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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Syed Anwar Hossain
|native_name = সৈয়দ আনোয়ার হোসেন
|office2 = [[Vice-Chancellor]] of [[Darul Ihsan University]]
|term_start2 = 2004
|term_end2 = 2005
|predecessor2 = [[Syed Ali Ahsan]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|11|5}}
|birth_place = [[Bogra District]], [[Rajshahi Division]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Dhaka]]<br>[[University of Edinburgh]]<br>[[University of London]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]]
|nationality = Bangladeshi
}}
'''Syed Anwar Hossain''' ({{lang-bn|সৈয়দ আনোয়ার হোসেন}}; 5 November 1947) is a Bangladeshi academic and historian. He is a former Director General of Bangla Academy. He is the President of [[Bangladesh Itihas Samiti]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Interview with Dr Syed Anwar Husain|url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2009-02-25-voa2-94448994/1398222.html|access-date=2021-04-12|work=VOA}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Hossain was born on 5 November 1947 to a [[Bengali Muslim]] family of [[Syeds]] from the [[Bogra District]] in [[Rajshahi Division]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailyjagaran.com/interview/news/3928|title=অধ্যাপক ড. সৈয়দ আনোয়ার হোসেন|work=Daily Jagaran|date=24 December 2018 |access-date=29 February 2020|language=bn}}</ref> He has a Bachelors and Masters from the [[University of Dhaka]]. He also has a Masters in International History from the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He completed his PhD from [[University of London]] in British Administrative History. He studied at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] on a [[Fulbright scholarship]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=University of Dhaka|url=https://www.du.ac.bd/|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.du.ac.bd|language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Hossain joined the University of Dhaka in 1970 as a lecturer in the Department of History. He was promoted to professor in 1985. From 1993 to 1996, he served as the chairperson of the Department of History at the University of Dhaka. He was the Director General of Bangla Academy from 1997 to 2001.<ref name=":0" />

From 2004 to 2005, he worked as the Vice-Chancellor of [[Darul Ihsan University]]. He was a visiting professor at the [[American University]], [[Columbia University]], and [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He retired from the University of Dhaka in 2014 and was appointed the Supernumerary Professor there.<ref name=":0" /> He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |title=21 to get Ekushey Padak|url=https://bdnews24.com/lifestyle/2009/02/12/21-to-get-ekushey-padak|access-date=2021-04-12|work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

From 2010 to 2012, he was the founder editor of [[Daily Sun (Bangladesh)|Daily Sun]].<ref name=":0" /> He is the Bangabandhu Chair at the [[Bangladesh University of Professionals]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Social Relations Arranges a Webinar on, "Bangabandhu: Visionary and Charismatic Leader"|url=https://www.ewubd.edu/news/department-social-relations-arranges-webinar-bangabandhu-visionary-and-charismatic-leader|access-date=2021-04-12|website=www.ewubd.edu|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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