Afsan Chowdhury (born 16 February 1952) is a Bangladeshi liberation war researcher, columnist and journalist.
He received Bangla Academy Award in the year 2018 for his contribution to the liberation war literature.
[2] After completing his higher education from the Department of History in Dhaka University, he started his career in journalism.
During his career as a journalist, he served as an editor for Dhaka Courier, contributed to The Daily Star and also produced a number of BBC World Service series.
[3] He is a teacher of BRAC University and runs the Diversity Studies Cluster there.