Like it or not, AI has a role in our lives and future. But we can choose how to use it, and whether we allow it to take over our independent thinking and creativity.
Shuddhashar’s Statement on Generative AI Read More »
When we look in the mirror—regardless of our gender or color, the documents in our pocket or shoved in a sock drawer, the beloved in our bed or the absence beside us—do we see ourselves? Or do we see a reflection of the “other,” some version of what we imagine others see?
This webinar features a conversation with Rajeev Bhargava, Marieme Hélie-Lucas, and Tuğçe Kayaal on how secularism is practiced in different contexts and what lessons these various approaches offer plural societies and for promoting equal rights and dignity for all.
Secularisms: Global Perspectives Read More »
This webinar brings together Tamar Ballard and Ibtisam Ahmed with moderator Afra Sampreety to explore how subversive art reclaims the body, desire, and selfhood in Black feminist and queer contexts. Discussing Black women’s music and queer catwalk, they center practices that do not seek permission or validation but instead boldly celebrate intimacy and pageantry. Together,
Erotic Art & Fabulous Defiance: Reclaiming the Body through Art Read More »
Bangladeshi students describe their visions for a democratic, pluralistic Bangladesh and rebuilding political culture after the July Uprising of 2024.
Episode 2: Student Accounts of the 2024 Bangladesh Uprising Read More »
A quarter into the twenty-first century, global democracy is facing one of its most precarious moments in decades. Since the turn of the century, democracy appears to be in decline, even in nations that have long advocated for spreading democracy abroad. Capitalizing on anxieties over demographic change and inequality, leaders from the United States to
Bangladeshi authorities and the wider citizenry must deliver on the promise of a country that functions on the principles of egalitarianism and justice.
Bangladesh Must Protect Marginalised Communities Read More »
Denmark gave Murshida Aktar refuge. It now has a responsibility not to send her back into danger.
How Safe is Bangladesh for an At-Risk Woman Writer? Read More »
Bangladesh’s newly elected government has a moral and legal responsibility to bring justice for Avijit Roy and the many others killed, exiled, and silenced at the hands of Islamist extremists who acted with impunity under the Awami League.
Justice for Avijit! Read More »
Substandard Subpar Submerge Subtract Substitute Subordinate Subaltern Submarine Subterfuge Subversive Everything seems upside down these days – inverted, degraded, less-than. A decrease in moral standards and values. Compassion is weakness, and etiquette belongs to a bygone era. Standards are diluted to feed the ever-growing hunger of capitalism. What we thought were shared human values are
Private university students played a unique role: with nothing to gain, they joined the July 2024 uprising in solidarity and helped topple the authoritarian regime.
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