Nayanika Mookherjee

Dr Nayanika Mookherjee is an Associate Professor (Reader) of Social Anthropology in Durham University and author of The Spectral Wound. Sexual Violence, Public Memories and the Bangladesh War of 1971. (2015 Duke University Press; 2016 Delhi: Zubaan). She has published extensively on Anthropology of violence, ethics, aesthetics and Transnational adoption. Her current research is on the war babies and transnational adoption of the 1971 war. Email: Nayanika.mookherjee@durham.ac.uk

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INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT 2021 / History and the Birangona

In December 1971, East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh after a nine-month war with West Pakistan and their local Bengali collaborators.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ferdousy Priyabhashini Photo-Nasir Ali Mamun (Photoseum) (1).JPG

Lessons of consent and critique from Ferdousi Priyabhashini

I woke up on March 6 and was devastated to hear that Ferdousi apa, Ferdousi Priyabhashini—the famous Bengali sculptor, survivor of wartime rape and a protagonist campaigning against it in Bangladesh—had passed away.
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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History and the Birangona

In December 1971, East Pakistan became the independent nation of Bangladesh after a nine-month war with West Pakistan and their local Bengali collaborators.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ferdousy Priyabhashini Photo-Nasir Ali Mamun (Photoseum) (1).JPG

Lessons of consent and critique from Ferdousi Priyabhashini

I woke up on March 6 and was devastated to hear that Ferdousi apa, Ferdousi Priyabhashini—the famous Bengali sculptor, survivor of wartime rape and a protagonist campaigning against it in Bangladesh—had passed away.
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM