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DATE: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
TIME: 8 am (Berkeley) | 11 am (New York) | 4 pm (London) | 9 pm (Dhaka) | Calculate Your Local Time

Speakers: Sanchita Saxena, Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University of California, Berkeley; Sabina Rashid, Dean and Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh; Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University and Nonresident Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council; Naomi Hossain, Sr Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, American University; Mabrur Ahmed, Founder/Director, Restless Beings, UK; Rahima Begum, Founder/Co-Director, Restless Beings, UK

Sponsors: Institute for South Asia Studies, The Subir & Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies

In an effort to shed some light on the impact of the corona virus in South Asia, the Institute for South Asia Studies has launched Covid Conversations: Reflections from South Asia, a new series of virtual programs. Featuring UC Berkeley faculty in conversation with scholars, public intellectuals, health care providers, business leaders, journalists, and others in South Asia, the goal of this program is to understand the impact of the crisis from many different perspectives.

This event on the impact of the coronavirus in Bangladesh features a conversation between:

Sanchita Banerjee Saxena, Director, Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center for Bangladesh Studies, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
Sabina Rashid, Dean and Professor, BRAC James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, Bangladesh
Ali Riaz, Professor of Political Science at Illinois State University and Nonresident Senior Fellow of Atlantic Council, USA
Naomi Hossain, Sr Professorial Lecturer, School of International Service, American University.
Mabrur Ahmed, Founder/Director, Restless Beings, UK
Rahima Begum, Founder/Co-Director, Restless Beings, UK