Suryapratim Roy
@suryaroy.bsky.social
Lecturer in law at Trinity College Dublin
The strategy of weaponising violence against women and children in propagating white supremacist ideology is a worldwide concern, which has assumed a distinctly Irish flavour. With @clrwlsh.bsky.social and Rahul Sambaraju for The Irish Examiner: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
You're not protecting women and children with violent protests
When it becomes routine to connect migration with sexual crimes, any incident is a potential tinder box
www.irishexaminer.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The strategy of weaponising violence against women and children in propagating white supremacist ideology is a worldwide concern, which has assumed a distinctly Irish flavour. With @clrwlsh.bsky.social and Rahul Sambaraju for The Irish Examiner: www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Excellent papers at the 60th anniversary of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Cambridge University. Rahul Sambaraju and I looked at the reterritorialisation of India via citizenship.
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Excellent papers at the 60th anniversary of the Centre for South Asian Studies at Cambridge University. Rahul Sambaraju and I looked at the reterritorialisation of India via citizenship.
In this article for the Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Rahul Sambaraju and I show India is being discursively reterritorialised into a Hindu state via citizenship. Thanks to the Princeton Secularism workshop convened by @farrahahmed.bsky.social:
www.psycharchives.org/en/item/779c...
www.psycharchives.org/en/item/779c...
‘Those who before the Partition of Pakistan and India were citizens of this country’: territorial constructions of citizenship in undermining the Indian nation-state [Author Accepted Manuscript] | Psy...
www.psycharchives.org
September 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
In this article for the Journal of Social and Political Psychology, Rahul Sambaraju and I show India is being discursively reterritorialised into a Hindu state via citizenship. Thanks to the Princeton Secularism workshop convened by @farrahahmed.bsky.social:
www.psycharchives.org/en/item/779c...
www.psycharchives.org/en/item/779c...
With Rahul Sambaraju, I argue denial of racism and its coding in nationalism abets acts of racist violence.
Thank you to @deirdre for running this piece. And thanks to Philomena Mullen for discussions on this, and @swethaa.bsky.social Ballakrishnen for injecting the word blasé into my head:
Thank you to @deirdre for running this piece. And thanks to Philomena Mullen for discussions on this, and @swethaa.bsky.social Ballakrishnen for injecting the word blasé into my head:
Ireland’s history of humiliating the powerless has a new chapter
Downplaying the lived experience of minorities is not a new thing in Ireland - and it is allowing racism to gain traction
www.irishexaminer.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
With Rahul Sambaraju, I argue denial of racism and its coding in nationalism abets acts of racist violence.
Thank you to @deirdre for running this piece. And thanks to Philomena Mullen for discussions on this, and @swethaa.bsky.social Ballakrishnen for injecting the word blasé into my head:
Thank you to @deirdre for running this piece. And thanks to Philomena Mullen for discussions on this, and @swethaa.bsky.social Ballakrishnen for injecting the word blasé into my head:
A beginner’s guide to the odorous Indian. I argue it’s about gastropolitics, disunity among diasporic South Asians, and transnational hate: www.dublininquirer.com/surya-a-begi....
Thanks to @dublininquirer.com for running this piece that’s a bit on the nose (as it were).
Thanks to @dublininquirer.com for running this piece that’s a bit on the nose (as it were).
Surya: A beginner’s guide to the trope of the “odorous” Indian
An essay for the two women on the Dublin Bus.
www.dublininquirer.com
May 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A beginner’s guide to the odorous Indian. I argue it’s about gastropolitics, disunity among diasporic South Asians, and transnational hate: www.dublininquirer.com/surya-a-begi....
Thanks to @dublininquirer.com for running this piece that’s a bit on the nose (as it were).
Thanks to @dublininquirer.com for running this piece that’s a bit on the nose (as it were).
Great to see this great piece in @jcms-eu.bsky.social that builds on the article by @sarahganty.bsky.social, @profkochenov.bsky.social and yours truly on the unlawfulness of visa bans.
Splendid analysis by NScicluna in @jcms-eu.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Illegal Schengen visa bans for🇷🇺Russian citizens have to stop❗️🇵🇱🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹assault on Schengen is a test for🇪🇺EU Rule of Law @sarahganty.bsky.social , @suryaroy.bsky.social YaleJIL: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Illegal Schengen visa bans for🇷🇺Russian citizens have to stop❗️🇵🇱🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹assault on Schengen is a test for🇪🇺EU Rule of Law @sarahganty.bsky.social , @suryaroy.bsky.social YaleJIL: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
March 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Great to see this great piece in @jcms-eu.bsky.social that builds on the article by @sarahganty.bsky.social, @profkochenov.bsky.social and yours truly on the unlawfulness of visa bans.
On Ambedkar’s death anniversary, I argue that his disillusionment are as indicative of his radical ethics as his achievements: frontline.thehindu.com/books/ambedk...
Neutralising Ambedkar: A Book Review of The Foresighted Ambedkar by Anurag Bhaskar
Even as he questioned democracy and the state, Dr B.R. Ambedkar sought to make a Constitution to protect individuals and minorities from the legislature—people need to be protected from the People.
frontline.thehindu.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:05 PM
On Ambedkar’s death anniversary, I argue that his disillusionment are as indicative of his radical ethics as his achievements: frontline.thehindu.com/books/ambedk...
If you (like me) are ambivalent about/disappointed with COP-talk, corporate climate litigation might be of interest: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION AND ENERGY COMPANIES
<p><span>In this paper, we identify trends in climate litigation involving energy companies in the European legal order. W</span>e first focus on three trends n
papers.ssrn.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:07 AM
If you (like me) are ambivalent about/disappointed with COP-talk, corporate climate litigation might be of interest: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Law and the Interloper is a project (in all its subversiveness) that @swethaa.bsky.social and I have been planning for a while. We’re doing a workshop around the time of the Law and the Society Association conference 2025. Have a look at the call for papers and join us!
November 24, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Law and the Interloper is a project (in all its subversiveness) that @swethaa.bsky.social and I have been planning for a while. We’re doing a workshop around the time of the Law and the Society Association conference 2025. Have a look at the call for papers and join us!
Reposted by Suryapratim Roy
Following the next LSA meeting in Chicago'25, @suryaroy.bsky.social and I are hosting a "Law and Interloper" workshop. If you think/write about the queer / periphery / outsider / outlier and their connection to law, please consider applying! CFP below 👇
November 23, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Following the next LSA meeting in Chicago'25, @suryaroy.bsky.social and I are hosting a "Law and Interloper" workshop. If you think/write about the queer / periphery / outsider / outlier and their connection to law, please consider applying! CFP below 👇