Get to Know Mitra Sharafi!
Institution: University of Wisconsin Law School
Number of years as LSA member: 10
Number of LSA Meetings Attended: 16
LSA Governance Position(s) and Committees:
Board of Trustees (Class of 2021)
Governance Committee chair (2018-19, 2019-20)
Program Committee member (2016-17)
J. Willard Hurst Book Prize Committee member (2015-16)
International Prize Committee member (2013-14)
South Asia CRN 22 organizer (2005-present)
Areas of Research:
South Asia
Legal History
Legal Pluralism
Legal Profession and Education
Law and Religion
Law and Minorities
Legal Consciousness
Law and Science/Medicine
Favorite Topics to Teach or Research:
History of Forensic Science
Notable Awards:
2020 LSA Article Prize
2015 J. Willard Hurst Book Prize
Top Books/Articles Published:
- “Abortion in South Asia, 1860-1947: A medico-legal history,” Modern Asian Studies (2020) 1-58
- “The Imperial Serologist and Punitive Self-Harm: Bloodstains and Legal Pluralism in British India” in Ian Burney and Christopher Hamlin, eds., Global Forensic Cultures: Making Fact and Justice in the Modern Era (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), 60-85
- Law and Identity in Colonial South Asia: Parsi Legal Culture, 1772-1947 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014)
Media Appearances:
- Flash Forward podcast with Rose Eveleth, “CRIME: CSI++” episode (3 Sept.2019)
- Borderlines Writing History from the Courtrooms: In Conversation with Mitra Sharafi (12 Aug. 2020)
To learn more about Mitra, check out her University of Wisconsin bio here.