A day long international conference on ‘Changing Material Cultures in South Asia’ was held today, March 3, 2019 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban conference room of Dhaka University (DU).This conference was jointly organized by Department of Anthropology of DU and Department of Asian Studies of Palacky University of Czech Republic.
Prof. Dr. Sadeka Halim, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, DU was the guest of honor at the inaugural session of the conference. Prof. Dr. Olaf Guenther of Palacky University delivered the keynote paper at the conference. Presided over by Chairman of Department of Anthropology of DU Prof. Dr. Farhana Begum it was addressed, among others, by Prof Hasan A. Shafie of Department of Anthropology of DU.
About 15 papers were presented by many local and internationally renowned researchers in 4 sessions of the conference. Many researchers from home and abroad including Poland and Germany participated at this conference.
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(Mahmood Alam)
Director
Public Relations Office
University of Dhaka
A day long international conference on ‘Changing Material Cultures in South Asia’ was held today, March 3, 2019 at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban conference room of Dhaka University (DU).This conference was jointly organized by Department of Anthropology of DU and Department of Asian Studies of Palacky University of Czech Republic. Prof. Dr. Sadeka Halim, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, DU was present as guest of honor at the inaugural session of the conference. (Photo: DU PR Office)