The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies Fostering Bangladesh Studies. Improving Quality of Life. Chowdhury. The pioneering force behind the Center is Subir Chowdhury. Mr.

The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, established in 2013 with a generous gift from the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Foundation, champions the study of Bangladesh’s cultures, peoples and history. The first of its kind in the US, the Center’s mission is to create an innovative model combining research, scholarships, the promotion of art and culture, and the building of ties betw

een institutions in Bangladesh and the University of California. The Center was officially launced on Monday, March 30, 2015 by UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks, Founder & Chairman of BRAC Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and Mr. Chowdhury, originally from Chittagong and trained as an engineer, is a renowned business consultant, author of many books, and is one of the world’s leading management gurus particularly known for his emphasis on quality. In addition to promoting and integrating interdisciplinary scholarship, the Chowdhury Center will sponsor lectures and conferences and provide the following three scholarships:

The Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality of Life in Bangladesh is for graduate students and will be matched by the University’s Graduate Fellowship Matching Program. The Malini Chowdhury Fellowship on Bangladesh Studies is for graduate students in any field concentrating on Bangladesh studies and will also be matched by the University’s Graduate Fellowship Matching Program. The Subir Chowdhury Undergraduate Scholarship will be awarded to students concentrating in South and Southeast Asian Studies at Berkeley and will be matched by the Ford Challenge, a fund provided by a Berkeley donor to match undergraduate scholarship gifts.

Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect who delivered the keynote at the Chowdhury Center’s 10th Anniversary celebrat...
12/12/2024

Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect who delivered the keynote at the Chowdhury Center’s 10th Anniversary celebration on October 12, 2024, has been honored as Architect of the Year 2024 at the prestigious Dezeen Awards. Founded in 2005, the studio is celebrated for its environmentally conscious, socially responsible, and culturally rooted designs, which emphasize the connection between architecture, people, and the environment. Recognized globally, Marina Tabassum was recently named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people of 2024 and has won accolades such as the Soane Medal and Aga Khan Award. Judges hailed her work as "aligned with its environment" and praised her growing influence, predicting her as a strong contender for the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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Dezeen Award

Tomorrow!! 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall
11/06/2024

Tomorrow!! 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall

This panel brings together literary and academic voices exploring the complexities of identity, belonging, and displacement within the Bengali dias...

Nov 7 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall
10/21/2024

Nov 7 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall

This panel brings together literary and academic voices exploring the complexities of identity, belonging, and displacement within the Bengali dias...

On Wed, Oct. 23 at 9 am PST, join us for *Towards an Inclusive Economy*, the fourth in a 5-part series of virtual conver...
10/21/2024

On Wed, Oct. 23 at 9 am PST, join us for *Towards an Inclusive Economy*, the fourth in a 5-part series of virtual conversations on the student-led protest movement that successfully toppled the government in Bangladesh in August 2024. Speakers on this panel include: Naomi Hossain (Professor of Development Studies at SOAS University of London), Dina Siddiqi (Clinical Associate Professor of Global Liberal Studies at New York University), Anu Muhammad (Economist), Taslima Akhter (workers’ and women’s rights activist; photographer), Taposhi Dey Prapti (Student, Department of Economics, Jahangirnagar University), Ishrat Jahan Prachy (Naripokkho). To register and to read more about the sessions, go to

A series of five virtual conversations on the student-led protest movement that successfully toppled the government in Bangladesh. Featuring a dive...

10/14/2024
Today at 5pm!
10/14/2024

Today at 5pm!

A talk by Adnan Z Morshed, Professor of Architecture and Architectural History/Theory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC that critique...

Celebrating 10 years of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.
10/12/2024

Celebrating 10 years of the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies.

10/09/2024
Oct 14 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall
10/08/2024

Oct 14 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall

A talk by Adnan Z Morshed, Professor of Architecture and Architectural History/Theory, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC that critique...

Join us for "Rebuilding Democracy", the third in our 5-part series Biplob in Bangladesh, tomorrow! Follow the link below...
10/08/2024

Join us for "Rebuilding Democracy", the third in our 5-part series Biplob in Bangladesh, tomorrow! Follow the link below for details.

A series of five virtual conversations on the student-led protest movement that successfully toppled the government in Bangladesh. Featuring a dive...

Sept 20, 2024: A lecture by the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Research Fellow for 2023, Bertie Kibreah, Assistant Pr...
10/05/2024

Sept 20, 2024: A lecture by the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Research Fellow for 2023, Bertie Kibreah, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of South Florida.

With Brent Eng, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology as a discussant.

Event moderated by Elora Shehabuddin, Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Global Studies; Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, UC Berkeley.

10/03/2024
On Wed, Oct. 9 at 9 am PST, join us for *Rebuilding Democracy*, the third in a 5-part series of virtual conversations on...
10/02/2024

On Wed, Oct. 9 at 9 am PST, join us for *Rebuilding Democracy*, the third in a 5-part series of virtual conversations on the student-led protest movement that successfully toppled the government in Bangladesh in August 2024. To register and to read more about the sessions, go to

A series of five virtual conversations on the student-led protest movement that successfully toppled the government in Bangladesh. Featuring a dive...

Today at 5pm!!
10/02/2024

Today at 5pm!!

Oct 2 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall

Oct 2 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall
09/30/2024

Oct 2 | 5pm | 10 Stephens Hall

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Videos

Adnan Morshed | From Threat to Asset: Good Density for Dhaka
Adnan Morshed | From Threat to Asset: Good Density for Dhaka

Biplob in Bangladesh: How a Student Revolt Overthrew a Regime | Rebuilding Democracy
Biplob in Bangladesh: How a Student Revolt Overthrew a Regime | Rebuilding Democracy

Bertie Kibreah | Debate on the Dais: Shrine Performance and Discursive Devotion in Bangladesh
Bertie Kibreah | Debate on the Dais: Shrine Performance and Discursive Devotion in Bangladesh

Biplob in Bangladesh: How a Student Revolt Overthrew a Regime
Biplob in Bangladesh: How a Student Revolt Overthrew a Regime

Mohammad Tareq Hasan | Moral Jeopardies and Exorcisms in the Global Production Network: Auditing, CSR, and ‘New’ Dispossession in a Bangladeshi Garment Factory

Bangladesh’s Liberation War: An Evening with Freedom Fighter, Nuran Nabi

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