Danish Sheikh

Pleased to have this be my lasting legacy to legal scholarship.

Bonus points for getting to spend some time in the magical Tilburg woods.

I was grateful for the chance to think about how dramaturgy plays out in my work: as a way to stage legal thought, as a means of bringing life into law, and as a training mechanism to practice the increasingly difficult task of repair.

Through conversations that ranged from walking and letter-writing as legal method, to the protocols of official wear at international courts, we found a range of entry points to talk about how we train ourselves to notice law, and what it might take to notice differently. (5/n)

The workshop prompted participants to ask how we are oriented towards the various sources of international law, and how we bring them to life within our professional work. (4/n)

These questions of orientation and genre are often relegated to the margins of legal scholarship. What a joy then to spend a day watching them take centre-stage at this wonderful workshop convened by @riclements.bsky.social and Alex Dela Cruz. (3/n)

- these orientations affect the voices we choose to listen to and the causes we consider worth fighting/ thinking/ writing about. Conversely, how we narrate our work affects how it is received: style and form are inextricably linked to the content of our thoughts. (2/n)

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)

almost, but then it made it stronger ...

Oh wow, absolutely!

Aw that’s lovely. I hope we can all have coffee and say nice things about each other together sometime :)

orinam | LGBTQIA+ Support, Chennai Orinam is a support group in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, for people who identify themselves as LGBTQIA+ and for their family and friends.

Hi Sandra! Check out orinam.net which is a really excellent archival source for your questions.

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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!

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

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:

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.

Photo of different people, in colourful outfits, holding up books on queer approaches to law.

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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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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Oh wow I *love* that. Chucking it in the list.

Yeah that communal vibe is where I’m stuck with trying to find the right example.
Meanwhile “Yarnheads at the Rave” - I cannot get over what a great title this is??

On point 1 - love that, chucking it in my list.
On point 2 - it indicates that you and I are basically the same person …

Think I’m on to something here …

Every Studio Ghibli Film, Ranked The animation powerhouse behind some of the best films ever made is back with The Boy and the Heron.

Rankings are foolish and meaningless unless I agree with them (which in this case I largely do):

www.vulture.com/article/best...

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

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...

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Thank you!

Thank you!

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.