Join SADF Podcast host Tapas Kanti Baul and Dr. Masum Billah as they unpack Bangladesh’s academic freedom crisis — from mob violence and censorship to its dire implications for education and democracy
In this powerful episode of the SADF Podcast, host Tapas Kanti Baul speaks with Dr. Masum Billah, Professor of Law at Jagannath University, about the alarming crisis of academic freedom in Bangladesh.
Teachers are facing mob violence, mass resignations, and criminal charges, creating a climate of fear and censorship across university campuses.
What are the legal, political, and social forces driving this repression?
And what does it mean for the future of education and democracy in Bangladesh?
🎧 This episode kicks off Season 3 of the SADF Podcast, which will focus on the evolving political and human rights landscape in Bangladesh.
Hosted by: Tapas Kanti Baul, South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF)
Madalena Casaca
Madalena Casaca is SADF’s Editor and part-time Researcher for the Democracy Research Programme. Ms Casaca is a graduate in European Studies (graduated 2008) from the University of Lisbon, where she explored with high productivity not only European and Western Social Sciences but also African Studies, Russian Studies, and Anthropology. Ms Casaca also completed a yearly Documentary Programme in Prague in 2012/2013 and attended the Film School of the University of Wales in Newport in 2011/2012, where all the basics of visual communication were explored and developed. Less
A one-year investment was made in Moscow studying the Russian language, of which she holds the B2 degree. Madalena began a Master’s degree in World History at the Moscow State University, where she completed the first semester, receiving the highest marks in all courses. She had to return to Portugal for personal reasons and now raises her young daughters in Lisbon. She is transforming her Masters’ Diploma on World History into a non-academic book.