Danish Sheikh: The Art of the Conference Presentation (Skills Circle)

In this episode, Dr Ben Golder (UNSW Law School) and Dr Kathleen Birrell (La Trobe Law and Humanities Network) are joined by Danish Sheikh (Melbourne Law School) to discuss the art of the conference presentation. Danish Sheikh is a playwright, activist lawyer and legal researcher. He is currently working on a thesis exploring queer dissent as a form of reparative jurisprudence at the Melbourne Law School. His work has been cited by the Supreme Court of India in its decision to decriminalize homosexuality in 2018. His current research has won the Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia's Postgraduate Essay Prize and the Melbourne Law School Student Published Research Prize. His first book, Love and Reparation was published by Seagull Books and distributed by University of Chicago Press in 2021.