About
Director
Contact
- imtiaz@calternatives.org
- +880 1713 001 400
- University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000
Leadership
Professor Imtiaz Ahmed
Director, Centre for Genocide Studies · Professor of International Relations, University of Dhaka · Executive Director, Centre for Alternatives.
Professor Imtiaz Ahmed is one of South Asia's most-cited scholars on international relations, peace and conflict studies, and the politics of identity. He has led the Centre for Genocide Studies at the University of Dhaka — the institutional home of the Bangladesh Peace Observatory — since 2012, and provides editorial direction for the Observatory's research and publication programmes.
14
Years as Director, CGS
17
Books authored & edited
5
International fellowships
13+
Editorial boards
Research interests
- Political Theory
- International Relations Theory
- South Asian Politics
- Religion & Culture
- Tolerance & Terrorism
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Strategic Studies
- Politics of Development
- Refugee & Migration
- Women & Environment
Academic qualifications
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Ph.D. (Political Science)
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada · 1991
Dissertation — State and Foreign Policy: India’s Role in South Asia.
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M.A. (International Relations)
Australian National University, Canberra · 1983
Dissertation — The Evolution of Bangladesh-United States Relations.
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M.S.S. (International Relations)
University of Dhaka · 1979
Stood First in the First Class.
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B.S.S. (Honours) (International Relations)
University of Dhaka · 1978
Stood First in the First Class.
Selected fellowships
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Ford Foundation Fellow
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford
2004–2005
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Asia Fellow
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi (Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok)
2004
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Rockefeller Fellow
Bellagio Study & Conference Centre, Italy
2002
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Japan Foundation Fellow
Yokohama City University, Japan
1996–1997
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Foreign Policy Fellow
School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland
1993
Awards & scholarships
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SSRC Award on International Conflict Zones
Social Science Research Council, New York
2001–2002
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Distinguished Leadership Award
American Biographical Institute, NC, USA
1997
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Honorary Citizenship
The State of Maryland, USA
1993
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Commonwealth Scholarship
1985–1989
Employment record
Four decades in academia and policy
From Lecturer (1984) to Professor (1999) to Director of the Centre for Genocide Studies (2012) — with visiting roles across Canada, Japan, the United States, France, and Lebanon.
- since 2012
Director, Centre for Genocide Studies
University of Dhaka
- since 1999
Professor of International Relations
University of Dhaka
- ongoing
Executive Director
Centre for Alternatives, Dhaka
- since 2007
Visiting Professor
Sagesse University, Beirut
- 2004–2007
Visiting Professor
University of Paris XI
- 2000–2003
Chairperson, Department of International Relations
University of Dhaka
Selected publications
Books, edited volumes, and journal special issues
A selection from Professor Ahmed's catalogue of authored and edited books. The full bibliography, including monographs, journal articles, and book chapters, runs to several hundred entries.
- 01
People of Many Rivers: Tales from the Riverbanks
- 02
Human Rights in Bangladesh: Past, Present & Futures (ed.)
- 03
Contemporarising Tagore & the World (with M. Dubey, V. Sikri)
- 04
Women & Militancy: South Asian Complexities (ed., with A. Mohsin)
- 05
The Plight of the Stateless Rohingyas: Responses of the State, Society & the International Community (ed.)
- 06
Historicizing 1971 Genocide: State versus Person
- 07
Terrorism in the 21st Century: Perspectives from Bangladesh (ed.)
- 08
Understanding Terrorism in South Asia: Beyond Statist Discourses (ed.)
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