The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) launched a book titled Living with Refugees on November 28, 2024 at the Multipurpose Hall on campus.

Organised with support from the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities (DSSH), South Asian Studies Centre, TUFS Field Science Commons (TUFiSCo), and ILCAA-Anthropology, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan, the event focused on refugee studies and their impacts.

Qudrate Khoda, PhD, Associate Professor of DSSH, served as the Master of Ceremonies and the event was coordinated by Nazia Mahmood PhD, Senior Lecturer. Professor Bokhtiar Ahmed, PhD, Dean of SLASS, opened the event with a welcome address. The book, published by The University Press Limited (UPL), was edited by Professor Ranjan Saha Partha (Jahangirnagar University), Obaydullah Al Marzuk (IUB), and Professor Masahiko Togawa (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies). It contains contributions from 19 researchers from Bangladesh and abroad.