A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
MA in Literature (2021)
University of Texas at Dallas
MA in English Literature (2011)
Jahangirnagar University
BA (Hon’s) in English (2010)
Jahangirnagar University
Syed Mahmudur Rahman works as a Senior Lecturer at East West University. He joined this university in 2015.
He earned his second Master of Arts degree in 2021, in Literature, from the School of Arts and Humanities, the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned his BA (Honors) and first MA in English from Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
Journals where his works appear include Harvest, Dialogue, Labyrinth, and Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature.
His areas of academic interest include critical-affective-chaos, posthumanism, media-literature, gender and culture, ecocriticism, medical humanities (critical health theory), postmodern literary forms and theories, and postcolonial literature.
I started teaching at the university level by joining International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT) in July 2021. I shifted to Southeast University for a single semester of Summer 2015 and then joined East West University in September 2015. During my second Master's degree at the University of Texas at Dallas (Fall 2019 - Spring 2021), I also worked as a graduate teaching assistant and conducted classes for undergraduate literature and history courses.
critical-affective-chaos, posthumanism, media-literature, gender and culture, ecocriticism, medical humanities (critical health theory)
[Arranged by the Years of Publication, from the Latest to the Earliest]
Rahman, Syed Mahmudur. “When Walls Wailed: Graphing Graffiti as a Socio-Political Narrative in Bangladesh.” The Nation and Its Imaginations: Culture and Creative Industries in Bangladesh, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), 9-10 April 2026, IUB Campus, Dhaka.
---. "Pantheism as the Panacea to the Anthropocene Eco-Gothic in Milton and Shakespeare." Planet LangLit 2026: International Conference on Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies, Green University of Bangladesh, 15-16 January 2026, Green University Campus, Dhaka.
---. “Frankissstein: Jeanette Winterson’s Chaotic Take on Human/Transhuman/Posthuman Gender Crises.” Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 39, 2024, pp. 119-128.
---. "‘The Kraken’: A Time-Surviving Blueprint." Critical-Affective Pedagogy for Bangladesh: Teaching Language, Literature, Cultural Studies, and Communication in English Studies, Jahangirnagar University, 24 May 2024, Jahangirnagar University Campus, Dhaka.
---. “Hyper Elitism in Writing Literary Criticisms: Theories and References.” Advances in Language and Literary Studies, Vol. 6, no. 6, Dec. 2018, pp. 153-57.
---. “Salman Rushdie’s Dealing with the Children of Midnight.” Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature, Vol. II, no. IV, Dec. 2013, pp. 85-88.
---. “Film Adaptation from Tagore’s “Shasti”: A Critical Comparative Study.” International Journal of English and Education, Vol. 2, no. 4, Oct. 2013, pp. 128-34.
---. “Humayun Ahmed’s Road to Popularity with Himu and Misir Ali.” Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, Apr. 2013, pp. 27-37.
---. “Interplay of Loss and Gain in the Realm of African Poetry.” Dialogue, vol. III, no. II, Dec 2012, pp. 6-13.
---. “Essence of Conflict in African Poetry.” Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2012, pp. 5-13.
Besides teaching general English speaking course (ENG 100), I teach undergraduate literature courses that include Introduction to Literature, Romantic Poetry, Shakespeare, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Poetry, Victorian Prose and Poetry, and Postcolonial Literature.
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