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.

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.

Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2012, February). Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan. Paper presented at International Law and the Periphery Conference, American University in Cairo

This study presents a critical legal ethnography of Pakistani khwajasara, located at the very periphery of international law yet at the centre of global legal crisis. Khwajasara, known elsewhere as hijra, are Pakistani gender variant subject position... Read More about Re-Centring Periphery through Non-Co-Operation: Khwajasara Movement and Limits of Global Law in Pakistan.

(Sub)alternative Muslim Perceptions of Law and Justice: Beyond Politics of Fiqh and Inadequacy of Human Rights Discourse (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hamzić, V. (2011, May). (Sub)alternative Muslim Perceptions of Law and Justice: Beyond Politics of Fiqh and Inadequacy of Human Rights Discourse. Paper presented at Queer Perspectives on Law: Sharing Reflections, SOAS Spring Queer Legal Theory Workshop, SOAS, University of London

This paper comparatively examines some present-day perceptions of the concepts of law and justice by sexually- and/or gender-variant Muslim communities, living in Muslim-majority states. Firstly, it analyses their encounters with two hegemonic identi... Read More about (Sub)alternative Muslim Perceptions of Law and Justice: Beyond Politics of Fiqh and Inadequacy of Human Rights Discourse.