Join us for an engaging conversation with Mustahid Husain as we explore how literary storytelling can reveal institutional truths and challenge conventional narratives surrounding international aid and development work.
Speaker's Bio: Dr. Mustahid Husain's (মুস্তাহিদ হুসাইন) research and pedagogy explore the relationship between the unconscious and broader social conditions, seeking to offer fresh perspectives on how psychoanalysis can illuminate the subjective experiences of racialized immigrants. He conceptualizes diaspora communities as sites where both trauma transmission and resilience occur, employing digital and feminist methodologies to address two critical gaps in contemporary anthropological scholarship: the intergenerational divide and geographic distance. His interdisciplinary work spans global political economy, mental health across gender identities, and community-engaged scholarship.
Currently, Dr. Husain is investigating how the July 2024 student-led uprising in Bangladesh reverberated throughout the Bangladeshi-Canadian diaspora in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This research examines how historical trauma operates across generations and geographies, linking homeland and diasporic experiences while exploring how empathy and well-being develop within diaspora families.
Through three years of NSERC funding, Dr. Husain is implementing দুই ভুবন (Dui Bhubon - Two Worlds), an inclusive, digital Bangladeshi-Canadian Immigrant Archive dedicated to cultural preservation.