A research based seminar on `why a village in Jessore reveals so much about our world over the last 25 years and the next 25 years’ was held at the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka on Wednesday, July 13th, 2016. The Department of Social Sciences and Humanities of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB); and American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) jointly organised the programme. Dr Michael Bowler, AIBS Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor at the department of Global Studies and World Languages at Winona State University, Minnesota, USA, was the key speaker at the seminar. Through the presentation, Dr Bowler shared his research findings and relationship with a village in Manirampur Upazila, in Jessore district of Bangladesh. He also revealed in-depth outcomes of the research of the last 25 years. Dr Bowler talked about the improvement of income and living standard of the village accomplished over the period of time. He also pointed out the serious health care challenges and environmental degradation of the village that took place during this time.
Prof M Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, IUB; delivered the welcome speech in the seminar while Dr Talim Hossain, Head, Department of Social Sciences and Humanities; gave the vote of thanks.
There was a lively question-answer session that engaged the members of the faculty and IUB students of different disciplines.