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The Creative Arts in Bangladesh: An Evening with Anisul Hoque
Lecture: Chowdhury Center | September 18 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room))

By Steve George, CNN

Updated 12:06 PM ET, Fri September 1, 2017

(CNN )In rural areas across northern Bangladesh families are preparing to mark Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest dates on the Muslim calendar.

Eye on South Asia: Challenges to Development and Democracy in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal
Panel Discussion: Chowdhury Center | March 22 | 5-7 p.m. | Faculty Club, Seaborg Room

Video Recording of Lecture. Please scroll below to see a Storify of the event and photos from the event

Celebrating International Women's Day: With talks by Former Executive Director of Acid Survivor's Foundation in Bangladesh, Monira Rahman and Former President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women, Anika Rahman
Panel Discussion: Chowdhury Center | March 10 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Bangladeshi Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Sara Hossain delivers the Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2017
Lecture: Chowdhury Center | February 16 | 5-7 p.m. | Hearst Field Annex, D37 (Blanche du Bois Room)

Ashok Gadgil | Addressing the largest mass poisoning in recorded history: Arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh and vicinity
Lecture | September 15 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Bangladesh, unlike its neighbour India, has maintained a low profile for the outside world. However, contrary to its image, the political-economic significance of Bangladesh is actually huge. To start with, the country happens to be the eighth most populous nation-state in the world with a vast majority of Muslim population.

Rubana Huq | Price and Progress: Beyond Rana Plaza in Bangladesh
Lecture | April 25 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Sewing Power: Labor Rights in the Garment Industry in South Asia
Conference/Symposium | April 4 | 1-3:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conference Room)

A summary of the lecture
by Sridevi Prasad, ISAS Program & Publications Assistant

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in conversation with UCB Professor of Economics, Pranab Bardhan: The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center Distinguished Lecture for 2016
Lecture | March 13 | 4-5:30 p.m. | The Sanctuary, First Presbyterian Church, 2407 Dana St, Berkeley, CA

Videorecording of the lecture

The Dark Subcontinent: Freud, Tagore, and Imagining the Female Nationalist Subject in Colonial Bengal
Lecture | November 12 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Development and Democracy in Bangladesh: Current problems and Prospects.
Conference/Symposium | November 6–8, 2015 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Clark Kerr Campus
Opening speech by BDI President Munir Quddus

Welcome address by Sanchita Saxena

The Erosion of Secularism in Bangladesh: A discussion between Political Scientists, Ali Riaz and Rounaq Jahan and Anthropologist, Dina Siddiqi
Panel Discussion | November 5 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)

Ocean of Stories: Telling Tales through Tagore's Music and Poetry.
Lecture | October 30 | 6-8 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, 315 (The Maude Fife Room)

A summary of the lecture
by Sridevi Prasad, ISAS Program & Publications Assistant

Communities in Transition - A student centered approach to Long Term Community Follow Up: Talk by Prof. M. Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, Independent University, Bangladesh
Lecture | October 28 | 12-1 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)