Profile

Dr. Habiba Sultana

Professor

Department of Anthropology

Jagannath University

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habiba2351@gmail.com

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About Me:

Habiba Sultana is a Professor of Anthropology at Jagannath University, Dhaka. She has over 10 years of teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and her Master's in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore. Her core research interests include social exclusion, caste-based discrimination, HIV, and sex work. Her research has been published in reputed journals such as Sexualities, The Australian Journal of Anthropology, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, and Culture, Health and Sexuality. Her book ‘Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work: Lived Experience and Resilience in a Bangladeshi Brothel’ was published by Routledge in 2020.

Habiba Sultana currently chairs the Department of Anthropology at Jagannath University. In terms of broader service roles, she has served as an examiner on various examination committees, a member of the executive committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences, and a member of the Academic Council.

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Academic Qualifications:
2017 Doctor of Philosophy , , Result: .
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2009 Master in Public Policy , Public Policy , Result: .
National University of Singapore, Singapore.
2006 Master of Social Sciences, , Anthropology , Result: First Class
University of Dhaka
2004 Bachelor of Social Sciences , Anthropology , Result: First Class
University of Dhaka
1999 HSC, Science , Result: First Division
Rajshahi
1997 SSC, Science , Result: First Division
Rajshahi
Publications/Conference:
2025 Habiba Sultana, “Fluidity and Ambiguity in Sex Workers’ Experience in Bangladesh”, Sexualities , SAGE Publications,April, 2025 Click here for details
2025 Habiba Sultana, “Brothel-Based Sex Work in South Asia: A Case of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan”, The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South , Springer Nature Switzerland,Page No- 1-16, , 2025 Click here for details
2022 H. Sultana, J. Scott, “The Organisation of Sex Work in Bangladesh”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies , Informa UK Limited,Issue- 4, Volume- 45, Page No- 605-620, May, 2022 Click here for details
2022 Habiba Sultana, “Intimacy, trust, and exploitation: Sex workers' relationship with their intimate partners in a Bangladeshi brothel”, Asian Journal of Social Science , Elsevier BV,Issue- 4, Volume- 50, Page No- 284-291, December, 2022 Click here for details
2021 Habiba Sultana, DB Subedi, “Power, identity and precarity: Sex workers’ “lived experience” of violence and social injustice in Bangladesh”, The Australian Journal of Anthropology , Wiley,Issue- 3, Volume- 32, Page No- 324-339, November, 2021 Click here for details
2020 Habiba Sultana, “Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work”, , Routledge,December, 2020 Click here for details
2025 Sultana, H., Rahman, H., Mazumder, S. K. “Understanding Bangladeshi Female Garment Workers’ Experience: Empowerment, Patriarchy and Emotional Wellbeing. ”, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , ,, Click here for details
2020 Sultana, H. “Migration, Trafficking, Sex Work and Constrained Choices: Gender and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh”, Urban Spaces and Gender in Asia, edited by Divya Upadhyaya Joshi and Caroline Brassard, [ISBN 978-3-030-36493-9] , Springer, Cham,, Click here for details
2021 Sultana, H. & Rahman, H. “NGOs Sex Workers’ Movement and HIV: A Case of Bangladesh”, Social Science Review [The Dhaka University Studies], Part-D [ISSN-1562-269X] , ,, Click here for details
2017 Sultana, H. ““SEX AS “WORK”: THE BANGLADESHI CONTEXT.” ”, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies , ,, Click here for details
2016 Sultana, H. and Subedi, D.B “Caste System and Resistance: The Case of Untouchable Hindu Sweepers in Bangladesh. DOI: 10.1007/s10767-015-9202-6[ISSN: 0891-4486 (Print) 1573-3416 (Online)]”, International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. , ,, Click here for details
2015 Sultana, H. “Sex worker activism, feminist discourse and HIV in Bangladesh”, Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care , Taylor & Francis,, Click here for details
2012 Sultana, H. “Locating risk in Individual behaviour: Discourse of HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction and Injecting Drug Users in Bangladesh”, The Indian Anthropologist , Indian Anthropological Association,, Click here for details
Professional Experience:
2018 to 0000 Associate Professor
Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2012 to 2018 Assistant Professor
Jagannath University
2009 to 2012 Lecturer
Jagannath University