Postcolonial Theory and Law Discussion Group

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Date/time:

Wednesday 19 November 2025 1:00pm

Location:

Wolfson College

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Hosted by Jaideep Singh Lalli from 1pm to 2pm (coffee from 12:45pm) on Wednesday 19 November 2025 in Syndicate Room 1 at Wolfson College (CB3 9BB). 

We will discuss the following materials, which attendees are expected to have read in advance:

  • Ratna Kapur, ‘The Sexual Subaltern and Law: Postcolonial Queer Imaginaries’ in Fischel and Cossman (eds), Enticements: Queer Legal Studies (NYU Press 2024) (ebook available via iDiscover)

  • Leonard Zwilling and Michael J Sweet, ‘The Evolution of Third-Sex Constructs in Ancient India: A Study in Ambiguity’ in Leslie and McGee, Invented Identities (OUP 2000) (book available via iDiscover, or librarians have indicated we can use Internet Archive)

  • Matthew Waites, ‘Contesting Colonial Criminalization: Customary Law’s Significance for Decolonizing Queer Analysis’ in Fischel and Cossman (eds), Enticements: Queer Legal Studies (NYU Press 2024) (ebook available via iDiscover)