Danish Sheikh
@dansheikh.bsky.social
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.
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)
June 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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)
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!
June 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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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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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June 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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:
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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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May 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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
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.
May 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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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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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@claerwen.bsky.social
@senthorun.bsky.social
@juliadehm.bsky.social
@dansheikh.bsky.social
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May 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
🌈🎓
@claerwen.bsky.social
@senthorun.bsky.social
@juliadehm.bsky.social
@dansheikh.bsky.social
🌈🎓
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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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Join us in person or online: events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...
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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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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
April 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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/...
🌈🎓
Join us in person or online: events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...
🌈🎓
Think I’m on to something here …
April 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Think I’m on to something here …
Rankings are foolish and meaningless unless I agree with them (which in this case I largely do):
www.vulture.com/article/best...
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.
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March 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Rankings are foolish and meaningless unless I agree with them (which in this case I largely do):
www.vulture.com/article/best...
www.vulture.com/article/best...
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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
March 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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
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Queer Judgments brings together scholars, lawyers, and activists to re-imagine and re-write legal judgments that relate to LGBTQ+ folk. It’s been a labour of love and community. We hope our book energises pursuits for justice!
Download a copy here: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
#AcademicSky
Download a copy here: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
#AcademicSky
We’re thrilled to announce Queer Judgments is out today!
This collection covers topics relating to decriminalising gay sex, HIV, asylum, healthcare, reproductive justice, gender transition, and much more!
It is available to download on a pay what you feel basis: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
This collection covers topics relating to decriminalising gay sex, HIV, asylum, healthcare, reproductive justice, gender transition, and much more!
It is available to download on a pay what you feel basis: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Queer Judgments brings together scholars, lawyers, and activists to re-imagine and re-write legal judgments that relate to LGBTQ+ folk. It’s been a labour of love and community. We hope our book energises pursuits for justice!
Download a copy here: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
#AcademicSky
Download a copy here: counterpress.org.uk/publications...
#AcademicSky
Thrilled to share that my play “Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love” has won the 2025 Queer Playwriting Award presented by Midsumma Festival. So excited for the chance to travel and share this work with a wider range of audiences.
February 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Thrilled to share that my play “Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love” has won the 2025 Queer Playwriting Award presented by Midsumma Festival. So excited for the chance to travel and share this work with a wider range of audiences.
V. much enjoying this year’s birthday gift from my partner.
February 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
V. much enjoying this year’s birthday gift from my partner.
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📚 I'm excited to share that my book, 'Refugee Displacement, Disability, and Human Rights: The Production, Processing, and Power of Data', is now accessible through libraries with institutional access to Taylor & Francis eBooks! 📚
February 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📚 I'm excited to share that my book, 'Refugee Displacement, Disability, and Human Rights: The Production, Processing, and Power of Data', is now accessible through libraries with institutional access to Taylor & Francis eBooks! 📚
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The second is the call for streams for next years Critical legal conference. For those who don't know the conference, it is a really lovely welcoming space, all critical (broadly conceived) ideas welcome: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/04/c...
February 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The second is the call for streams for next years Critical legal conference. For those who don't know the conference, it is a really lovely welcoming space, all critical (broadly conceived) ideas welcome: criticallegalthinking.com/2025/02/04/c...
Question for readers of queer theory: what is the single most purely enjoyable text you have encountered? I’m thinking of work that is both generative but also a joy to read.
(Also acknowledging that my answer to this question changes on a weekly basis)
(Also acknowledging that my answer to this question changes on a weekly basis)
January 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Question for readers of queer theory: what is the single most purely enjoyable text you have encountered? I’m thinking of work that is both generative but also a joy to read.
(Also acknowledging that my answer to this question changes on a weekly basis)
(Also acknowledging that my answer to this question changes on a weekly basis)
Cobbling together my *second* Taylor Swift paper of the year for the Law, Literature and Humanities Association meeting in Hong Kong.
December 16, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Cobbling together my *second* Taylor Swift paper of the year for the Law, Literature and Humanities Association meeting in Hong Kong.
My favourite show of the last 5 years, and one of my favourite books of all time.
Apropos of absolutely nothing, a good holiday watch this year would be the Station Eleven miniseries (on Max in the States). Moving and surprisingly life-affirming, I promise it’s not just about a deadly pandemic.
December 10, 2024 at 1:41 AM
My favourite show of the last 5 years, and one of my favourite books of all time.
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Last year, I was invited to speak at the Swiss Institute of Feminist Legal Research and Gender Law about my work exploring the emotional dynamics of teaching LGBT rights in law schools (based in the UK). My paper has just been published in their collection. DM for a copy if interested. 🌈🎓
December 3, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Last year, I was invited to speak at the Swiss Institute of Feminist Legal Research and Gender Law about my work exploring the emotional dynamics of teaching LGBT rights in law schools (based in the UK). My paper has just been published in their collection. DM for a copy if interested. 🌈🎓
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New paper out today: 'Law and the Environment: An Act of Legal Kintsugi?'
From me, @cristyclark.bsky.social #katieobryan #alessandropelizzon & #johnpage
DM me for a copy if you can't access it.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
From me, @cristyclark.bsky.social #katieobryan #alessandropelizzon & #johnpage
DM me for a copy if you can't access it.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
Law and the Environment: An Act of Legal Kintsugi? | Legalities
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December 1, 2024 at 9:16 PM
New paper out today: 'Law and the Environment: An Act of Legal Kintsugi?'
From me, @cristyclark.bsky.social #katieobryan #alessandropelizzon & #johnpage
DM me for a copy if you can't access it.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
From me, @cristyclark.bsky.social #katieobryan #alessandropelizzon & #johnpage
DM me for a copy if you can't access it.
www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3...
La Trobe Law School is hiring! Two Level B positions, check out details below (along with a picture of my lunch spot if you needed any additional reasons to apply):
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November 29, 2024 at 4:51 AM
La Trobe Law School is hiring! Two Level B positions, check out details below (along with a picture of my lunch spot if you needed any additional reasons to apply):
careers.pageuppeople.com/533/caw/en/j...
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Fun thread and Williams’ article is my go to pick as well!
Patricia Williams in the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review from 1987. Citation in Alt Text
November 28, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Fun thread and Williams’ article is my go to pick as well!
Melbourne friends: Delighted to share that my lecture-performance ‘Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love’ has been shortlisted for the Midsumma Queer Playwrighting Showcase. Catch me along with these other exciting new shows at Gasworks Theatre in 2025!
www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/eve...
www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/eve...
November 27, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Melbourne friends: Delighted to share that my lecture-performance ‘Much to do with Law, but More to do with Love’ has been shortlisted for the Midsumma Queer Playwrighting Showcase. Catch me along with these other exciting new shows at Gasworks Theatre in 2025!
www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/eve...
www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/eve...
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“The power of identity politics doesn’t lie in balkanisation … but in precisely what its contemporary adoption seeks to prevent: the recognition that the common enemy is the way in which society itself is designed.”
Exactly.
See also the Combahee River Collective: www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Exactly.
See also the Combahee River Collective: www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
November 25, 2024 at 9:20 PM
“The power of identity politics doesn’t lie in balkanisation … but in precisely what its contemporary adoption seeks to prevent: the recognition that the common enemy is the way in which society itself is designed.”
Exactly.
See also the Combahee River Collective: www.blackpast.org/african-amer...
Exactly.
See also the Combahee River Collective: www.blackpast.org/african-amer...