Berkley Center

Fazrin Huda serves as director of the Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue, as well as associate professor in the Department of World Religion and Culture, at the University of Dhaka. Previously, she was a lecturer at Bangladesh Open University and Chowddogram Government College, as well as an assistant coordinator for various international seminars on interreligious dialogue. Her research largely revolves around the role of different religious and traditional moments in different historical contexts. Following graduation from the University of Dhaka, Huda attended the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, for a Ph.D. in History. Her thesis was entitled "Public diplomacy and emergence of Bangladesh" and discussed the combination of traditional and public diplomacy in Bangladesh's early development as a nation-state, particularly in regard to international and regional perception of the country.