Updates

Announcement of the New AIBS Executive Committee

 

The American Institute of Bangladesh Studies Board of Trustees have recently elected new officers for its Executive Committee (President, Vice President, Secretary, and Member-At-Large; effective from October 1, 2020). The AIBS family thanks the outgoing officers for their wonderful contributions and welcomes the newly elected members:

Submitted Monday, June 22nd, 2020

AIBS Domestic Travel Grant Application is Temporarily Closed

 

 

The CAORC and ORC online grant application portal, Fluid Review, will be transitioning to SM Apply in early June 2020. The site will be unavailable between June 1-10 for the transition. If you have previously signed up for a Fluid Review account, you will be able to log in to SM Apply with your Fluid Review username and password after June 10. Thank you for your interest in the grant. Please check back in mid-June for an updated application portal link on AIBS website.

Submitted Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

"Vulnerable Populations and COVID-19: Bangladesh During a Global Pandemic" on Wednesday, May 27, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center and the Institute for South Asia Studies are hosting a virtual panel discussion entitled "Vulnerable Populations and COVID-19: Bangladesh During a Global Pandemic" on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.

 

Submitted Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

Rohingya Symposium, February 12, 2020

Submitted Tuesday, February 11th, 2020

Rohingya Symposium Feb 7th

The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies and the Institute for South Asia Studies are hosting a symposium titled "Beyond the Crisis Narrative: Rohingya Statelessness and its Implications for Bangladesh" on Friday, February 7, 2020, with keynote speaker Hannah Beech, Southeast Asia Bureau Chief for The New York Times and a multitude of other incredible speakers. To complement the symposium, we are also hosting a screening of the documentary "I Am Rohingya" directed by Yusuf Zine (who will be present at the screening) the night before on Thursday, February 6, 2020.

Submitted Monday, February 3rd, 2020

President's Welcome

It gives me immense pleasure to serve as the President of the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS). I firmly believe that communication provides connectivity and connectivity results in productivity. I welcome you to our web site, which provides detailed information about our current offerings and insights on future plans and initiatives.  

AIBS is an association of institutions of higher learning in the United States aimed at promoting scholarly understanding between Bangladesh and the United States.  Incorporated in 1988, AIBS provides senior and junior fellowships as well as pre-dissertation grants for U.S. scholars and students to visit Bangladesh and observe first-hand the problems facing a developing country. Other programs include research and development seminars and workshops through our Dhaka Center to address the educational and development issues in Bangladesh. A final program permits Bangladeshi scholars to visit the United States for joint research projects with U.S. scholars.  Since its inception, affiliated scholars have investigated a wide range of research topics in fields including but not limited to demography, politics, sustainable development, bureaucracy, anthropology, archeology, history, refugee issues, gender and minority studies, religion, rural and urban migration as well as banking and good governance. 

Thanks for your interest in the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies. Please feel free to contact us for further information and assistance.

Golam M. Mathbor, Ph.D.
President, AIBS