Willem Van Schendel | The Daily Star
  • Willem Van Schendel

  • Blind spots and biases in Bangladesh Studies

    Is there an academic field of Bangladesh studies? Let us limit ourselves to the social sciences and the humanities. Clearly, in these domains a lot of research activity is going on—and a lot more than used to be the case. Our understanding of the huge jumble of people that we call Bangladeshi society is increasing.