Salwa Hoque
salwahoque.bsky.social
Salwa Hoque
@salwahoque.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - AIAI Network, Emory University | Fellow, ISP-Yale Law School | PhD & MPhil, NYU | MA, Columbia University | BA, University of Washington.

Research Interest: Law; Technology; Gender

Website: salwahoque.com
Funding will support:
1) new projects & research collaborations on AI & humanities
2) new projects & collaborations about AI & Culture or AI & The City, with reference, grounding, or comparison to Atlanta
3) professional development funds to enable new AIAI members to support events of their own
🚀 Our 2025 seed grant call is open!
We’re excited to grow the #AIAINetwork by supporting new projects and collaborations in AI × humanities, AI × culture or AI × City with an Atlanta focus, and professional development funding for community events, workshops and more.

👉Info: www.aiai.network/grants
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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📬 The AIAI November Issue is out now!

We’re sharing insights and opportunities across the aiai.network — featuring Salwa Hoque’s note on AI and the law, and a fascinating recap of Vauhini Vara’s discussion on generative AI in creative work.
🚨 Deadline for the Seed Grants has been extended to Dec 1.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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🚀 Our 2025 seed grant call is open!
We’re excited to grow the #AIAINetwork by supporting new projects and collaborations in AI × humanities, AI × culture or AI × City with an Atlanta focus, and professional development funding for community events, workshops and more.

👉Info: www.aiai.network/grants
November 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Sign up & Read Newsletter #18: www.aiai.network/news/
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Join us for the 2025 Fall Kickoff!!!!
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October 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Please join us on Wed, Oct 29 at Emory University for our annual #AIAINetwork 🍂Fall Kickoff Event🍂
Featuring a conversation with Drs. Carl DiSalvo, Lauren Klein, Brandeis Marshall, and Dan Sinykin, and a roundtable with our 2024–25 Seed Grant Awardees moderated by Dr. André Brock.
See you there!
October 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The AIAI Network is hosting journalist and novelist Vauhini Vara on Thursday, October 16. She will give a talk titled “If Computers Can Write, Why Should We?” Her most recent book, Searches, investigates what is at stake—ethically, culturally, and for writing—with the rise of AI.
September 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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🚨New publication🚨

Our @salwahoque.bsky.social writes about "Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the 'Legal' and the 'Social'" in @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the “Legal” and the “Social” | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core
Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the “Legal” and the “Social”
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August 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Excited to share my peer-reviewed article: “Rethinking Marriage: Blurring the ‘Legal’ and the ‘Social’” @lsijournal.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
This article examines alternate legal reasoning to reimagine law and evidentiary protocols from the ground-up.
doi.org/10.1017/lsi....
August 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s been just over a month since I’ve been in NYC without needing to travel for work-the first time all year I’ve stayed in one place for this long. I really needed this time to feel grounded, to slow-read, to think, and write as much as possible before the Fall semester starts.
August 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Like many writers, I’ve been using em dashes for years, and hate that people now dismiss/identify it as “AI.” My grad school writing coach taught me the value of em dashes and I feel terrible deleting them just to avoid looking like I use AI.
August 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
My best friend and I are celebrating our 30-year friendaversary this year. We met in playgroup when we were just 3 or 4 years old, studied together from school through undergrad, and still talk/text every single day. It’s one of the most cherished and meaningful relationships in my life. ❤️
August 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Currently studying the ethical standpoint(s) of the term “al-ma’ruf” that’s often used in (Islamic) legal systems. It’s translated in English court records as “reasonable,” “kind,” “fair,” or “custom,” but I don’t think these interpretations capture the richness of this concept.
August 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Knowing multiple languages is supposed to lead to a broader vocabulary and more expansive thinking. In my case, I’m not fluent in any language and mostly just muddle through using a mixed style. My English vocabulary and grammar are a mess; so is my Bangla. How is this fair!?🥲
August 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Looking back, I’m glad I chose to double major in Communication and English during my undergrad. It taught me to approach questions using both social science and humanities methods, and to recognize where these perspectives align & differ- how methods shape the way we see and make sense of the world
July 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Any recommendations for readings that engage with Nida’s comparison of formal and dynamic equivalence?
July 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This NYC heat and poor air quality are making my eyes burn!
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Just received the final proof for my Law & Social Inquiry article! Aaaaaaahhh!! So excited!!!!!
July 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I've been diving into translation theory, (re)reading Asad, Benjamin, Spivak, Apter, Nida, Baker, Venuti, Bassnett, Sakai, Silverstein, Herzfeld, Rubel & Rosman, and Delisle & Woodsworth. It's been incredibly fun and interesting! Welcome more reading suggestions!
July 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just got the typeset version of my upcoming @lsijournal.bsky.social article on marriage, evidence, & legal reasoning! Excited to publish! This piece holds traces of my early research with Prof Sally Merry when I first started working on legal pluralism #CriticalLegalStudies #LawAndSociety
July 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I won the NYU University-Wide Outstanding Dissertation Award! It’s announced a year after graduation as each department/program nominates one candidate from all the schools/divisions across NYU. So incredibly honored to have won in the Social Sciences category!
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April 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Join @emoryuniversity.bsky.social postdoc @salwahoque.bsky.social and GSU doctoral fellow Erin Anderson of the @aiainetwork.bsky.social this Friday, Feb 21st for a workshop on systemic bias within AI datasets! Zoom link here: emory.zoom.us/j/93314581879.
February 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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It is ridiculous how games can look this good
November 7, 2024 at 11:20 AM