Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen

@swethaa.bsky.social

They / Them | Professor + Assoc. Dean for Research @ UCI Law Interdisciplinary research on Legal Profession, Alterities, Queers, Souths | See - https://swethaa.com/publications

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:

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

irishexaminer.com

Hello, Bluesky! 👋 We’re new here. At the American Bar Foundation (ABF), we conduct research at the intersection of law and society. Let’s connect and dive into today’s most pressing issues. Learn more about our work here: www.americanbarfoundation.org

American Bar Foundation - Research Advancing Justice

The American Bar Foundation is a leading research institute. Our faculty produces interdisciplinary research to advance justice and the understanding of law.

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In this chat w/ @lawandsociety.bsky.social , @suryaroy.bsky.social and I talk about the plans we have for our post-LSA'25 workshop, long-term friendships as method, and the space of the interloper to consider law and society research. (Thanks, Crissonna for the engagement!)

Law and Society Association@lawandsociety.bsky.social · 2y ago

With their new “Law and the Interloper” workshop series, longtime friends @swethaa.bsky.social and @suryaroy.bsky.social will “queer” law and society research by centering a multitude of marginalized perspectives. Read more here! bit.ly/3Bpn5Io #QueerTheory #LawAndSociety #LSAGrants

Big thanks to TSR for supporting @snehaannavarapu.bsky.social and me in organising the symposium — 'Movement in (Ethnographic) Method: Space, Time and Theory'. Call for participants will be out soon! Also, do not miss the promising keynote lectures by Nayanika Mathur and @asiyaislam.bsky.social

The Sociological Review Foundation@thesociologicalreview.org · 2y ago

Big ideas: four teams focusing on subjects ranging from #azadi and imaginaries of liberation to social engineering after #techlash have received funding for 2025 events via the latest Sociological Review Seminar Series grant round. Read about the winners: buff.ly/4f7jz36

Had a truly generative time at the ABF thinking in community about my next project on queerness and everyday macro-(non)aggressions. Thank you to all who came and engaged with such generosity. 🥲 Next stop: NYC to talk about how this relates to law, humor and identity w/these awesome humans:

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In the Zong case the court heard how people had been thrown overboard to drown for an insurance claim. "The judges took their decisions on a technical point of evidence...nobody concerned in the case made any objection to slavery as a matter of principle." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/403...

Why lawyers were as culpable as any slaver

The focus on individual traders like Colston means lawyers are out of sight—but they facilitated the trade

prospectmagazine.co.uk