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Dr. Haris A. Durrani
@hdernity.bsky.social
Prize Fellow, Harvard.

Law, tech, history. Space. PhD Princeton, JD/BS Columbia. Author, Technologies of the Self.

https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/Haris_Durrani.html
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Exciting life update -- I've been appointed as a Prize Fellow
@harvard.edu !

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Excited for this roundtable I coorganized w Mary Mitchell at the American Society for Legal History #ASLH2025 today. Wanted to do this for years. Many cool ideas to discuss at cutting edges of many fields, w a stellar crew— @karawswanson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy, George Aumoithe, Julia Lewandoski.
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Exciting life update -- I've been appointed as a Prize Fellow
@harvard.edu !

histecon.fas.harvard.edu/ehppf/Haris_...
September 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I thoroughly enjoyed chairing this panel showcasing excellent new work on space history in a global context. Definitely take a look at the fantastic work of these four scholars.
Excited to speak @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #shafr2025 this week - I'll present on Cuba & communications satellite regulation in the global Cold War

Honored to join the panel Empire, Security & Militarism in the Final Frontier w Andrew Ross, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social, @aaronbateman.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Excited to speak @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #shafr2025 this week - I'll present on Cuba & communications satellite regulation in the global Cold War

Honored to join the panel Empire, Security & Militarism in the Final Frontier w Andrew Ross, @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social, @aaronbateman.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Excited to present @lawandsociety.bsky.social in the Critical Outer Space Law panel next Sat. Honored to join @crisveijk.bsky.social & Markus Gunneflo.

I'll tell a story from the origins of one of the sexiest topics (ahem) in space law -- space object registration.
May 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Excited & honored to lecture at NASA this Thurs May 15, for the "Aerospace Latin America" series.

I'll talk on the legal history of international frequency regulation, sovereignty, communications satellites, & Cuba. Possible cameos from Senghor & Fanon.
May 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
My author's copy of COSMIC FRAGMENTS @upittpress.bsky.social!

Has my essay "Inventing Syncom." The bk is a labor of love from @historyasif.bsky.social, celebrating a new wave of schlrshp on spaceflight, technology, the Cold War, & decolonization. A monumental arrival.

Honored to be part of it.
May 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Honored to share work at NYU Law this Tues 4/22, for Profs Benedict Kingsbury & Katrina Wyman's Space Law & Planetary Governance colloquium in the Institute for International Law & Justice.

We'll discuss my work on histories of law, tech, & space. Also, DUNE.

www.guariniglobal.org/events-overv...
Haris Durrani: Space History/Dune — Guarini Global Law & Tech - NYU Law
Dr Haris Durrani , JD, PhD (Princeton) is judicial clerk in the Federal Circuit 2024-25; an incoming Harvard History and Economics post-doc on satellite history. Dr Durrani will present ideas from his...
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April 20, 2025 at 9:50 PM
DC friends! I'm speaking on space law, its history, & its future @asilorg.bsky.social's Annual Meeting this Thurs 4/17 at 10:30AM.

Honored to join the stage w/ copanelists Prof Benedict Kingsbury, David Anderman, & Caitlin Poling & moderator Tracy Reynolds. Thx to Paul Mertenskötter for the invite.
April 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Passed the PhD defense at Princeton (back in Nov.)! I’m a dr now.

Grateful to my co-advisors Angela Creager & Dirk Hartog & my other committee members Chris Beauchamp, @historyasif.bsky.social, & Natasha Wheatley.
March 31, 2025 at 1:40 AM