The Queer Judgments Project
Episode Description
In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Nuno Ferreira and Senthorun Raj about the Queer Judgments Project, which they coordinate with Maria Federica (Marica) Moscati. They discuss the project’s origins, how it enables them to work around the limits of the law in a productive way, and how it weaves together political, personal, and intellectual concerns. At its heart, the project is about building community—connecting with people who care deeply about queerness and justice, both within and beyond academia—and stretching our engagement with law beyond the written word.
Readings recommended by the speakers
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Sen, A. (2009) The Idea of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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Hartman, S. (2019) Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval. New York & London: W. W. Norton & Company.
The edited collection by the Queer Judgements Project
- Ferreira, N., Moscati, M.F. and Raj, S. (eds) 2025. Queer Judgments. Coventry: Counterpress.
About the Speakers
Nuno Ferreira
Nuno Ferreira is a Professor of Law at the University of Sussex, UK. Previously, he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Liverpool and Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Nuno’s teaching and research focuses on refugee law, European law, and human rights – especially LGBTIQ+ and children's rights. Nuno has been a Horizon 2020 ERC Starting Grant recipient, leading the SOGICA project (2016-2020, www.sogica.org), as well as a co-investigator in the Horizon 2020-funded TRAFIG project (2019-2022, www.trafig.org) and Principal Investigator in the ESRC-funded project 'Negotiating Queer Identities Following Forced Migration' (2022-2024).
Senthorun Raj
Senthorun Raj is a Reader in Human Rights Law at Manchester Law School, Manchester Metropolitan University. He is passionate about glitter, pop culture, and social justice. Sen’s academic and activist work takes an intersectional approach to examining the disparate ways law deals with the lives of queer minorities. His new book, The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms: Repairing Law (Edinburgh University Press, 2025), explores how emotions organise conflicts over, and the possibilities of, LGBT rights in different jurisdictions. He is a Creative Content Editor of Feminist Legal Studies & the Editorial Lead of “Queer Law” in Palgrave’s Socio-Legal Studies series.