & draw on these lessons to fight back.”
@norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.
@norajaber.bsky.social & @leilaullrich.bsky.social reflect on being feminist fugitives.
We are recruiting a fixed-term (maternity cover) Lecturer in Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at @royalholloway.bsky.social.
Closing date for applications is the 25th of June, more details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Closing date for applications is the 25th of June, more details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Law (Teaching Focus)
Full Time, Fixed Term (12 months)Applications are invited for the fixed term post (maternity leave cover) of Lecturer in Law (Teaching Focus) in the Department of Law and Criminology.The Department of...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We are recruiting a fixed-term (maternity cover) Lecturer in Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at @royalholloway.bsky.social.
Closing date for applications is the 25th of June, more details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Closing date for applications is the 25th of June, more details here: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
We're having a book launch / author meets reader event at the University of Westminster for my new book on Monday the 16th of June, 17:00 to 19:30. Refreshments will be provided! Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch: Domestic Violence in Pakistan
Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of 'Bad' and 'Mad' Women
www.eventbrite.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We're having a book launch / author meets reader event at the University of Westminster for my new book on Monday the 16th of June, 17:00 to 19:30. Refreshments will be provided! Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
I'll be chatting with Prof Samia Bano about my new book at @soasuni.bsky.social this Thursday (5th June) from 1 to 2.30pm! More details attached - please join us 🌟
June 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'll be chatting with Prof Samia Bano about my new book at @soasuni.bsky.social this Thursday (5th June) from 1 to 2.30pm! More details attached - please join us 🌟
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🚨 A reminder that Understanding Miscarriages of Justice is *next Wednesday* @qmul.ac.uk with speakers from Appeal, @we-are-appeal.bsky.social, the Post Office scandal ( @rebeccakhelm.bsky.social @richardmoorhead.bsky.social), the Law Commission, and many others 🚨 ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Understanding Miscarriages of Justice at 25 PROGRAMME.docx
Understanding Miscarriages of Justice at 25 28 May 2025 at Queen Mary, Lincoln’s Inn’s Fields, Room 3.1 Registration link: https://forms.gle/RaA9iSSFc1mmqazU9 9am Coffee/registration 9.25 am Welco...
docs.google.com
May 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 A reminder that Understanding Miscarriages of Justice is *next Wednesday* @qmul.ac.uk with speakers from Appeal, @we-are-appeal.bsky.social, the Post Office scandal ( @rebeccakhelm.bsky.social @richardmoorhead.bsky.social), the Law Commission, and many others 🚨 ⬇️ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Publication week! ✨
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
May 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Publication week! ✨
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My book is out this week with OUP! It reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the Pakistani legal system in both criminal & family law contexts.
Available in hardback and e-book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Reposted by Daanika Kamal
Wonderful to see that @daanika.bsky.social’s brilliant PhD work on women’s experiences of negotiating the Pakistani legal system in contesting gendered violence against them, will be out in the world as a book soon!
Lots for all socio-legal scholars to savour here about legal scripts and subjects!
Lots for all socio-legal scholars to savour here about legal scripts and subjects!
My book, which reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the legal system in Pakistan, now has a listing!
Forthcoming in May 2025 with OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Forthcoming in May 2025 with OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wonderful to see that @daanika.bsky.social’s brilliant PhD work on women’s experiences of negotiating the Pakistani legal system in contesting gendered violence against them, will be out in the world as a book soon!
Lots for all socio-legal scholars to savour here about legal scripts and subjects!
Lots for all socio-legal scholars to savour here about legal scripts and subjects!
Reposted by Daanika Kamal
Congratulations to one of our lovely editors @daanika.bsky.social on the listing of her important new book! Check it out.
My book, which reports on the everyday lived realities of women victims of domestic violence and their interactions with the legal system in Pakistan, now has a listing!
Forthcoming in May 2025 with OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Forthcoming in May 2025 with OUP: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Congratulations to one of our lovely editors @daanika.bsky.social on the listing of her important new book! Check it out.
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TWO WEEKS TODAY!
🚨🚨BOOK LAUNCH - INDUCING INTIMACY: DECEPTION, CONSENT AND THE LAW by
@chloejskennedy.bsky.social
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
This is a hybrid event - in person and online tickets available via the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📍QMUL, Mile End (and hybrid)
📅 Wednesday 9 April,6 pm.
@chloejskennedy.bsky.social
@cambridgeup.bsky.social
This is a hybrid event - in person and online tickets available via the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📍QMUL, Mile End (and hybrid)
📅 Wednesday 9 April,6 pm.
🚨BOOK LAUNCH - The Criminal Justice Centre at QMUL is delighted to host the launch of @chloekennedy.bsky.social 's Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law with an amazing panel incl @markedsouza1.bsky.social
📍QMUL (hybrid)
🗓️ Wed 9 April at 6 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
📍QMUL (hybrid)
🗓️ Wed 9 April at 6 pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
March 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
TWO WEEKS TODAY!
UNDP's recent study from Pakistan reflects on the intersection of poverty and climate change through the emergence of "monsoon brides" - where young girls in flood-prone areas are being married off by their families before seasonal rains arrive. www.dawn.com/news/1896579
Washed away
Climate change is forcing girls into early marriage.
www.dawn.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
UNDP's recent study from Pakistan reflects on the intersection of poverty and climate change through the emergence of "monsoon brides" - where young girls in flood-prone areas are being married off by their families before seasonal rains arrive. www.dawn.com/news/1896579
I have an inordinate amount of mushroom photographs on my feed. How do I fix the algo? Bluesky gods, send me cat pics instead pls!!
March 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I have an inordinate amount of mushroom photographs on my feed. How do I fix the algo? Bluesky gods, send me cat pics instead pls!!
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Honoured to announce that we lauch Vol.1 Iss. 1 of @genderandjustice.bsky.social! It’s open access until May 31 2025 Details bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
March 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Honoured to announce that we lauch Vol.1 Iss. 1 of @genderandjustice.bsky.social! It’s open access until May 31 2025 Details bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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Join us at the new Sussex Centre for Law and Technology for a research and policy seminar on the Online Safety Act! The seminar is partly funded by the @bileta.bsky.social Research Seminar Awards.
📍 Sussex uni and online
🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025
Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...
📍 Sussex uni and online
🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025
Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...
Research and Policy Seminar: The Future of the Online Safety Act 2023 - Call for Papers
We invite academics (including postgraduate researchers), practitioners,policy researchers to submit papers on any aspect of the Online Safety Act.
www.sussex.ac.uk
February 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Join us at the new Sussex Centre for Law and Technology for a research and policy seminar on the Online Safety Act! The seminar is partly funded by the @bileta.bsky.social Research Seminar Awards.
📍 Sussex uni and online
🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025
Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...
📍 Sussex uni and online
🗓️ Friday 6 June 2025
Call for papers: www.sussex.ac.uk/schools/law-...
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Come visit the Lego Suffragette in the Faculty of Arts building at Warwick University !
February 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Come visit the Lego Suffragette in the Faculty of Arts building at Warwick University !
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I'm giving an online talk on my book, 'Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court', this Monday (3rd Feb) at 12.30, topped up with newer ideas on whether we should pay 'wages for victims'. Register here: @cambridgegender.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victims-an...
Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court
Part of the Multi-disciplinary Gender Research Seminar Series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I'm giving an online talk on my book, 'Victims and the Labour of Justice at the International Criminal Court', this Monday (3rd Feb) at 12.30, topped up with newer ideas on whether we should pay 'wages for victims'. Register here: @cambridgegender.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victims-an...
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📣 Job Alert
My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info.
#AcademicSky
My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info.
#AcademicSky
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January 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
📣 Job Alert
My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info.
#AcademicSky
My university (Manchester Met) is looking to hire a few new law lecturers. We are a growing department, with colleagues working on critical, socio-legal legal issues relating to gender, sexuality, disability, race, migration, culture, etc. Check out the link for more info.
#AcademicSky