Public Lectures and Invited Talks

  • Otago Centre for Law and Society and the Religion Programme, University of Otago public seminar – Dunedin, New Zealand March 2024

    Title: “Hope, happenstance, and the making of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan’s landmark transgender rights judgments”

  • Law and Society in South Asia (LASSA) conference funded by a Law and Society Association (LSA) Global Collaboration Grant – Lahore, Pakistan December 2023

    Title: “Closing Remarks”

  • Fondazione Bruno Kessler conference on “A Shared Interest in Family Legal Pluralism: The Potential of Constructive Alliances between Religious and Queer Groups” - Trento, Italy (via Zoom) September 2020

    Title: “Concluding Remarks: Queer/Religious Friendship in the Trump Era”

  • University of Melbourne Asian Law Centre’s “Asian Legal Conversations - COVID-19” Webinar Series - Melbourne, Australia (via Zoom) June 2020

    Title: “A Secular Need, COVID-19 and the Persistence of Anti-Muslim Sentiment in India”

  • University of Melbourne Australia India Institute “Keywords for India” Lecture Series - Melbourne, Australia November 2018

    Title: “Courts”

  • Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Sheikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law’s Khalid Ishaq Distinguished Lectures Series - Lahore, Pakistan November 2014

    Title: “The Rule and the Role of Islamic Law: Constituting Secular Law and Governance in Contemporary India”

  • Käte Hamburger Kolleg Centre for Advanced Study of Law as Culture (Recht Als Kultur) at the University of Bonn - Bonn, Germany April 2014

    Title: “The Rule and the Role of Islamic Law: Constituting Secular Law and Governance in India”

  • Oberlin College “Year of the Queer” Lecture Series - Oberlin, USA March 2013

    Title: “Transgender Rights in Unlikely Places?: The Case of Pakistan”

  • Institut d'études de l'Islam et des Sociétés du Monde Musulman (IISMM) (by way of invitation from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) - Paris, France June 2012

    Title: “Transgenders in Pakistan and Transgressive Feelings of Kinship”

  • Centre d'Etudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud (CEIAS) (by way of invitation from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) - Paris, France May 2012

    Title: “Transgender Rights in Pakistan: Developments and Issues”

  • Sciences Po Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) (by way of invitation from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) - Paris, France May 2012

    Title: “Islamic Law and the Making of Secular Governance in India”

  • Duke Law School (by way of invitation from the American Constitution Society at Duke) – Durham, USA March 2010

    Title: “Avoiding Marriage: Why Progressives Should Not Support Marriage for Same-Sex Couples”