The South Asia Centre and the Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies at the University of California-Berkeley hosted their second conference for the Bangladesh Summit.
09:30-09:40: Welcoming Remarks by Dr Munis D. Faruqui & Dr Sanchita Saxena
Sanchita Saxena, Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, UC Berkeley
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09:40-10:00: Opening Remarks by Dr Isha Ray
Isha Ray, Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley
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10:00-11:30: The Entrepreneurship Model and Women's Empowerment
David Lewis, Social Policy and Development, LSE
Moderator
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Juli Huang (@Juli_Q_Huang), Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
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Shameran Abed (@Shameran), Microfinance, BRAC and BRAC International
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11:45-13:15: Negotiating Uncertainty: Health, Politics, and Environment in Bangladesh
Lawrence Cohen, Anthropology and Public Health, UC Berkeley
Moderator
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Adnan Hossain, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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14:00-15:30: Forms of Sovereignty: Art, Cinema and Popular Culture
Sugata Ray, History of Art Department, UC Berkeley
Moderator
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Lotte Hoek, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
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15:45-16:00: Closing Remarks by Dr Nilanjan Sarkar
16:00-17:00: KEYNOTE - Bangladesh: Politics, Economy and Civil Society Revisited
Sanchita Saxena, Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, UC Berkeley
17:00-17:15: Presentation of the 'Live Life Like Tarisihi' Award. To watch the video, click here.