Speaker: Scott MacMillan, Director of Learning and Innovation for BRAC USA
Moderator: Sanchita B. Saxena, Executive Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies; Lecturer, Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies is thrilled to announce that Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights activist, Sara Hossain, will deliver the 2017 Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture on February 16, 2017. Event details HERE>>>
Op-ed in the Globe and Mail, co-authored by Sanchita Saxena, Chowdhury Center Director and Sarah Labowitz of NYU's Stern Center for Business and Human Rights on the failure of prevailing model for addressing poor working conditions in the apparel supply chain. To read more click here >>
Our 2015 Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies Fellow on Quality of Life in Bangladesh, Yoshika Crider (Energy & Resource Group), is one of 2000 awardees (out of an application pool of 17,000) who has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award for her groundbreaking work on safe water technologies for rural and low income Bangladesh.
Much needed analysis by the Chowdhury Center's very own, Sanchita Saxena. Read Dr. Saxena's recent Op-Ed in the New York Times on the impact of US trade policies on Bangladesh's garment factory workers here
A recent two-year study reveals that one of the greatest goals of early childhood development has been achieved. What’s even more remarkable is that the benefits extend not only to the children but to their parents. That finding holds exceptional promise for communities worldwide.
In Fall 2022, the Institute for South Asia Studies at the University of California, Berkeley launches a multi-year Climate Change Initiative that brings together academic programs and think tanks from across UC Berkeley and in South Asia to foster interdisciplinary research and transformative policy impacts on climate change in the region. Read more about the initiative HERE
A talk by Sadaf Noor E Islam, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, on the health-seeking behaviors of Rohingya refugees living in crowded camps in Bangladesh, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DATE: Thursday, September 27, 2022
TIME: 9am Berkeley | 5pm UK | Calculate your local time
At Himal Sou
thasian, we are aficionados of the long read, but we do understand that both attention (and time) are scarce.
The Spirit of 1971: Story of the Bangladesh War of Independence
Reverse Subsidies in Global Monopsony Capitalism: Gender, Labour, and Environmental Injustice in Garment Value Chains
Strengthening Maternal and Newborn Care in Bangladesh: A presentation on the USAID-funded MaMoni—Maternal Newborn Care Strengthening Project
Himal Southasian's special issue on Bangladesh - ranging from an audio essay on Bangladeshi queer migrants, essays on Bangladesh's
Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj, Anirban Mitra | Enduring Influence of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War on Women
Lecture | Nov 30, 2021 | 9-10:30 a.m. | Zoom
