STUDENT RESEARCH

Anushah Hossain (Energy and Resources Group), the Subir Chowdhury Fellow on the Quality of Life in Bangladesh, whose project focuses on a Socio-Technical History of Bangla Computing says, "I've been lucky to have been able to continue my research remotely with the Chowdhury Center's support. Over the past term, I have been reviewing digital archives and interviewing early internet pioneers from South Asia and beyond who helped develop the tools we use to type in Bangla today. They foresaw the need for full expression of language and culture online -- it has been interesting to learn of past challenges and motivations while living through a time when the importance of digital technologies has become most obvious."

Tausif Noor (Art History), the Malini Chowdhury Fellow on Bangladesh Studies, studies the intersections between artistic practices and processes of political liberation in Bangladesh and West Bengal during his fellowship year. About his award, he says, "I am grateful for the support of the Chowdhury Center as I begin my PhD dissertation on the rich art historical traditions of twentieth-century Bangladesh. I am especially excited to study how the twentieth-century art of Bangladesh was intertwined with internationalist politics that produced networks of cross-cultural solidarities. It has been truly meaningful to have the support of the Chowdhury fellowship as I trace the role of art writing in shaping and sustaining these networks in Bangladesh."