CULTURAL NATIONALISM AND THE MAKING OF BANGLADESH

Banglar Pathshala Foundation collaborates with London School of Ecnomics, South Asia Centre to facilitate the discussion of the unique nature & secular underpinnings of Bengali cultural nationalism in the making of Bangladesh from East Pakistan.

SPEAKER: Fakrul Alam is Professor & Director, Sheikh Mujib Research Institute for Peace & Liberty, and Supernumerary Professor in the Department of English, University of Dhaka. Amongst his several publications are a translation of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s The Unfinished Memoirs (2012).

DISCUSSANT: Gurpreet Mahajan recently retired as Professor from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; her several publications include The Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and Discrimination in Democracy (2002).

CHAIR: Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE).

November 16, 2023 (Thursday)
3pm UK / 9pm Bangladesh

Please e-mail southasiacentre@lse.ac.uk to register free for the event; the livestream link will be sent to all registered attendees on the day of the event.