All Outputs (140)

The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj (2015)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj. Australian Feminist Law Journal, 40(2), 185-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/13200968.2014.985774

In the post-1857 colonial era, the Indian social and legal landscape underwent a seismic shift, caused by evermore direct and forceful British rule in many spheres of life, including human-animal and gender relations. This paper provides a brief anal... Read More about The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj.

Towards Third World Approaches to Islamic Law: Empire, Gunpowder and Praxis (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2015, February). Towards Third World Approaches to Islamic Law: Empire, Gunpowder and Praxis. Paper presented at Third World Approaches to International Law Conference: On Praxis and the Intellectual, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

This paper analyses the potential for critical engagements akin to those of the TWAIL movement with the imperial past of Islamic law, focusing on the specific legal and social developments that influenced Islamic legal theory and practice in the Musl... Read More about Towards Third World Approaches to Islamic Law: Empire, Gunpowder and Praxis.

Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2015, January). Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism. Paper presented at Reformers and Intellectual Reformulation in Contemporary Islam, SOAS, University of London and Queen Mary, University of London

This paper attempts to critically reassess the rise and fall of Muslim Marxism – an intriguing if controversial intellectual tradition seeking to reconcile rudimentary Marxist views on social and economic justice with those of Muslim political and re... Read More about Mir-Said Sultan-Galiev and the Idea of Muslim Marxism.

Wael B. Hallaq and the Question of Modern Nation-State in Islamic Legal Tradition: Empire of Law in Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim Legal Cultures (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2015, January). Wael B. Hallaq and the Question of Modern Nation-State in Islamic Legal Tradition: Empire of Law in Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim Legal Cultures. Presented at IGLP: The Workshop, Islamic Law and Policy Stream, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

Studies of ruptures sometimes create new ruptures, not least because they are, in the language of Thomas Kuhn’s influential work on the structure of scientific revolutions (The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 1962), susceptible of creating a par... Read More about Wael B. Hallaq and the Question of Modern Nation-State in Islamic Legal Tradition: Empire of Law in Pre-Modern and Modern Muslim Legal Cultures.

Equality and Legality in Muslim Subjectivity Formation (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2015, January). Equality and Legality in Muslim Subjectivity Formation. Paper presented at IGLP: The Workshop, ‘Law and Inequality within and between Nations’ Panel, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This paper examines the opportunities and limitations of the term ‘equality’, and the concepts coalesced around it, in what could broadly be called Muslim subjectivity formation – that is, a set of social and intimate experiences that make an individ... Read More about Equality and Legality in Muslim Subjectivity Formation.

Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, June). Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn. Presented at Inaugural Colloquium of the Centre for Ottoman Studies, SOAS, University of London, London, UK

An overview of the many contemporary 'turns' in the field of Ottoman Studies, including 'the Imperial Turn', 'the Social Turn' and 'the Economic Turn', presented as an introduction to the Inaugural Colloquium of the Centre for Ottoman Studies at SOAS... Read More about Twisting and Turning an Imperial (Re-)Turn.

Recounting Past, Displacing Future (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, June). Recounting Past, Displacing Future. Presented at Inauguration of the Centre for Ottoman Studies, SOAS, University of London, London, UK

An introductory paper to the eventful and important past and present of the Ottoman and post-Ottoman Studies at SOAS, presented at the inauguration of the Centre for Ottoman Studies.

Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, June). Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies. Presented at Heterodox Approaches to Islamic Law and Policy, IGLP Research Conference, Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA

This is an introductory speech for the first research conference of the Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School that sought to critically engage with the question of heterodoxy in Islamic legal theory and practice. The speech... Read More about Methodology and/of Critique in Islamic Legal Studies.

A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, May). A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan. Presented at Governance Feminism Workshop, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London, London, UK

This paper seeks to provide a critical reflection on the feminist movements in Pakistan. It includes an assessment of the concerted forces of homogenisation, ‘expertisation’, and discursively symptomatic power-engagements with governmental, crypto-go... Read More about A Cry for Madness: Governance Feminism and Neoliberal Unity in Pakistan.

The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, April). The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality. Presented at 5th LAEMOS Conference, Havana, Cuba

This paper offers a critical ethnographic account of the khwajasara movement, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore, Pakistan in 2011 and 2012. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijre (sing. hijra), are Pakista... Read More about The Khwajasara Movement and the Challenge of Translocality.

Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition. Presented at Westminster Law School Research Seminars, University of Westminster, London, UK

This paper offers a critical historical overview of the varying concepts of crime in Islamic legal tradition, focusing on the four examples from the classical, postclassical and the contemporary eras of Islamic law. The first example presents a brief... Read More about Rethinking Crime in the Islamic Legal Tradition.

Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’). Presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This lecture provides a case study for the previously-conducted general historical exploration of the fundamental tenets of Islamic criminal law. It introduces the pluralist legal system of Nigeria, with a particular focus on Muslim zina (adultery) l... Read More about Gender and Islamic Criminal Law in Nigeria: The Zina Case of Ms Amina Lawal (Part 2 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reapprisal’).

Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’) (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2014, January). Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’). Presented at Global Law and Economic Policy Workshop, Institute for Global Law and Policy (of Harvard Law School), Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar

This lecture discusses some of the elementary concepts relating to Islamic criminal law and justice and then briefly focuses on four specific examples, some historical and some contemporary, of the diversity immanent to this field; a diversity based... Read More about Understanding Crime in Islamic Jurisprudence and Muslim Societies (Part 1 of the author’s lecture series ‘Crime in Islamic Legal Tradition: A Reappraisal’).

Review of Corrine Lennox and Matthew Waites (eds), Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, 2013) (2014)
Journal Article
Hamzić, V. (2014). Review of Corrine Lennox and Matthew Waites (eds), Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, 2013). Human Rights Law Review, 14(2), 386-390. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngu002

One important conclusion that the two co-editors make in a fairly straightforward manner is that they are ultimately sceptical of whether the Commonwealth, as an intergovernmental organisation, could play a positive role in the future (p. 538). ‘Here... Read More about Review of Corrine Lennox and Matthew Waites (eds), Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in The Commonwealth: Struggles for Decriminalisation and Change (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, 2013).

Muslims and Normativities (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, September). Muslims and Normativities. Presented at Comparative Approaches to Islamic Law and Economy, Amman, Jordan

The thematic focus of this project can be described as an attempt to critically reconsider various historical and present-day forms of social and legal normativity, within and without the Islamic legal tradition, that have influenced Muslim polities... Read More about Muslims and Normativities.

The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, September). The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj. Presented at Dogs, Pigs and Children: Changing Laws in Colonial Britain, Centre for the Study of Colonialism, Empire and International Law, SOAS, University of London

In the post-1857 colonial era, the Indian social and legal landscape underwent a seismic shift, caused by an evermore direct and forceful British rule in many spheres of life, including human-animal and gender relations. This paper provides a brief a... Read More about The (Un)Conscious Pariah: Canine and Gender Outcasts of the British Raj.

The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, August). The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought. Paper presented at The New Marxist Writing in International Law, City University London

This project reassesses various Marxist approaches to human rights, arguing for a return to the 'negative hypothesis' – one in which the liberal panacea of rights is eschewed in favour of various forms of syndicated action. It begins with Marx and En... Read More about The Negative Hypothesis: On Rights and Relations in Marxist Legal Thought.

On Muslim Sexual and Gender Diversity and Lifeworlds beyond Legal Form (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, July). On Muslim Sexual and Gender Diversity and Lifeworlds beyond Legal Form. Paper presented at Law, Religion and LGBT Rights, Brunel Law School, Brunel University

The proposition of this brief intervention is threefold. Firstly, it attempts to underscore the value of historical analyses of Islamic law and the past Muslim polities for our present-day understanding of the various Muslim social and legal discours... Read More about On Muslim Sexual and Gender Diversity and Lifeworlds beyond Legal Form.

Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, June). Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis. Paper presented at Neoliberal Legality Workshop, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford

This paper briefly elaborates three specific movements in the author's general research of neoliberal legality: (1) that of the transformative potential in analysing the new types of fetishism of neoliberal legal form; (2) the insurrectionary politic... Read More about Neoliberalism, Law and Dissent: On Mimicry and Fetishism in the Time of Crisis.

Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2013, April). Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan. Paper presented at 18th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

This paper presents a critical ethnographic account of Pakistani khwajasara, based on the author’s most recent fieldwork in Lahore in 2011. Khwajasara, known elsewhere in the Indian Subcontinent as hijra, are Pakistani gender-variant subject position... Read More about Regendering the Nation: The Khwajasara Movement in Pakistan.