Meghna Guhathakurta is a retired professor of international relations of the University of Dhaka.[1][2] She is the executive director of Research Initiatives, Bangladesh.[3][4] She is a member of the executive committee of the Ain o Salish Kendra.[5] She is a member of the advisory panel of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance.[6]
Guhathakurta's father, Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation War.[7] She was a member of the National Human Rights Commission, Bangladesh.[6] She is an advisor to the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission.[6]
Early life
editGuhathakurta's father was Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, professor of the University of Dhaka and provost of Jagannath Hall, and mother was Basanti Guhathakurta.[8][9] His father was shot by Pakistan Army soldiers at the teachers dormitory of the University of Dhaka along with ANM Muniruzzaman on 25 March 1971 during Operation Searchlight.[8] Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta died five days later at Dhaka Medical College Hospital but his body was later disappeared.[8]
Guhathakurta studied at the Holy Cross Girls High School.[10] After Guhathakurta finished her master's degree at the University of Dhaka, she completed her at the University of York.[11]
Career
editGuhathakurta joined the University of Dhak in 1984 in the Department of International Relations.[11] In June 1996, she organization a petition calling for an investigation into the abduction of Kalpana Chakma.[12]
Guhathakurta retired from the University of Dhaka in 2007.[11] She led the Research Initiatives, Bangladesh when it worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to carryout research on Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in 2010.[13]
Guhathakurta called for attention to the Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh on secular activists and called on the government to not view them as isolated attacks.[14] She presented at the LSE-UC Berkeley Bangladesh Summit in 2018.[15]
Guhathakurta is an associate editor of Sage's Action Research Journal.[11] She is also an associate editor of the Journal of Social Studies published by the Centre for Social Studies.[11]
Bibliography
edit- Regional Cooperation and Globalisation: Bangladesh, South Asia and Beyond (2013)[16]
- The Bangladesh Reader: History, Culture, Politics - The World Readers with Willem van Schendel (2013)[17]
- Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context (2017)[18]
References
edit- ^ "Dr Meghna Guhathakurta". ABC listen. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Analysing women and work in South Asia". asia.fes.de. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna (2021-08-16). "Two women, one family, and divided nations". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "About Kajoli Centres". www.rib-bangladesh.org. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "Meghna Guhathakurta". rubibook.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c "IIHSG | Interdisciplinary Institute of Human Security & Governance|Home". iihsg.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "BBC World Service - Witness History, Bangladesh wins independence". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c Rita, Shamima (16 December 2023). "'Never found my father's body'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Meghna Guhathakurta". Another History is Possible. 2021-03-24. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna (2022-12-14). "My '71: Experiencing Genocide, Understanding Violence". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b c d e "Meghna Guhathakurta". IID. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna (2015-05-26). "Impunity and the Kalpana Chakma case". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna (2017-10-13). "Listening to refugees—lessons learnt from the past". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Guhathakurta, Meghna (2015-11-02). ""Terming these as 'isolated incidents' will only embolden the terrorists"". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ ""It is easy to be xenophobic, it is harder to be humanitarian" – Dr Meghna Guhathakurta". London School of Economics. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Regional Cooperation and Globalisation: Bangladesh, South Asia and Beyond". rubibook.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ "[Illustrations]", The Bangladesh Reader, Duke University Press, 2013-04-30, retrieved 2024-09-05
- ^ "Gendered Lives, Livelihood and Transformation: The Bangladesh Context". rubibook.com. Retrieved 2024-09-05.