BEN Bimonthly Webinar 8

Welcome from BEN Global Coordinator
Dr. Md. Khalequzzaman
Professor of Geology at Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania

Introductory remarks by session chair
Dr. Farida Khan
Professor of Economics, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Editor, Journal of Bangladesh Studies
Chair, BEN Expert Panel on Indigenous People and Environmental Issues; Member, BEN CC and IG

Keynote speech
Misreading the Bengal Delta:
Climate Change, Development and Livelihoods in Coastal Bangladesh
Dr. Camelia Dewan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Oslo
Associate Senior Lecturer, Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University (from 2024)

Dr. Dewan’s book can be read here: https://uw.manifoldapp.org/projects/misreading-the-bengal-delta
There is a discount code (WST30) if you would like to collect a print copy.

Discussant
Dr. Mahbuba Nasreen
Professor and Cofounder, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Pro Vice Chancellor (Academic), Bangladesh Open University

Dr. Aeshna Badruzzaman
Senior Project Manager for Instructional Design,
Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University, MA

Tanzilla Purnota
Educator, Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC), Sacramento, California

Facilitation
Mohammod Irfan

(Q&A and comments from the audience: 30 minutes)

10 AM – 12:00 PM USA Eastern Standard Time (Toronto/New York Time)
Zoom Meeting ID: 873 4510 0614; Passcode: ben