Jisha Menon
@profmenon.bsky.social
Professor and cultural critic @Stanford; Faculty Director of Global Studies, researches law & humanities; affect, cities & capitalism.
https://profiles.stanford.edu/jisha-menon
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Jisha Menon
@profmenon.bsky.social
· Jan 16
My new article "Dignity and the Drama of the Death Penalty" considers competing invocations of dignity in punishment, and how that impinges on conceptions of personhood.
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Join us as we discuss debt and its discontents with Jayati Ghosh, Hannah Appell and Fabio Vighi! All welcome.
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SGS Global Dialogues Series: Global Debt and its Discontents
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October 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Join us as we discuss debt and its discontents with Jayati Ghosh, Hannah Appell and Fabio Vighi! All welcome.
events.stanford.edu/event/sgs-gl...
events.stanford.edu/event/sgs-gl...
I'm looking forward to this talk on white collar crime, jouissance, and cinema by the brilliant scholar Fabio Vighi on Oct. 15 at Stanford. All welcome. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I'm looking forward to this talk on white collar crime, jouissance, and cinema by the brilliant scholar Fabio Vighi on Oct. 15 at Stanford. All welcome. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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We won!!
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We won!!
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”
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my piece on "Reading and Writing Race in Law and Literature" is out in advance online, European Journal of English Studies - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reading and writing race in law and literature
Published in European Journal of English Studies (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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September 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
my piece on "Reading and Writing Race in Law and Literature" is out in advance online, European Journal of English Studies - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
So proud of EPIC program at Stanford Global Studies working with community colleges to cultivate global citizenship and educational equity through meaningful, long-term partnerships. This is a model for how elite institutions can serve the broader public good. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
Stanford outreach prepares community college students for a global workforce
Stanford Global Studies programs partner with public two-year institutions across the country to support student career paths and faculty professional development.
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August 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
So proud of EPIC program at Stanford Global Studies working with community colleges to cultivate global citizenship and educational equity through meaningful, long-term partnerships. This is a model for how elite institutions can serve the broader public good. news.stanford.edu/stories/2025...
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International law expert @jonyorke.bsky.social moves to intervene in our § 1983 civil rights challenge to nitrogen gas asphyxiation in Alabama, represented by @stanfordlaw.bsky.social’s Gulika Reddy and @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's @anjliparrin.bsky.social: cccct.law.columbia.edu/sites/cccct....
May 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
International law expert @jonyorke.bsky.social moves to intervene in our § 1983 civil rights challenge to nitrogen gas asphyxiation in Alabama, represented by @stanfordlaw.bsky.social’s Gulika Reddy and @uchicagolaw.bsky.social's @anjliparrin.bsky.social: cccct.law.columbia.edu/sites/cccct....
I wrote about the hostility between India and Pakistan through the lens of folk theatre in Kashmir in my book Performance of Nationalism (2013)
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(PDF) Menon Kashmir Performance of Nationalism
PDF | This chapter considers how the valley of Kashmir becomes the object of desire in the mimetic encounter between India and Pakistan. This chapter... | Find, read and cite all the research you need...
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May 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote about the hostility between India and Pakistan through the lens of folk theatre in Kashmir in my book Performance of Nationalism (2013)
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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My @gould.usc.edu Online conference on Philosophy of Emotions Meets Philosophy of Law is starting next week!
It's going to be super interesting and engaging, and I'm looking forward!
Message me for the zoom link, and feel free to share widely!
It's going to be super interesting and engaging, and I'm looking forward!
Message me for the zoom link, and feel free to share widely!
May 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
My @gould.usc.edu Online conference on Philosophy of Emotions Meets Philosophy of Law is starting next week!
It's going to be super interesting and engaging, and I'm looking forward!
Message me for the zoom link, and feel free to share widely!
It's going to be super interesting and engaging, and I'm looking forward!
Message me for the zoom link, and feel free to share widely!
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@stanfordlaw.bsky.social’s Gulika Reddy was featured on @reuters.com’s Practical Law Public Interest Profile, in which she discussed her pro bono practice and academic career. Read more about Professor Reddy’s background here: www.reuters.com/practical-la....
Public Interest Profile | Practical Law The Journal | Reuters
Gulika Reddy, International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic at Stanford Law School
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April 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@stanfordlaw.bsky.social’s Gulika Reddy was featured on @reuters.com’s Practical Law Public Interest Profile, in which she discussed her pro bono practice and academic career. Read more about Professor Reddy’s background here: www.reuters.com/practical-la....
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It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
The Feminist Law Professor Who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.
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March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
Very excited to curate new and enduring research on topics of Arts + Justice: shc.stanford.edu/arcade/collo...
Check out the work by brilliant scholars incl. @bennettcapers.bsky.social, Jennifer Nash, Amber Musser, Nicole Fleetwood, Forrest Stuart, Mary Kathryn Nagle among others.
Check out the work by brilliant scholars incl. @bennettcapers.bsky.social, Jennifer Nash, Amber Musser, Nicole Fleetwood, Forrest Stuart, Mary Kathryn Nagle among others.
Arts + Justice | Stanford Humanities Center
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January 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Very excited to curate new and enduring research on topics of Arts + Justice: shc.stanford.edu/arcade/collo...
Check out the work by brilliant scholars incl. @bennettcapers.bsky.social, Jennifer Nash, Amber Musser, Nicole Fleetwood, Forrest Stuart, Mary Kathryn Nagle among others.
Check out the work by brilliant scholars incl. @bennettcapers.bsky.social, Jennifer Nash, Amber Musser, Nicole Fleetwood, Forrest Stuart, Mary Kathryn Nagle among others.
My new article "Dignity and the Drama of the Death Penalty" considers competing invocations of dignity in punishment, and how that impinges on conceptions of personhood.
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My new article "Dignity and the Drama of the Death Penalty" considers competing invocations of dignity in punishment, and how that impinges on conceptions of personhood.
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Thanks to work of @dwlachance.bsky.social @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social among others:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I saw two challenging plays that I couldn't get out of my head and I knew I had to write about them. The resulting article just came out in the latest Theatre Journal:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Project MUSE - "It Feels Like Being in Jail All Over Again": Staging the Criminalized Liminality of Sex Offenders
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November 24, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I saw two challenging plays that I couldn't get out of my head and I knew I had to write about them. The resulting article just came out in the latest Theatre Journal:
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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Check out the special issue of Theatre Journal on Abolition & Performance. My article “Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #stopcopcity” examines the use of humor in the June 5 2023 ATL city council meeting as an ecocritical strategy of refusal and repair
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Check out the special issue of Theatre Journal on Abolition & Performance. My article “Abolitionist Laughter: The Joint Movement to #stopcopcity” examines the use of humor in the June 5 2023 ATL city council meeting as an ecocritical strategy of refusal and repair
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
My new article "Confessional Performance" turns to podcasts to think about performing remorse at parole hearings. Grateful to @evidenceprof.bsky.social and others whose work inspired this piece. And grateful for the stellar company in this issue.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
November 22, 2024 at 8:32 PM
My new article "Confessional Performance" turns to podcasts to think about performing remorse at parole hearings. Grateful to @evidenceprof.bsky.social and others whose work inspired this piece. And grateful for the stellar company in this issue.
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...