Perween Hasan

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Perween Hasan is a Bangladesh academic and rights activist. [1] [2] She is the chairperson of Transparency International Bangladesh. [3] She is the Vice-Chancellor of the Central Women's University. [4] [5]

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Early life

Hasan completed her bachelor's degree and master's in English from the University of Dhaka. [6] She did her second master's in Regional Studies and PhD in Islamic Architecture from Harvard University in 1984. [6] [7]

Career

After Hasan completed her PhD she joined the Department of Islamic History and Culture at the University of Dhaka. [8]

From 1993 to 1994, Hasan was at the Oberlin College as the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence. [7]

From 1998 to 2000, Hasan served as a founding executive committee member of American Alumni Association. [9] Hasan was recognized by the American Alumni Association 2005 for her contributions to the association. [10]

Hasan wrote and published her book Sultans and Mosques: The Early Muslim Architecture of Bangladesh in 2007. [7] She also published Old Churches and Cemeteries of Dhaka. [11] She presented the key note paper in the 2011 'Cultural Transformations: Development Initiatives and Social Movements conference. [12]

In 2013, Hasan wrote in the Allal or Dulal website and accused Dr. David Nalin of being a smuggler of antiquities from Bangladesh. [13] She presented a paper titled “Situating Rokeya” at the Begum Rokeya Day event of women and gender studies department of the University of Dhaka. [14]

Hasan was the guest of honor at the book launch of Untold Stories of Migrants: Dreams and Realities by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit in January 2017. [15] She was named one of the Anannya Top Ten Awards (2016) recipient in 2017. [16] She hosted a session of the International Conference: Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse on (Dis)location and (Dis)placement at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh in December 2017. [17] [18]

In August 2018, Hasan signed a petition asking the government to investigation allegations that Shahidul Alam had been tortured in detention by law enforcement officers. [19]

Hasan was elected chairperson of the Board of Trustee of the Transparency International Bangladesh. [20] She replaced Advocate Sultana Kamal as chairperson 22 February 2020. [21] She inaugurated the 15th Anti-Corruption Cartoon Exhibition in December 2020. [22]

Hasan is member of the Trustee Board of Bangladesh Freedom Foundation. [23] She is a subject editor of Banglapedia. [24] She is a member of the advisory board for Bangladesh of the South Asia Foundation. [25]

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