Dr. Zobaida Nasreen is a professor of anthropology at the University of Dhaka and was a Fulbright Scholar (2018-2019). After doing her MSS in anthropology from Jahangirnagar University, she completed her MA in development studies from Hiroshima University, Japan. She received her PhD in social anthropology from Durham University, UK. She has authored 12 books and coedited Political Violence in South Asia with Professor Ali Riaz and Fahmida Zaman. She has published in various local and international journals. Her areas of interest include anthropology of violence, forced displacement, sexuality and masculinity, social memory, social movements, and indigeneity and identity politics