Ainoon Naher, PhD
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mobile: +88 01711 197 960
Email: anaher@juniv.edu&ainoon.naher@gmail.com
Date of Birth: 10th December 1968Professional Appointment:
Faculty at the Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, since May 1992
Adjunct Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Manitoba till 2027
Visiting Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna, Austria (March 2024)
Visiting professor: University of Zurich, Switzerland March -June 2016
Visiting Professor: Martin-Luther University, Halle, Germany, Oct-Nov 2012Education:
PhD, Magna cum laude, Anthropology, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany 2006
MA, Distinction, Social Anthropology, University of Sussex, UK, 1996
M.A, First Class (1st Position), Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh, 1989 (held in 1991)Research Interest:
Gender, Development, Islam, Identity politics, Ethnicity, Indigenous people, Climate change, Migration, etc.Fellowship& Scholarships:
ISEK, University of Zurich, Switzerland
ZEF (Center for Development Research, Bonn) Scholarship for PhD (University of Heidelberg)
SSRC Doctoral Research fellowship
ODA Scholarship for MA (University of Sussex)