Midwest Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Aneek Mustafa Anwar

Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 12:30pm, Hopkins 250

Flame: Fragments of Self Across Borders

Aneek Mustafa Anwar is a Bangladeshi photographer, visual artist and educator currently based in Athens, Ohio. He received his MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Ohio University in Spring 2026. His work focuses on memory and identity in the social and personal sphere, lived experiences and the juxtaposition of socio-cultural positioning of im/migrants in the US and surveillance-based contemporary society. His research interests include social theories and their implications, immigration policy & politics and the recent emergence of AI technology in all spheres of life. Aneek is also an alumnus of the CrossCulture Fellowship by Institute fur Auslandsbeziehungen in Germany.