AIBS Dhaka Center

The inaugural opening of the AIBS office in Dhaka took place on 31 July, 2010. This event included members of the Embassy staff in Dhaka, AIBS fellows, members of the Government of Bangladesh, academic faculty from a host of Dhaka based institutions, and public intellectuals.

 
WATER, WAVES, AND WEATHER:
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF SOUTH ASIA

A CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY AMERICAN OVERSEAS RESEARCH CENTERS (AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF BANGLADESH STUDIES, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INDIAN STUDIES, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PAKISTAN STUDIES AND AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKAN STUDIES) WITH SUPPORT FROM DOS/ECA

17-21 JULY 2011
Program

The conference was a huge success - more than 100 people attended with papers from Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.

Click here to view some pictures of this event.

 
Engaging with East Pakistan-Bangladesh 1971:
Building a field of scholarship and dialogue

A Conference sponsored by COARC and AIBS with additional local support from the BRAC Development Institute, Dhaka.

April 1, 2011
Report by Yasmin Saikia

 
AIBS Fellowships

The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies announces a new mid-year grant competition, for pre-dissertation, junior, and senior grants.
The deadline is October 1, 2011.

Visit the 'AIBS Fellowships' page for more information.
Application forms will be available soon.

 
The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies is a consortium of U.S. universities and colleges involved in research on Bangladesh. Our mission is to improve the scholarly understanding of Bangladesh culture and society in the United States and to promote educational exchange between the U.S. and Bangladesh. By sending undergraduate and graduate students as well as senior scholars to Bangladesh, we also promote a better understanding of America in Bangladesh.

CAORC AIBS is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). Founded in 1981, CAORC is a private not-for-profit federation of 22 independent overseas research centers that promote advanced research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences, with focus on the conservation and recording of cultural heritage and the understanding and interpretation of modern societies. CAORC fosters research projects across national boundaries, encourages collaborative research and programmatic and administrative coherence among member centers, and works to expand their resource base and service capacity.