Dr. Fouzia Mannan

1. Attended and presented a paper "Changing Lives of  Women in Rural Bangladesh: A Feminist Perspective”, paper presentation at the International Conference, “Bangladesh Reimagined: The Next Half-Century,” organized by BDI November 8–10, 2024, at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2.  Invited to deliver a plenary address at the ICSSR-sponsored International Conference titled "Gender Issues and Women's Rights: Exploring Women's Voices and Experiences in South Asia", India,  December 6 & 7, 2023. 
3.  Attended and presented a paper “Bound By Patriarchy: Women’s Experience of Internal Migration in Bangladesh”, paper presented in XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia June 28, 2023
4.  Attended and presented a paper “Does Education Really Empower Women? Revisiting The Role of NGOs in Bangladesh” paper presented in XX ISA World Congress of Sociology Melbourne, Australia, June 29, 2023
5. Guest Speaker, Speech on Education and Youth Leadership organized by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Centre (BYLC) (online), November 17, 2022, Mohakhali C/A, Dhaka.
6.  Invited as a Co-the Chair of Technical Session,' Educational Opportunities and Challenges' at the XXVII International Annual Conference 2020 (Online) organized by the Rajasthan Sociological Association (RSA), India, February 7-10, 2021.
7.  Attended and presented a paper (online) on ‘Veil as Religious Expression: An Ethnographic Study Among Young Female Students in Bangladesh’, at the International Conference (online) organized by the Dialogue Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, August 18, 2020.
8.  I was interviewed by the Dialogue Institute, Temple University, USA, as a selected SUSI Scholar (U.S. State Department Academic Scholars Program)  for the US State Department podcast in September 2020.
9. Attended and presented a paper on ‘Veil As Religious Expression: An Ethnographic Study Among Young Female Students in Bangladesh’, at the International Conference organized by the Dialogue Institute, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, August 18, 2020 (Online).
10. Editorial board member, the First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences conference proceedings, February 2020, ISBN 978-984-34-8662-2, East West University, Dhaka.
11. Convener of the International Conference on Social and Life Sciences (ICSL) organized by  East West University, Dhaka Bangladesh, February 2020
12. Panel Speaker on Religion and Women at The Temple University, Philadelphia, June 13, 2018, USA.
13. Presented a paper in a public symposium 'Hijab, Religion and Women in Bangladesh', at the University of St. Thomas, July 2018, Minnesota, Minneapolis U.S.A.
14. Attended and presented a paper on 'Breaking the Chain: Dynamics of Intra-Household Relationships and Non-Governmental Organizations in Bangladesh' at the International Conference on Gender and Women Studies'17 organized by Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Centre, November,10-11, Istanbul, Turkey.
15. Invited as a Resource Person in the curriculum development training workshop on “Gender-inclusive Agriculture Education and Research” from 22-30 September 2016 in Kalimpong, India.
16. Attended and presented a paper as a Keynote Speaker at the conference organized by the SaciWATERs on ‘Interdisciplinary in Water Education in South Asia: Challenges, Perspectives and Policy Implications’ from October 3-6, 2010 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
17. Presented a paper on ‘Mainstreaming Gender in Sanitation: Perspective from a Dhaka Slum’, at Wageningen University, Netherlands, 19^th November 2009.
18. Attended a workshop organized by the Centre for Intercultural Studies, Portugal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, University of Tampere, Finland, 25 November, 2009.
19. Attended the I International Congress of Culture and Gender: Culture in the Body, 11-13 November 2009, Elche, Alicante, Spain.
20. Attended the conference of East Mediterranean University, ‘Gender Studies at Crossroad’, 22 -24^th April 2009 , Cyprus.
21. Attended and presented a paper at the Second Conference of the Kartini Asia Network, 2-5 November 2008, Bali, Indonesia.
22. Attended and presented a paper at the XII National Conference of the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS), Feminism, Education and Transformation of Knowledges: Processes and Institutions, 7-10 February 2008, Lucknow, India.
23. Attended a workshop on Feminist Methodology, organized by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Dhaka University, 2008, Bangladesh.
24. Participated in a Gender Workshop at the University of Dhaka, organized by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Dhaka University, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
25. Attended a Workshop on Curriculum Development on Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, October 14-17, 2006, Hyderabad, India.
26. Attended a Workshop on Gender and Water Reader for South Asia, October 9-13, 2006, Hyderabad, India. 
27. Attended a workshop on Feminist Methodology, organized by the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and the University of Dhaka, 2008, Bangladesh.
28. Attended and presented a paper at a seminar on Exploring the Sociological Perspective of Poverty, organized by Bangladesh Sociological Society, May 2004, University of Dhaka.
29. Attended the All India Sociological Conference, December 19-21, 1994, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
30. Attended the National Workshop on Rural Poverty, March 12-13, 1992, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Taught courses at  East West University:                                                                                           

• SOC 101 : Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 102: Introduction to Anthropology
• SOC 218: Sociology of Gender
• SOC 207  Early Social Thought
• Soc 303 : Urban Sociology
• SOC 208 : Social Stratification and Inequality
• SOC 320: Social Structure of Bangladesh
• Soc  311 : Feminist Thought
• SOC 408: Sociology of Gender Planning and Development
• SOC 301: Qualitative Research Methodology
• SOC 401: Classical Sociological Theories
• SOC 406: Sociology of Development
• ECO 433: Gender and Development
• POP 602: Population, Gender and Development
• GEN 201: Bangladesh Studies

Taught courses at the University of Dhaka   

• WGS 301           :  Tools of Gender Analysis
• WGS BSS 401   :   Gender and Development : Conceptual Issues
• WGS-308           :  Project Management
• WS-401              :  Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) and Women’s Empowerment
• WS-305             :   Women in the Production Processes and the Economy
• WGS MSS-02   :    Gender and Development : Strategies and debates
• MSS 06             :   Gender, Poverty and Livelihoods      

        Academic Research

        1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands , September 2009.

• 1. Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Women in a Global World IV: Struggle for Equality (WGW2024), Topkapı University, Istanbul, Turkey.
• 2. Member of the International Sociological Association (ISA) since 2023.
• 3. Life member of the Indian Sociological Society(ISS), India, since 2024.

• 4. Life member of Rajasthan Sociological Association, India, since 2018.
• 5. Reviewed East West Journal of Business and Social Studies, East West University, Bangladesh.
• 6. Reviewer of the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, East West University, Bangladesh, since 2014 till present.
• 7. Was a member of the Scientific Committee of Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DHAKAM), Turkey 2018.