We are delighted to share Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social’s reflections on writing: 8 tips for surviving (and enjoying!) academic writing. Many thanks to Conor for sharing his insights! Article: doi.org/10.53386/nil... Series: doi.org/10.53386/nil...

Princeton University is pleased to announce the call for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program will select early-career scholars from around the world . . . ." puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

In this piece for the National Law School Journal, I reflect on the silent archives of Indian constitutional history: repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vol18/i...

New paper with @surbhikarwa.bsky.social on the institutional failings of the Chief Justice of India, part of a symposium on chief justices in comparative perspective. Available open access on @icon-s.bsky.social journal! academic.oup.com/icon/advance...

Murujuga traditional custodian launches legal action against the federal government before Woodside’s North West Shelf decision. At risk of being destroyed - if approval is given - is the largest rock art site on the planet. theaimn.net/raelene-coop...

@surbhikarwa.bsky.social and I organised a workshop on ‘Contemporary issues in Indian Constitutionalism’ 🥳 An absolute delight: sharing our work and feeding back into each other’s papers. By some fortunate accident, it was an all women’s forum. As accidents go, I couldn’t have planned it better!

I used to like Neruda's work. Until I realised that he not only raped a Sri Lankan woman, but that he also wrote about it. www.npr.org/2022/10/15/1....

An education in global history (actual and not imagined) must be mandatory for all authors.

Hello! I am visiting London School of Economics as Letten Fellow this term. Please say hello if you are around! So good to be back in London!

New CCS issue (free to download for 3 weeks!) available here: tinyurl.com/2mu9kjen. Includes book review essays by @surbhikarwa.bsky.social Melissa Crouch and Nicholas Aroney.

Not many academic jobs on offer in law at the moment.. Check these out!

New paper co-authored with the excellent @surbhikarwa.bsky.social on the institutional roles (and failures) of the Chief Justice of India. Part of forthcoming ICON journal symposium on chief justices in comparative perspective. tinyurl.com/3tu5kmrh

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