(CANCELLED) A Conversation with Nusrat S. Chowdhury: Towhidi Janata and the Vicissitudes of Embodied Politics in Bangladesh
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“Towhidi janata” is a term that fuses the Arabic word “towhid,” the oneness of Allah, with “janata,” the pan-South Asian term for “the people,” “the crowd,” or “the mob.” Based on textual and ethnographic research, this presentation explores the complex and shifting nature of embodied politics in Bangladesh after the 2024 uprising.
Nusrat S Chowdhury is professor of anthropology at Amherst College and is interested in practices of popular sovereignty and communicative politics. She’s the author of Paradoxes of the Popular: Crowd Politics in Bangladesh, and several articles on political aesthetics and popular politics.
This event will take place at the Liberal Arts 4 building in Lecture Hall 120 at CSULB on Thursday, February 26th, 2026 @5:30pm.
