Artist Talk: Shahidul Alam on Vocabularies of Resistance

Join us at the South Asia Institute (1925 S. Michigan Avenue) for a lecture, book signing, and reception with Shahidul Alam, a humanitarian activist, institution-builder, and prominent South Asian photographer.

Following the War of Independence in his home country of Bangladesh, Alam witnessed the effects of political upheaval, from the rise of an autocratic general to the displacement of indigenous groups and the burgeoning Rohingya refugee crises. Alam makes visible the resilience of those living in the world’s densest regions while empowering people to use photography to reveal their own stories.