Publications
Edited Books, Journal Articles & Book Chapters (International & National)
- Alam, F., Haque, M. S. and Ahmed, Z. (2018) (Eds.). English Studies and the Marketplace. Dhaka: East West University. https://www.ewubd.edu/storage/app/media/English%20Dept/2018-english-studies-and-the-marketplace.pdf
- Haque, M. S. (2017). Early life of an accidental actor: Before Nayak Raj Razzak. In East West Journal of Humanities, Vols. 6 & 7 Special Issue, pp. 121-136.
- Haque, M. S. (2016). Emerging Digital Culture of Bangladesh and in Higher Education. In S, As-Saber, A. F. Ahmad and N. A. Khan (Eds.), Innovations in Governance: Lessons from Transition Economy, Dhaka: Osder Publications.
- Haque, M. S. (2015). Documentary-Making Methodology: Step-by-step Documentation of Life after Grey. In East West Journal of Humanities, Vol. 5, pp. 73-91.
- Haque, M. S. and Akhter, M. (2014). Challenges and Possibilities of Computer Assisted Language Teaching in Higher Education: Bangladesh in Focus. In Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 29, pp. 129-149.
- Haque, M. S. (2013). Discourse Structures in Bangladeshi Educational Advertisements: A Critique. In East West Journal of Humanities, Vol. 4, pp. 1-28.
- Haque, M. S. and Reza, A. (2013). Domestication of Women in Bangladeshi Media Discourse: A Critical Insight. In Prime University Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 80-107.
- Haque, M. S. and Akhter, T. (2012). Cultural Imperialism in English Medium Schools: A Critical Insight. In Stamford Journal of English, Vol 7, pp. 98-128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/sje.v7i0.14468
- Haque, M. S. and Baki, R. (2012). In Quest of the Marginalized English Language Skills: A Qualitative Expedition. International Journal of Linguistics and Literature (IJLL), Vol.1, Issue 1, pp. 27-46. http://www.iaset.us/archives/international-journals/international-journal-of-linguistics-and-literature
- Haque, M. S. (2012). Discourse of Advertising: Linguistic/Semiotic Discourse Structures in Bangladeshi Educational Advertisements. Dhaka: EWUCRT (East West University Centre for Research and Training), Research Report of working paper number 5. http://lib.ewubd.edu:8080/handle/123456789/416
- Haque, M. S. and Abedin, Z. (2011). The discursive construction of (a)moral names: Religion versus language, Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter, Vol. 30, No. 3-4, pp. 377-390. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mult.2011.018
- Haque, M. S. (2009). ‘Directions in CDA: How practical is one-size-fits-all CDA?’. In Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 24, pp. 53-74.
- Haque, M. S. (2009). ‘Plagiarism in Graduate Research: A Critical Perspective’. In Crossings: ULAB Journal for English Studies, Vol. 2. 2009, pp. 155-174.
- Nair, R., Haque, M. S. & Khan, M. H. (2008). (Eds.). Constructing Identities in the Malaysian Media. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press. http://www.umpress.com.my/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=438
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘Institutional Elitism: Critical Discourse Analysis of Private Educational Institutions’. In Crossings: ULAB Journal for English Studies, Vol. 1.
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘A Critique of Critical Discourse Analysis’. In The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 1. https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/DUJL/article/view/3346
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘Critical Discourse Analysis and the Rational Faculty’. In East West University Journal, Vol. 2, 2008, pp. 110-138.
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘Kee's World: Reflections of Evolving Identity’. In International Journal of Comic Art, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring-2008, pp. 482-512.
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘Discursive Construction of an Identity in Conflict: CDA Perspective’. In Nair, R., Haque, M. S. & Khan, M. H. (Eds.). Constructing Identities in the Malaysian Media. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press.
- Haque, M. S. (2008). ‘Exclusion in Recruitment: Confronting Discrimination in Printed Vacancy Advertisements’. In Khulida Kirana Yahya et al. Book of Readings: Issues on Quality of Work Life (QWL). Sintok: Universiti Utara Malaysia Publication. pp 235-258.
- Haque, M. S. (2007). ‘Gender Discourse: Forms and Functions of Tag Questions in the Academic Context’. In Stamford Journal of English, Vol. 3
- Haque, M. S. (2007). ‘Consumer Protection in Recruitment Advertisements: The Malaysian Scenario’. In David, M. K. (ed.) Language and Human Rights: Focus on Malaysia. Serdang; Universiti Putra Malay Press.
- Haque, M. S. (2007). ‘All Malaysians are Equal, but Some Malaysians are More Equal than Others’. In Hoon, T.B., Dan, W. C., Abdullah, M. H., Omar, N., Abdullah, F. S. & Talif, T. (eds.), Theoretical and Practical Orientations in Language and Literature Studies. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: Pearson Longman.
- Haque, M. S. (2006). ‘Media Discourse: Television News as a form of Entertainment / Popular Culture’. In David, M. K., Burhanudeen, H. & Abdullah, A. N. (ed.) The Power of Language and the Media. Frankfurt: Peter Lang. pp. 99-114.
- Haque, M. S. (2006). ‘Discourse of Power in Recruitment Advertisements’. In Azirah Hashim and Norizah Hassan (eds), Varieties of English in Southeast Asia and Beyond. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press.
- Haque, M. S. and Zuraidah Mohd. Don. (2006). “Excluding the ‘Employable’ in Job Advertisements: Language and the Construction of Exclusionary Hiring Practices”. In Zuraidah Mohd. Don. (ed), English in a Globalised Environment: Investigating an Emerging Variety of English. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press.
- Khan, M. H. and Haque, M. S. (2006). ‘Derrida and the Practice of Teaching Literature in Language Classes’. In Azirah Hashim and Norizah Hassan (eds.), English in Southeast Asia: Prospects, Perspectives and Possibilities. Kuala Lumpur: University Malaya Press. pp. 293-306.
- Haque, M. S. and Khan, M. H. (2005). ‘Muslim Identity in the Speeches of Mahathir Mohamad’. In Intellectual Discourse, Vol. 12 No. 2, 2005, pp 181-193.
- Haque, M. S. and Malik, M. Z. (2005). ‘Humour in Haq: Poems in Sub-continental English’. In Talif, R., Heng, C. S., Eng, W. B., Abdullah, A. N. and Noor. R. (eds.) Beyond Barriers Fresh Frontiers: Selected Readings on Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, pp 105-111.
- Kumari, S. and Haque, M. S. (2005). ‘Gender Discourse: Are Teachers Aware of Gender Bias in Malaysian English Language Text Books?’ In Jayakaran Mukundan, Dzeelfa Zainal Abidin and Anealka Aziz Hussin (eds) ELT Matters 1: English Language learning and Teaching. Serdang: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, pp 192-200.
- Haque, M. S. (2004). ‘Language and Gender: Tag Questions and Confidence Level in the Academic Context’. In Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 19 2004, pp. 25-42.
- Haque, M. S. and Khan, M. H. (2004). ‘Language and the Order of Hegemony in Society’. In Panini – NSU Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 2, 2003-2004, pp. 45-72.
- Haque, M. S. and Kumari, S. (2004). ‘Discourse of Gender: Conflicting Ideologies vs. Social Policies’. In BRAC University Journal, Vol. I, no. 2, 2004, pp. 21-32.
- Haque, M. S. (2004). ‘Marketization of Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Private Universities in Bangladesh’. In Al-Risala, issue No. 4, pp 23-60.
- Haque, M. S. and Wong Bee Eng (2003). ‘Do they really use more tag questions?’ In Journal of Language Teaching, Linguistics and Literature, Vol. 8, 2003, pp. 40-62.
- Islam, M., Roy, S. S. and Haque, M. S. (Eds.) (1997). Prostitution: Women, Society, State and Law. Dhaka: BNWLA. INTERNATIONAL PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK REVIEWS
- Haque, M. S. and Tohura, S. (2017). Academia to Workplace: Soft Skills for Employability, Proceedings of International Conference on Business and Management (ICBM), Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 491-496 (ISSN No: 978-984-34-2360-3)
- Haque, M. S. (2015). Discursive Legitimization of Rape-Discourse in Bangladeshi Popular Cinema. Conference Proceedings: Research World International Conference, New York, USA, 14-19 (ISSN No: 978-93-85832-76-5)
- Haque, M. S. (2012). Teaching-Learning in the 21st Century: Potentials of Web 2.0 in Bangladesh. Conference proceedings: International Conference on Quality Teaching and Learning (ICQTL). Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT).
- Haque, M. S (2011). Bridging the Gap between Academia and the Real World: An Exploratory Framework from Bangladesh. Proceeding, 3rd International Seminar on Culture, English Language Teaching, and Literature, 2011, 182-196.
- Haque, M. S. (2006). ‘Book Review—Teaching of English in Second and Foreign Language Settings: Focus on Malaysia’. In Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication. Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter.
- Haque, M. S. (2004). ‘Critical Discourse Analysis as an Inter-Transdisciplinary Approach to Studying Issues in Contemporary Societies: An Introduction’. In Hua, T. K. et al (Eds.), Proceedings: International Conference on Social Sciences & Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, pp. 343-57.
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Conference & Seminars
- International Conference on Magic and Literature, 27-28 May 2016: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB):
—Magic ‘in’ and ‘of’ Burtonian Genre - Conference on “Shakespeare – Larger than Life”, 23 April, 2016: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, Humdard University Bangladesh:
— Screen approach to teaching Shakespeare (with co-author Md. TanvirAhamedSiddiki) - International Conference on Teaching and Learning”, 22-23 April, 2016: The following papers were presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, Independent University Bangladesh:
—Teaching tertiary students through action research: Academic writing and PresentationSkills
—‘Pop culture’ essentials for English teachers: Teaching the millennials (with co-author Md. TanvirAhamedSiddiki) - International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, 3-4 March 2016: The following paper was presented on the theme of “The River: Flows of Innovation and Exchange in the Global(i)zed English World”, hosted by Department of English, North South University:
—Are ‘publish or perish’ market forces compromising the quality of academic publications? - 4th International Conference on “English Studies and the Marketplace, 19-20 February 2016: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, East West University:
—English Graduates in the Marketplace: Critical Insights (co-presenter Basmala Taharat Bidushi) - 2nd Research World International Conference, 26 December 2015: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Research World at New York, USA:
—Discursive Legitimization of Rape-Discourse in Bangladeshi Popular Cinema - National Seminar on “Innovations in English Language and Literature Education in Bangladesh”, 23 December 2015: The following Keynote Paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC):
— Innovations in English Studies in Bangladesh: A Critical Insight - INSEARCH 2015-International Conference on Governance in Transition: Perspectives and Practices , 18-19 December 2015:The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by BARD, Comilla Bangladesh:
—Media Discourse: Critical Analysis of Rape-Documentaries on South Asian Countries - Daffodil International University National Conference on “The Machine in the Garden: Literature, Language and Technology in English Studies”, 19 September 2015: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, Daffodil International University:
— Teaching English through technology during lagatarhartals(co-presenter Md. TanvirAhamedSiddiki) - BELTA National Conference on ELT on the theme “ELT in Bangladesh: Challenges and Directions”, 11 September 2015: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Rajshahi University:
—ELT Methodology: Screen Approach to Language Teaching - International Conference on “Language, Literature and Community”, 10-11 July 2015: The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh:
— Take one–action: Discourse of rape in Bangladeshi commercial cinema—celluloid critique - Seminar on Issues and Challenges in Teaching Tertiary Students, 13 February 2015: The following Keynote Paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Department of English, Daffodil International University:
—Issues and Challenges in Teaching Tertiary Students: How to create global citizens? - 7th BELTA International Conference, 2-4 January 2015:The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association at NAEM, Dhaka:
—Your presentation was excellent!—Exploring implications of rubrics - GAIN2014International Conference on Governance and Innovation, 19-20December 2014:The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted byBARD, Comilla Bangladesh:
—Emerging Digital Culture in Higher Education in Bangladesh - INSPIRE DEWS International Conference, 12-13 November 2014: The following paper was presented on the theme of “Inspire to Write”, hosted by Department of English, University of Dhaka:
—Writing for Professional Purposes: Garments Industry in Focus—A Case Study - 1st Interdisciplinary Conference in Linguistics, 24-26 October 2014: The following paper was presented at the conference, hosted by Linguistics Society at the University of Georgia (LSUGA), USA:
—Interdisciplinarity of CDA: Tracking the Discursive Patterns in Educational Ads - The First International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities of Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) on the theme of “Identity in the globalized world: Dimensions, transformations and challenges”, 23-25 August 2014(IUB, Dhaka): The following paper was presented at the conference:
— Politics of Gender Identity in ‘English for Today’ Books: A Critical Perspective - 2ndInternational Conference on 21st Century Classroom: Directions, Issues and Changes, 8-9 August 2014(ULAB, Dhaka): The following papers were presented at the conference:
— Living Language Curriculum: Are we teaching what learners need?
— Innovative strategies in teaching speaking: Reinforcement beyond the classroom (with co-presenter, Maliha Fawzia) - The First National INSPIRE DEWS Seminar, 26 June 2014 (Dhaka University, Dhaka): The following paper was presented at the seminar:
— Strategies of Academic Writing to Avoid Plagiarism - BELTA National Conference on ELT on the theme “English Language Education in Bangladesh: Effective Practices and Sustainability”(Sylhet, Bangladesh), 31 May 2014: The following paper was presented at the conference:
— Techniques for Teaching Marginalized Skills via Authentic Texts - Seminar on Language Learning & Teaching Practices (SeLLT) (Kuantan, Malaysia), 14 November 2013: The following papers were presented at the conference:
—21st Century Learning Technologies: Pragmatism of Podcast
—Implications of Living Curricula Development in English Programmes: Is it a real challenge for Bangladesh? - International Journal on Arts & Sciences (IJAS) Conference (London, UK), 5-8 November 2013: The following paper was presented at the conference:—Plagiarism Policies in Bangladeshi Universities: A Critical Insight
- BELTA Advocacy Programme on Educational Essues-2: The Current Status of English Language Assessment in Bangladesh, 5-6 July 2013: The following paper was presented at the conference:
—Judge, Jury and Executioner: Do universities teachers really know how to assess? - 6th Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) International Conference 2013 (18-20 January 2013): The following paper was presented at the conference organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), English in Action (EIA) and British Council Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—Technology Enhanced Language Learning: Potentials of ‘virtual’ language learners’ association - 2nd National Seminar on (29 December 2012) on “English Studies in Bangladesh”: The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English Language and Literature, International Islamic University Chittagong, held at Chittagong:
—Technology Enhanced Teaching in Higher Education: Potentials of Facebook - International Conference on Quality Teaching and Learning (23-24 October 2012)—inKuala Terengganu, Malaysia, where the following paper was presented:—Teaching-Learning in the 21st Century: Potentials of Web 2.0 in Bangladesh
- DU conference on “Teaching and Learning English through Technology” (20 October 2012): The following papers were presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English, University of Dhaka:
—‘Who’s afraid of technology?’: Implications of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 in English Language and Literature Teaching
—Prospects of podcasting at tertiary level(with Ms. Mahmuda Akhter) - “Postgraduate Conference 2012” (25-26 May 2012) on the theme of “Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: Translocating/Transgressing Boundaries”: The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, held at Savar, Dhaka:
—Postmethod Pedagogy in Language Teaching in the 21st Century: “Welcome to Web 2.0” - 1st National Seminar on (14 February 2012) on “English Studies in Bangladesh”: The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English Language and Literature, International Islamic University Chittagong, held at Chittagong:
—Cultural Imperialism in English Medium Schools: A Critical Insight - “International Conference onQuality in Higher Education”(2-3 February 2012): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the International University of Business Agriculture and Technology, held at IUBAT campus, Uttara, Dhaka:
—Influence of Social Media in Higher Education: Possibilities of the Information Age - National Conference: “CLT in Bangladesh: Myths and Realities” (21 January 2012): The following workshop was conducted at the conference, organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA):
—Social Media and CLT: Let’s Explore! - International Conference on Cultural Transformations: Development Initiatives and Social Movements(17-18 December 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by BRAC University:
—Indianization of Bangladeshi Popular Culture: A Critical Perspective (with Ms. Mahmuda Akhter) - ELT Conference on the theme of Opportunitiesand Challenges of Teaching English at the Tertiary Level(20 October, 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—ICT for Language Teaching in Higher Education: Challenges and Possibilities (with Ms. Mahmuda Akhter) - 5th Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) Conference 2011 (20-22, May 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), English in Action (EIA) and British Council Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—Digitization of BELTA: Problems and Prospects - Rethinking ‘Otherwise’ with/in English Studies (13-14 May 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference organized by the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—Rethinking English Studies and the Curriculum Debate: ‘Are we meeting the challenges of the real world? - Promoting Functional English through Academic Accreditation in Non-English Speaking Countries (25 February 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by Wenlyn Global Group, at Lakeshore Hotel, Gulshan-2, Dhaka:
—English for occupational purposes:‘Are we meeting the challenge?’ - Language and Literature Teaching: Exploring Opportunities & Facing the Challenges 2011 (27 January): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the English Department, Stamford University Bangladesh:
—The Relevance/Negligence of Teaching Pronunciation: A Critical Look - 3rd International Seminar on Culture, English Language Teaching, and Literature 2011 (19-20 January): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Soegijapranata Catholic University, Semarang, Indonesia:
—Bridging the Gap Between Academia and the Real World: An Exploratory Framework form Bangladesh - National ELT Conference 2011 on the theme: Sustaining Innovation in English Language Education (7-8 January): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by jointly by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and Rajshahi University, Rajshahi:
—Knowledge Management in Academia: Technologizatin of ELT in Higher Education - International Conference on Islamic Solutions toCurrent Issues in the World based on 1 Malaysia Concept on the theme of “Unity is our first priority” 2011 (1-3 January 2011): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur: —Knowledge sharing of intellectual property: cooperation/collaboration among the universities in the Muslim countries (with Ms. Tahmina Begum)
- Working Strategies: Linguistic Approaches and English Language Teaching in Contemporary Bangladesh 2010 (25November): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English and Humanities of BRAC University:
—Teaching/Acquiring ‘the’ Marginalized Skill: Acclimation of Top-down and Bottom-up Processing - International Conference on Child Friendly Inclusive Education 2010 (7-8 January): The following paper was presented at the conference on the theme of “Make the School Effective for All”, jointly organized by the Institute of Education and Research (IER), Dhaka University, and Monash University, held at IER, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: —Pre/in-service Teacher Education in Bangladesh: ‘When will real change be made?’
- 3rd International Conference entitled Democracy, the Empire and English Studies: Pedagogy and Activism Now2009 (11-12 December): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the English Department of East West University, held at East West University, Bangladesh:
—Activism from within the Academia: Confronting the Shadow of the Empire in Bangladeshi Private Universities - International Conference on Development: Tradition, Transition, Transformation 2009 (21 November): The following paper was presented at the conference,organized by the Fulbright Alumni Association of Bangladesh (FAAB), held at Lake Shore Hotel, Gulshan, Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—Discourse of (Dis)Empowerment: “How to foster critical/creative thinking?” - 2nd International Discourses and Cultural Practices Conferences 2009 (7-9 July): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized jointly by the University of Technology Sydney, University of New South Wales and The University of Sydney, held at the Eastern Avenue Complex at the University of Sydney, Australia: —Discourse of Intra / Intercultural Communication: Banglish in Bangladeshi Cinema (with Nasreen Sultana)
- 2nd International Conference entitled Democracy, the “New World Order” and English Studies2008 (12-13 December): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the English Department of East West University, held at East West University, Bangladesh:
—“Who’s going to monitor the monitor?”: A Critical Perspective - English and Asia: First International Conference on Language & Linguistics 2008 (24-27 November): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by International Islamic University Malaysia, held at the Crown Prince Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Plagiarism in Graduate Studies: A Critical Perspective - English 4 Today 2008 (20-21 June): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, held at Jahangirnagar University auditorium:
—Accountability – Passion, Fashion or Materialism: Teachers and Students in the English Departments - 4th BELTA International Conference 2007 (24-26 August): The following paper was presented at the conference bearing the theme The ELT Profession: Challenges and Prospects, organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), held at NAEM:
—Constraints in Teaching ELT Research Methodology: The Private University Scenario - 5th Malaysian International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC) 2007 (22-24 May): The following paper was presented at the conference bearing the theme Meeting Challenges and Mapping Innovations: Synergies from Languages, Literatures and Cultures, organized by the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, held at Holiday Villa Subang, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia:
—“Tower, this is YANKEE ZULU ONE NINER NINER TANGO, ready for takeoff”: How crucial is aviation English? - 1st International Conference entitled Passages: English Studies in the Region 2006 (15-16 April): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, East West University, held EWU, Dhaka, Bangladesh:
—Marketizing the Discourse of Quality Education in Private Universities: CDA Perspective - National Conference on Creative / Critical Thinking from Islamic Perspective 2005 (14-15 December): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of General Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, held at IIUM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Critical Discourse Analysis as an Approach to Instigate the Inquisitiveness of the Rational Faculty - The School of Language Studies and Linguistics’ International Conference (SoLLs.INTEC 05) 2005 (21-23 November): The following paper was presented at the conference observing the theme Worldsin Discourse: Representations of Realities, organized by the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, held at Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Subang Jaya, Malaysia:
—How practical is ‘one-size-fits-all’ CDA? Is it time for a more comprehensive CDA? - 1st‘East Asian International Conference on Human and Social Development (EAIC-HSD 2005)’ (12-14 November 2005): The following paper was presented at the conference organized by the Faculty of Social Science, University Utara Malaysia, held at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur:
—Exclusion in Recruitment: Confronting Discrimination in Vacancy Ads - International Conference on Law and Commerce 2005 (28-29 September): The following paper was presented at the conference, the theme being Simplification and Modernization of Law for Responsible Commerces, organized by Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia and School of Law, Victoria University Australia, held at P. J. Hilton, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia:
—Consumer Protection in Recruitment Advertisements: The Malaysian Scenario - International Conference on Media and Communication 2005 (MENTION 05) (26-28 September): The following paper was presented at the conference, on the theme of Communication, Globalisation and Cultural Identities, organized by the School of Media and Communication Studies (MENTION), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia and South-South Information Gateway, held at J. W. Marriott Hotel, Putra Jaya, Malaysia:
—Ethics in Advertising: Consumer vs. Recruitment - 4th Malaysian International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC) 2005 (23-25 April): The following paper was presented at the conference with the theme Critical Perspectives on Theory and Practice in the New World Order, organized by the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, held at Holiday Villa Subang, Bandar Sunway, Malaysia:
—‘All Malaysians are equal, but some Malaysians are more equal than others’ - International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (ICOSH) 2004 (14-16 December): The following paper was presented at the conference, where the theme was Social Sciences and Humanities: Facing New Challenges, organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, held at UKM, Bangi Malaysia:
—Critical Discourse Analysis as an Inter-Transdisciplinary Approach to Studying Issues in Contemporary Societies: An Introduction - 2nd International Conference on Language, Linguistics and the Real World 2004 (7-9 December): The following papers were presented at the conference, on the theme of Language and Linguistics Serving the Community: Practical and Professional Challenges, organized by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, held at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Holding a Mirror to Critical Discourse Analysis: A Critique of Critical Discourse Analysis (with Dr.ZuraidahMohd. Don) —‘Getting the right Balance’, the McDonald’s Way (with Dr. Adrian E. Hare) - National Conference on Social Problems in Malaysia: Strategies and Solutions, 2004 (27-28 November): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, KIRKHS, International Islamic University Malaysia, held at IIUM, Malaysia:
—Discourse of Gender: Conflicting Ideologies vs. Social Policies (with SandaKumari) - First International Conference on Discourse and Cultural Transformation, 2004 (9-13 October): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the School of International Studies, held at Zhejiang University, Hangzhau, China:
—Inequity in Job Advertising: Informants’ Perspective (with ZuraidahMohd. Don) —‘Telling’ and ‘Selling’ of Discourse in the Universities: Bangladesh in Focus (with Dr.Adrian E. Hare) - 31st International Conference on Social Welfare 2004 (16-20 August): The following papers were presented at the conference, where the theme was Social Progress and Social Justice, organized by theNational Council of Welfare and Social Development Malaysia, held at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: —Exclusion in an Inclusive Society: Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective
—Social Reflections in a Plural Society: Insight into the Image Issue of Bangladeshis in Malaysia (with Naguib Chowdhury) - International Conference on Muslims and Islam in the 21st Century: Image and Reality 2004 (4-6 August): The following paper was presented at the conference, jointly organized by the Department of Psychology International Islamic University Malaysia and the International Institute of Muslim Unity (Kuala Lumpur Malaysia), held at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Discourse of Identity: The construction of the Muslim Identity in the Speeches of TunDr.Mahathir Mohamad(with Dr. Mahmud Hasan Khan) - Kuala Lumpur International Literary Festival 2004 (29 July-1 August): The following paper was presented at the international conference on ‘Evolving Faces: Identities and the Printed Page’ (held during the festival), jointly organized by ‘citygroup’ and ‘silverfishbooks’, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Kee’s World: Social Perspectives on Printed Pages - Malaysia International Conference on English Language Teaching (MICELT) 2004 (10-12 May): The following papers were presented at the conference bearing the theme English-Alien Language: Understanding the Extraterritorial and Extraterrestrial Properties of the Phenomenon in ELT, organized by the Faculty of Education, Universiti Putra Malaysia, held at Hotel Equatorial, Melaka, Malaysia:
—Gender Discourse: Are Teachers Aware of Gender Bias in Malaysian English Language Text Books? (withSandaKumari)
—The Significance of Language for Occupational Purposes Evaluation (with Shapla Parveen) - First International Conference on Critical Discourse Analysis 2004 (5-8 May): The following papers were presented at the conference, jointly organized by the Universitat de ValènciaEstudi General, UniversitatPolitècnica de València, UniversitatJaume I de Castelló and Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, held at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Valencia, Spain:
—Institutional Elitism: A CDA of Recruitment Advertisements of Private Educational Institutions in Bangladesh (with Dr.MohdFaiz Abdullah) —The Practice of Exclusion in Recruitment Advertisements: CDA Perspective(with Dr. ZuraidahMohd Don) - International Conference on Language and Communication in the Media 2004 (27-29 April): The following paper was presented at the conference, organized by the Malaysian Association of Modern Languages, held at the Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Media Discourse: News as a form of Entertainment / Popular Culture - Southeast Asian Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN) Conference 2004 (12-15 January): The following paper was presented at the conference, on the theme Issues and Challenges for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Southeast Asia, organized by (SEACSN) Research and Education for Peace, UniversitiSains Malaysia, held at Shangri-La Hotel, Penang, Malaysia:
—Identity in Conflict: Image and Reality of Bangladeshis in Malaysia - The School of Language Studies and Linguistics’ International Conference (SoLLs.INTEC 03) 2003 (16-18 December): The following paper was presented at the conference, on the theme Language and Nationhood: Confronting New Realities, organized by the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia, held at J W Marriott Hotel, Putra Jaya, Malaysia:
—Marketization of Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Private Universities in Bangladesh - 8th English in Southeast Asia Conference 2003 (8-10 December): The following papers were presented at the conference, on the theme Adapting to New Realities: Prospects, Perspectives and Possibilities, organized by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, held at P. J. Hilton, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: —Discourse of Power in Recruitment Advertisements
—Derrida and the Practice of Teaching Literature in the Language Classroom (with Dr. Mahmud Hasan Khan) - The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) International Conference 2003 (28 Sept. to 1 Oct.): The following paper was presented at the conference, on the (conference) theme of Pursuing Knowledge: The Role of Universities amid Global and National Changes, organized by the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (conducted by ASAIHL), held at Magellan Sutera Harbour Resourt, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia:
—Language and Order of Hegemony in Society: CDA Perspectives (with Dr. Mahmud Hasan Khan) - 3rd Malaysian International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC) 2003 (30 Sept. to 2 Oct.): The following papers were presented at the conference, on the theme Beyond Barriers, Fresh Frontiers: Languages, Literatures and Cultures, organized by the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, held at the Sunway Lagoon Resort Hotel, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia:
—Humour in Haq: Poems in Sub-continental English (with Zachary Malik)
—Discourse of Exclusion: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Recruitment Advertisements (withDr.ZuraidahMohd. Don) - International Conference on Language, Linguistics and the Real World 2002 (16-18 October): The following papers were presented at the conference, organised by the Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya, held at Hilton Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
—Do they Really Use More Tag Questions? (with Wong Bee Eng)
—Reading Between the Lines: Understanding Gender Bias in Malaysian English Language Textbooks (with SandaKumari and Dr.MardziahHayati Abdullah) - 2nd Malaysian International Conference on Languages, Literatures and Cultures (MICOLLAC) 2001 (17-19 April): The following papers were presented at the conference, on the theme Envisioning Continuities and Possibilities, organized by the Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, held at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:
— Linguistic Imperialism or Liberalism?
—Power Relations in Advertorials: The Malaysian Context (with Zachary Malik)
Workshops & Training
- Workshop on “Teaching through Technology” organized by Ideal Commerce College, Dhaka, on 22 April 2018
- “WORKSHOP for University Teachers and Researchers on Academic Writing, Publication and Research” organized by CEDOLPC-EWUCRT, held on 11-12 September 2015:
—Academic Writing Practices and Problems in Social Science - 10-days course on “Research Methodology” (15-25 September 2014): In the 10-day course organizes by East West University and SAARC Documentation Centre (SDC), I conducted the following session:
—Plagiarism in Research - Need-Based Teacher-Training for South Point School and College (29, 30 July & 2 August 2012): The following five sessions were conducted over a period of three days:
—Speaking and Listening Skills
—Reading Skills—Top-Down & Bottom-Up Processing
—Vocabulary—Increase Your Word Power
—Introduction to Approaches and Methods of Language Teaching
—Introduction to CALL/CALT (Computer Assisted Language Learning/Teaching) - National Conference: “CLT in Bangladesh: Myths and Realities” (21 January 2012): The following workshop was conducted at the conference, organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA):
—Social Media and CLT: Let’s Explore! - Cox’s Bazar—BELTA Seminar 2 February 2012: the following workshop was conducted at a seminar organized by BELTA and Cox’s Bazaar Government College:
—Fun with words: meanings, pronunciations, spellings - Chittagong—BELTA Seminar 31 January 2012: the following workshop was conducted at a seminar organized by BELTA and Independent University Chittagong:—Potentials of Podcasts/Vodcasts in Teaching the Marginalized English Language Skills
- “5thInternational BELTA Conference 2011” (20-22, May 2011): The following workshop was conducted at the conference, organized jointly by BELTA and English in Action (EIA):
—Using CALL to Teach/Learn the Marginalized Skills - “National ELT Conference on the theme: Sustaining Innovation in English Language Education”, 7-8 January 2011: The following workshop was conducted at the conference, organized jointly by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and Rajshahi University, Rajshahi:
—‘Yech char’ or ‘yes sir’: The A, B, C of teaching English pronunciation - National University Training 2008-2013: Daylong trainings were offered to English (College) lecturers under the National University curriculum:
—Basic Course on English Phonetics and Phonology for English Teachers
—Methods and approaches of language teaching - Participated Workshops & Training
- 4-week Qualitative Research Methodology January 2016 Professor Alam
- 8-week training on Research Methods in 2013Arifa Madam &Fakrul Sir
- South Asian English Educators Programme: Stimulating Innovative Practices in ELT, August 31-September 2, 2012, BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka
- Media and Journalism Workshop Series, BRAC University, June 24-27, 2012 and July 22-25, 2012
- “Interpretive Strategies in Social Science”, 10-14 June, 2012, BRAC University, June 10-14 June 2012
- Course on Research Design and Methods (31 March – 9 April 2011). Participated in the course on Research Design and Methods organized by East West University Centre for Research and Training (EWUCRT).
- Teacher Leader Academy (2-3 December 2010). Participated the training on “Leadership Skills in ELT”, organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and TESOL Arabia Leadership and Management DIG.
- British Council-BELTA Language Teacher Educators Workshop (27 December 2010). Attend the workshop on the theme of “Exploring Recent Practices in Teacher Development for ELT”, jointly organized by British Council-BELTA (Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association) at the BRAC Centre Inn, Dhaka
- BELTA-AIUB-THT English Language Teaching Seminar 2009 with the theme “Alternative Methodologies in ELT”, from 23-25 July 2009, held at American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The seminar was jointly organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA), Japan-based Teachers Helping Teachers (THT) Forum and the English Department of American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).
- Information Literacy Workshop, from 23-25 July 2009, from 3 – 4 January 2010, held at East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop was organized by East West University Library.
- ZOPP Basic Course: Completed the ZOPP (Object Oriented Project Planning) Basic Course, organised by ZOPP Coordination Unit (ZCU), held from 23-27 November, 1997, at the German Development Cooperation (GTZ) Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Awards & Distinctions
- AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
- Awarded Scholarship for participating in WorldCALL-2018 in Concepcion, Chile, in November 2018.
- Awarded grant by the US State Department to undertake a six-week course titled ‘US Culture and Society’, at New York University, from 09 June – 20 July 2018, under the Study of US Institutes (SUSI) Summer-2018 programme.
- Academic Excellence Award: Awarded ‘Academic Excellence Award’ for attaining a CGPA 4.0 (on a scale of 4.00) in MSS in Media and Communication from Independent University Bangladesh, February 2017.
- The American Centre Scholarship: Awarded Scholarship by The American Centre, Dhaka, to complete a 10-week online course on Practical Applications in Listening and Speaking Skills (PALSS), conducted by the University of Oregon, USA, from 7 January to 15 March 2013
- Research and Publication Award: Awarded a medal for contribution to research, on the 14th Foundation Day of East West University held on 14 November 2009
- Commonwealth Scholarship: Awarded the Malaysian Government Award of Scholarship / Fellowship for Commonwealth Countries, from 01.11.2000 to 31.10.2001 (12 months)
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DISTINCTION:
- Merit Distinction: Achieved distinction for acquiring the 1st position (according to merit) in the 1993 M.A. final examination, Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Publications
Selected Publications
JOURNAL PAPERS
Quadir Moriam (2021) TEACHING FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDENTS’ LEARNING MOTIVATION: BANGLADESHI EFL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS. TEFLIN Journal, 32 (2), pp. 295-315.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15639/teflinjournal.v32i2/295-315
Quadir Moriam (2021). EFL Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Sources of Students’ Demotivation: A Comparative Study. PASAA, 61 (1), pp. 201-226. https://www.culi.chula.ac.th/publicationsonline/files/article/W7t4h7AEuUFri31825.pdf
Quadir Moriam (2019). Exploring English Language Learning Demotivation in Bangladesh. THT Journal, 7 (1), 65-90.
http://thtjalt.bravesites.com/files/documents/d48225c8-0149-42a1-bfab-2f2c0b0fccb2.pdf
Quadir Moriam (2017). Let Us Listen to Our Students: An Analysis of Demotivation to Study English in Bangladesh. The English Teacher, 46 (3), 128-141.
https://journals.melta.org.my/TET/downloads/tet46_03_03.pdf
Quadir Moriam (2014).Relationships between Learners’ Motivation Factors and Speaking Strategy Factors to Learn Oral Communication in English. The English Teacher, 43 (3), 113-135. https://journals.melta.org.my/TET/downloads/tet43_03_02.pdf
Quadir Moriam (2011). A Comparative Study of English and Non-English Major University Students’ Motivation to Learn English Oral Communication. East West Journal of Humanities, 2, 91-111.
Quadir Moriam (2009). Do English and Non-English Major University Students Use the Same EFL Speaking Strategies in Bangladesh? Asian English Studies, 11, 49-68.
DOI https://doi.org/10.50875/asianenglishstudies.11.0_49
Quadir Moriam (2008). A Study on English and Non-English Major University Students’ Motivation to Learn Spoken English in Bangladesh. JACET Chugoku- Shikoku Chapter Research Bulletin, 5, 39-56.
Quadir Moriam (2008). A Study on Motivation and Strategy Use of Bangladeshi University Students to Learn Spoken English. Journal of International Development and Co-operation,14,51-66.
https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/journal/JIDC/14/2/article/29776
Tadashi Nishida and Quadir Moriam (2006). A Comparative Study of Speaking Strategy Use of EFL College Students in Japan and Bangladesh. [JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Chugoku- Shikoku Chapter Research Bulletin,3, 71-86.
https://dl.ndl.go.jp/view/prepareDownload?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F10500634&contentNo=1
Quadir Moriam (2005). Speaking Strategy Use by the EFL Students in Japan and Bangladesh. Journal of International Development and Co-operation, 12,33-47. https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/en/journal/JIDC/12/1/article/29768
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Quadir M. Moriam (2014). Analysis of Motivation and Strategy Use of Bangladeshi University Students to Learn English Oral Communication. Proceedings of the 12th International Asia TEFL Conference and 23rd MELTA International Conference, 28-30 August 2014, pp. 629-638. http://repository.unika.ac.id/id/eprint/16878
Quadir M. Moriam (2012). Comparing English and Non-English Major University Students’ Motivation to Learn Oral Communication in English, Proceedings of the 21st MELTA International Conference, 28-29 May 2012, pp. 309-322.
Quadir M. Moriam (2009). Do English and Non-English Major University Students Use the Same EFL Speaking strategies in Bangladesh? Proceedings of the 24th National Conference of The Japanese Association for Asian Englishes, December 6, 2008, pp. 9-14.
Conference & Seminars
Conference and Seminar
The Asian conference on language learning (ACLL) 2018, Kobe Art center, Kobe, Japan, April 27-29, 2018.
Asia TEFL 12th International Conference 2014, Borneo Convention Center, Kuching, Sarwak, Malaysia, August 28-30, 2014.
21st MELTA (Malaysia English Language Teachers’ Association) International Conference, Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 28-29, 2012.
The 2009 Asia TEFL International Conference, The Imperial Queens Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand August 7-9, 2009.
24th National Conference of the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes. Aoyama Gkuin University, Tokyo. December 6th, 2008.
JACET Annual Convention, Hiroshima International Center, Hiroshima. July 6, 2008.
39th JACET Chugoku-Shikoku Chapter Annual Convention. Shimane, Japan. 21st June, 2008.
Annual convention on JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers). Hiroshima, Japan. 25th November, 2007.
36th Annual convention Of JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers). Okayama, Japan. 25th June 2005.
22nd JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Chugoku- Shikoku Regional convention, Shimane, Japan, 11th June 2005.
JACET (Japan Association of College English Teachers) Chugoku- Shikoku Chapter Meeting, Hiroshima, 16th October 2004.
Reviewer
- Reviewer, IAFOR, International Academic Forum, 2018- 2021. https://iafor.org/
- Reviewer, Spectrum, Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, 2019.
- Reviewer, DUET Journal, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, 2019.
- Reviewer, East West Journal of Humanities (EWJH), East West University, 2018.
- Member, Abstract Review Committee: 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences
Gender, Health, Information and Environment
February 27-29, 2020
Research Supervision
Supervisor: Master Dissertation, Department of English, East West University
- Tawhida Wahed: Research title: Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety during Oral Presentation among Bangladeshi Tertiary Level EFL Students: Causal Factors and Coping Strategies. (2020-2021)
- Mohammad Mehedi Hasan Khan, Research title: Use of Metacognitive Language Learning Strategies to Learn English at Secondary Level. (2019)
- Sharmin Akter Mitul, Research title: Challenges in Speaking English of Tertiary Level Students in Bangladesh. (2019)
- Sumaiya Akter, Research title: An Investigation of the Use of Language Learning Strategies of Bangladeshi Learners: Secondary Schools in Focus (2018-2019)
- Jannat Shaila Karim, Research title: Role of Classroom Environment in Learning English. (2017-2018)
External Examiner: MA thesis, Department of Language Education, IER, University of Dhaka, 2018.
Conference & Seminars
International Conferences:
Akhter, Farzana. (2023). “Resisting the Politics of Representation: Women, War, and Bangladeshi War Movies,” January 7. 138th Modern Language Association Annual Convention (MLA). San Francisco, January 5-8, 2023.
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Bangladeshi War Movies and the Reclamation of Female Agency in Hangor Nodi Grenade and Guerrilla,” January 7. 137th Modern Language Association Annual Convention (MLA). Washington, January 6-9, 2022. Virtual presentation.
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Panacea for Nostalgia: The Paradox of Returning Home in Dreaming in Cuban and An American Brat,” January 9. 137th Modern Language Association Annual Convention (MLA). Washington, January 6-9, 2022. Virtual presentation.
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Representation of Birangonas in Bangladeshi Movies,” January 14. Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB), In Retrospect: 50 Years of Bangladesh in Literature and Culture, First International Conference, January 14-15, 2022. Virtual presentation.
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Immigrant Literature: A Mere Commodity for the Consumption of Cultural Fetishists or a Discourse of Resistance and Reformation?” 34th Annual MELUS conference. New Orleans, USA, April 2-5, 2020. Postponed to March 23-28, 2022.
Akhter, Farzana. (2020). “Writing Center in Bangladesh: Politics, Pitfalls, and Possibilities.” 2020 Conference on College Composition and Communication Annual Convention, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 25-28 March, 2020. Conference Cancelled.
Akhter, Farzana. (2019). "Toward a Sociopolitical Consciousness: Brecht’s Galileo and Mother Courage and their Role in Raising Resistance in Bangladesh.” 117th Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA) Annual Conference. San Diego, CA , U.S.A., November 14-17, 2019.
Akhter, Farzana. (2019). “‘Unhoused’: Trans-Atlantic Journey and its Impact on Identity Formation in Meena Alexander’s Manhattan Music.” Recalibrating Diasporas: Asia Pacific and the Spaces Beyond Conference, organized by School of Arts, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, June 27-28, 2019.
Akhter, Farzana. (2016). “The Spectacular City: The Golden Cage Where Subjects Are Created and Power Is Negotiated.” South Central Modern Language Association. Dallas, TX. 3-5 Nov. 2016.
Akhter, Farzana. (2014). “Perceptions of Literacy: Teaching Composition as an International Teaching Assistant.” 2014 Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Gaylord National Resort, Washington, DC. November 20-25 2014.
Akhter, Farzana. (2014). “Negotiating the Politics of Power: Tahmima Anam’s The Good Muslim and Women’s Role in Nation Building.” 14th South Asian Literary Association Conference (SALA). Chicago, IL. January 8-9, 2014.
Akhter, Farzana. (2013). “Quest for Home in Amitav Ghosh’s the Glass Palace.” 22nd Annual British Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies Conference (BCPS). Savannah, GA. February 15-16, 2013.
Akhter, Farzana. (2012). “Reversal of Gender Identities in Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss.” 33rd Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations conference (SWTX PCA/ACA). Albuquerque, NM. February 8–11, 2012
Akhter, Farzana. (2010). “Performing Brecht in Bangladesh: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar.” 13th Symposium of the International Brecht Society on ‘Brecht in/and Asia”. Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, U.S.A. May 19-23, 2010.
Papers Presented at National Conference:
Akhter, Farzana. (2008). “Shattering the Shackles: Brecht’s Plays and the Language of Political Protest in Bangladesh” 2nd International Conference on ‘Democracy, the “New World Order” and English Studies’. East West University, Dhaka. December 2008.
Papers Presented at Seminar:
Akhter, Farzana. (2007). “Mr. Puntila and his Man Matti.” Seminar on Brecht. Goethe Institute, Dhaka. March 2007.
Akhter, Farzana. (2006). “Brecht’s Threepenny Opera and Janatar Rangashala.” Seminar. East West University, Dhaka. 2006.
Journal Publication
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Akhter, Farzana. (2023). “Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines.” SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English, vol. 60, no. 1, July 16, 2023, pp. 128-150. ISSN 0127-046X. (Elsevier’s Scopus indexed, Q 1 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2023). “Embracing Otherness: The Role of Nostalgia in Bicultural Identity Formation in How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, Dreaming in Cuban, and An American Brat.” English Studies: A Journal of English Language and Literatures, vol.104, no. 5 May 22, 2023, pp.- 750-765. DOI: 10.1080/0013838X.2023.2217745. (Scopus indexed, Q1 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2023). “Revisiting Manhattan Music in the Time of COVID-19: Body Politics, Anti-Asian Racism and Negotiation of Ethnic Identity.” Reprint in Performing Identity in the Era of COVID-19, edited by Lauren O’Mahony et al, July 31, 2023, pp. 17-34, Oxon/NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781032514512. (Routledge/Taylor and Francis)
Akhter, Farzana. (2023). “American Ethnic and Immigrant Novels: A Mere Commodity or a Discourse of Resistance and Reformation?” South Central Review, vol 40, no. 1, Spring 2023, pp. 1-23, Johns Hopkins UP. Project Muse, DOI:10.1353/scr.2023.0000. (Johns Hopkins University Press; Scopus indexed, Q 2 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Revisiting Manhattan Music in the Time of COVID-19: Body Politics, Anti-Asian Racism and Negotiation of Ethnic Identity.” Journal of Intercultural Studies, vol. 43, issue 6, 2022, pp. 704-721. DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2022.2128082. (Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Moving Beyond Victimhood: Female Agency in Bangladeshi War Movies.” In the Cross Fire of History: Women’s War Resistance Discourse in the Global South, edited by Lava Asaad and Fayeza Hasanat, 2022, pp. 40-52, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9781978830226. (Rutgers University Press)
Akhter, Farzana. (2022). “Looking Backward to a Distant Land: South Asian Diaspora and Function of Nostalgia in ‘Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs,’ ‘Mrs. Sen’s’ and The Inheritance of Loss.” Reprint in Global South Asia: South Asian Literatures and the World, edited by Madhurima Chakraborty, December 31, 2021, pp. 156-169, London: Routledge/Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781032160207. (Routledge/Taylor and Francis)
Akhter, Farzana. (2021). “Negotiating the Politics of Power: Tahmima Anam’s The Good Muslim and Women’s Role in War and Nation Building.” Reprint in Bangladeshi Literature in English: A Critical Anthology edited by Mohammad A. Quayum and Md. Mahmudul Hasan, 2021, pp. 241-257, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Press.
Akhter, Farzana. (2020). “Looking Backward to a Distant Land: South Asian Diaspora and Function of Nostalgia in ‘Silver Pavements, Golden Roofs,’ ‘Mrs. Sen’s’ and The Inheritance of Loss.” South Asian Literature in the World, special issue of South Asian Review, edited by Nalini Iyer and Madhurima Chakraborty, vol. 41, issue 3-4, Nov. 2020, pp. 373–86. DOI: 10.1080/02759527.2020.1840204. (Scopus Indexed, Q1 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2018). “Negotiating the Politics of Power: Tahmima Anam’s The Good Muslim and Women’s Role in War and Nation Building.” Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, vol. 12, no. 1, June 2018, pp. 93-107, http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1211. (Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal)
Akhter, Farzana. (2011). “Performing Brecht in Bangladesh: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar.” Brecht in/and Asia /Brecht in/und Asien: The Brecht Yearbook / Brecht-Jahrbuch no. 36, edited by Markus Wessendorf and Friedemann Weidauer, 2011, pp. 201-210, Boydell & Brewer. ISBN-13. 978-0971896390. (Boydell & Brewer press)
Akhter, Farzana. (2010). “Shattering the Shackles: Brecht’s Plays and the Language of Political Protest in Bangladesh.” Literary Paritantra, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 65-71.
Akhter, Farzana. (2007). “Quest for Home in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace.” Spectrum Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka vol. 5, December 2007, pp. 81-90. ISSN 1562-7195. (Dhaka University)
Akhter, Farzana. (2006). “Reculturizing Brecht.” Spectrum Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, vol. 4, June 2006, pp. 27-40. ISSN 1562-7195. (Dhaka University).
Other Publications
Feature writing
Akhter, Farzana. (2016). South Asian American Literature,” The Arkansas International, 2016. https://www.arkint.org/online-only/farzana-akhter-on-south-asian-american-lit?rq=farzana%20akhter
Encyclopedic Reference
Akhter, Farzana. (2014) “Archie.” Comics through Time: A Historical Encyclopedia. Edited by M. Keith Booker, ABC CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A., 2014.
Akhter, Farzana. (2003). Translated articles for Banglapedia, National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh 2003.
Workshops and Training
- Participated in online training workshop on "Conferencing and Peer-Review in Online Teaching" organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, April 15th, 2016.
- Participated in online training workshop on “Learning Blackboard's Collaborate and Kaltura Features" organized by the Program in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, March 19, 2016
- Participated in workshop on “Introduction to Online Teaching,” organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, October 3, 2014.
- Participated in online training workshop on "Conferencing and Peer-Review in Online Teaching" organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, April 15th, 2016.
- Participated in online training workshop on “Learning Blackboard's Collaborate and Kaltura Features" organized by the Program in Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, March 19, 2016
- Participated in workshop on “Introduction to Online Teaching,” organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, October 3, 2014.
- Participated in workshop on “What Writing Teachers Want: crafting Effective Assignments” conducted by Jennifer Mallette, organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, October 31, 2014.
- Participated in workshop on "Generating Rubrics", conducted by Jocelyn Bailey, organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, November 9. 2012.
- Participated in workshop on “What Writing Teachers Want: crafting Effective Assignments” conducted by Jennifer Mallette, organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, October 31, 2014.
- Participated in workshop on "Generating Rubrics", conducted by Jocelyn Bailey, organized by the Office of Rhetoric and Composition, University of Arkansas, USA, November 9. 2012.
- Participated in “Post Colonial Literatures, Theory and Pedagogy” conducted by Dr. Sharmila Sen, Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Organized by BRAC University, February 2002.
- Participated in symposium on “Classroom Research”, Organized by ELTIP, sponsored by the British Council, Dhaka, November 2000.
Editor
Editor (Dec. 2023 to pres.) VC Newsletter
Chief Editor (2019-pres.) Annual Report of EWU.
Assistant Editor (2019 to August 2024), East West Journal of Humanities (EWJH)
Member, Editorial Board, International Conference on “Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity” organized by EWU and the Association of Teachers of Literature in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB), July 2023
Editor, (2022, 2018), Research Project for East West University Center for Research and Training (EWUCRT)
Member, Editorial Board, (2020). Conference Proceeding of 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences Gender, Health, Information and Environment, February 27-29, 2020.
Member, Editorial Board (2003),Muse, East West Magazine
Reviewer
Reviewer, (Sep. 2024). World Journal of English Language, Sciedu Press. (Scopus Indexed Q1 Journal)
Reviewed research paper (2023) for Journal for Cultural Research, Routledge, Taylor &Francis. (Scopus Indexed, Q2 Journal)
Reviewed research paper (2023) for Society and Culture in South Asia. Sage Journals. (Scopus Indexed Q2 Journal)
Reviewed research paper (2023) for Spectrum Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, Vol. 17.
Reviewed article for (2022) Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature. (Scopus Indexed Q2 Journal)
Reviewed article (2021) for Journal of the Centre for English Teaching and Research (CETR) Dhaka University, 2021.
Reviewed article (2020) for Clio: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Sep 2020.
Reviewed article (2019-20) for East West Journal of Humanities (EWJH), 2019-2020.
Reviewed abstracts (2019) for the 5th International Conference titled Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation, Department of English, East West University.
Research Supervision/External Examiner
MA Thesis Supervisor
Department of English, East West University
- 2022 Sumaiya Jannat Fariha. Title: Assessing Honour Killing Through The Novels Maps For Lost Lovers, Bliss and The Cry of the Dove,” 2022.
- 2021 Sakiba Ahmed. Title: “Totalizing Metanarrative of Bangladesh in the Light of Tahmima Anam’s Bengal Trilogy,” Summer 2020-Summer 2021.
- 2020 Afsana Bintey Helal. Title: “The Politics of Refugee Labelling: Reimagining Refugees’ Struggles in Host Lands,” 2019-2020.
- 2019 Touhida Khan Khusbu. Title: “9/11 Counter Narratives: Challenging Islamophobia and Defying the Notion of Singular American Tragedy,” 2018-2019.
- 2018 Tanzina Afrin. Title: “Super Sad True Love Story, Noughts and Crosses, Uglies and ‘Sultana’s Dream’ as Cautionary Dystopian Tales against Socio-political and Moral Degradation,” 2018.
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MA Thesis External Reviewer and Examiner
- 2022 External Reviewer and Examiner, University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka
- 2022 External Reviewer and Examiner, University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka
- 2021 External Examiner, The University of the West Indies, St, Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. January 2021.
- 2019 External Reviewer and Examiner, University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka
- 2018 External Reviewer and Examiner, University of Liberal Arts, Dhaka
Conference Activities
Invited Panel Discussant. (2023). “Revisiting History in Literary Narratives.” July 29. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity organized by East West University and Association of Teachers of Literatures in English Bangladesh (ATLEB), 28 -29 July 2023.
Invited Session Chair. (2021). Trauma and Representation, Bangladeshi English Novels: From Emergence to Efflorescence, the University of Salerno, Italy, 24-25 June 2021.
Invited Session Chair. (2021). History, Identity and Adaptation, Bangladeshi English Novels: From Emergence to Efflorescence, the University of Salerno, Italy, 24-25 June 2021.
Conference Co-chair of Organizing Committee. (2020). 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences Gender, Health, Information and Environment, February 27-29, 2020.
Conference Chair. (2019). Transgressing/ Transcending Borders through Translation, 5th International Conference Department of English, East West University, Dhaka. January 2019.
Session Chair. (2019). Keynote Speech. “The Sociology of Poetry Translation.” Transgressing/ Transcending Borders through Translation. 5th International Conference Department of English, East West University, Dhaka. January 2019.
Moderator. (2019). Panel Discussion. Transgressing/ Transcending Borders through Translation, 5th International Conference Department of English, East West University, Dhaka. January 2019.
Respondent. (2014). Representations of the Veil: Between Vulnerability and Resilience. 129th MLA Convention. Chicago, IL., U.S.A., January 9-12, 2014.
Invited Session Chair. (2012). Literature 7: African and African American. 33rd Annual Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations conference (SWTX PCA/ACA). Albuquerque, NM. U.S.A., February 8–11, 2012.
Conference & Seminar
Presented Conference Papers (International)
- Kabir, T., Jahan, A. & Trainin, G. (March 13-17, 2023). I'm going to do my Duolingo, got to keep my owl happy: Using Duolingo in Bangladesh. Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
- Impact of Textual Enhancement of Input on EFL Learners' Noticing of Noun and Verb Phrases in Bangladesh, The 1st International ASEAN- English Language Conference (ASEAN-ELT 2018), Hotel Equatorial, Melaka, Malaysia, March 15 to 17, 2018.
- Impact of Textual Enhancement on Bangladeshi EFL Learners' Grammatical Development of Present Perfect and Past Simple Tenses, 26th MELTA International Conference, “New Directions in English Language Education: Global Trends and Local Innovations”, TH Hotel, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, August 28 to 30, 2017.
- Impact of Task Repetition on a Bangladeshi Tertiary Learner’s Oral Performance: A Case Study, International Islamic University Malaysia World Prosumer Convention 2017, Intervarsity Postgraduate Colloquium, Faculty of Education, International Islamic University, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 8, 2017.
- The Hornby Scholar’s Panel Presentation: ELT in action: what works and what makes it work in different contexts, 46th Annual International IATEFL Conference and Exhibition, SECC, Glasgow, UK, March 19 to 23 2012.
- Training English Teachers from Difficult and Rural Contexts in Bangladesh, First International English Language Teacher Educator’s Conference organized by the British Council and the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India, January 22 to 24, 2011.
- Promoting Collaboration in Mixed Ability EFL Classrooms at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh, NELTA 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, Katmandu, Nepal, from February 16 to 18, 2008.
Presented Conference Papers (Local)
- Khan, R., & Jahan, A. Online learning during COVID-19: Gains for teachers and learners, English Teaching Forum (FORUM) 60th Anniversary Conference organized by U.S. Embassy Dhaka at NAEM, Dhaka, August 27, 2022.
- Momen, M. A., Jahan, A., & Khandaker, S., Service Quality Dimensions and Student Satisfaction at Higher Education in Bangladesh, International Symposium Webinar on Student Satisfaction and Quality of Higher Education organized by the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of East West University, 19 June 2021.
- Haider, Z. M., Kabir, M. M. N., Jahan, A., Sultana, S., Roshid, M. M., & Khan, R., Quality of English language education through emergency remote teaching in Bangladeshi private universities: An explorative study. 9th BELTA International (Virtual) Conference, March 6, 2021.
- Can Implicit Focus on Form Develop Bangladeshi Tertiary Learners’ Grammatical Knowledge about Articles?, Regional IML Two-day Conference 2020, Institute of Modern Language, University of Dhaka, February 28 to 29, 2020.
- Investigating the Discourse Patterns of Narrating Personal Experience and a Picture Story, Fourth International Conference on English Studies and the Marketplace, Department of English, East West University, February 19 to 20, 2016.
- Training English Teachers from Marginalized Areas of Bangladesh, 5th BELTA International Conference, May 20 to 22, 2011.
- Introducing Mobile Assisted Language Learning in Bangladesh, 5th BELTA International Conference, May 20 to 22, 2011.
- Incorporating Intercultural component into ELT at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh, Third International Conference on Empire and English Studies: Pedagogy & Activism Now, Department of English, East West University, December 12 to 13, 2009.
- An Insight into Teaching Global English at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh in the Second International Conference on “Democracy, the ‘New World Order’ and English Studies”, the Department of English, East West University, December 12 to 13, 2008.
- Teaching Presentation Skills to Tertiary Students in Bangladesh in the seminar on “Aspects of Language and Literary Studies”, Department of English, Stamford University Bangladesh, January 13, 2008.
Attended Seminars &Conferences
- China Education Collaboration and Exchange Conference and 2024 Global English Education China Assembly, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on July 26-27, 2024.
- BELTA-UIU English Language Education Programme in collaboration with THT, September 13, 2019, United International University, United City, Madani Avenue, Dhaka.
- BELTA-EASTERN UNIVERSITY English Language Education Programme in Collaboration with THT, September 14, 2018, Eastern University, Dhanmondi, Dhaka,
- BELTA Advocacy Program on Educational Issues 2, “The Current Status of English Language Assessment in Bangladesh”, July 5-6, 2013, BRAC Centre INN, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 6th BELTA International Conference, January 18 to 20, 2013, NAEM, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- 44th IATEFL Conference, April 7 to 11, 2010, Harrogate, UK.
- 8th Language and Development Conference organized by the British Council and English in Action from June 23 to 25, 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Published Researh
Published Research Papers
1. Kabir, M. M. N., Haider, M. Z. Khan, R., Roshid, M. M., Jahan, A., & Sultana, S. (2022). Online Assessment Practices of English Language Teachers and Students in Higher Education in Bangladesh: Challenges and Choices, BELTA Journal, https://doi.org/10.36832/beltaj.2022.0601.04
2. Roshid, M. M., Sultana, S., Kabir, M. M. N., Jahan, A., Khan, R., & Haider, M. Z. (2022). Equity, fairness, and social justice in teaching and learning in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, DOI: 10.1080/02188791.2022.2122024 (Q 1 Journal)
3. Jahan, A., Khan, R., Roshid, M. M., Haider, M. Z., Sultana, S., & Kabir, M. N.(2022). From Crises to Opportunities in Higher Education in Bangladesh. The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics, 14(27-28), 143-166.
4. Sultana, S., Roshid, M. M., Haider, M. Z., Khan, R., Kabir, M. M. N., & Jahan, A. (2022). University students’ and teachers’ wellbeing during COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A qualitative enquiry. The Qualitative Report, 27(6), 1635-1655.https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5265 (Q1 Journal)
5. Khan, R., Jahan, A., Sultana, S., Kabir, M. M. N., Haider, M. Z., & Roshid, M. M. (2021). Accessing Online Instruction amidst COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Barriers and Coping Strategies. Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 22, 33-48. https://doi.org/10.32038/ltrq.2021.22.03. (Q 2 Journal)
6. McCulloch, S., Indrarathne, B., Jahan, A., Gnawali, L., Hussain, N. Nauman, S., Jayawardena, S., & Abeyawickrama, W. (2020). Investigating EAP provision in South Asian higher education: Current trends and future needs. UK: British Council & the University of Central Lancashire.
7. Jahan, A. (2018). Impact of Textual Enhancement on Bangladeshi Learner’s Noticing and Grammatical Development of Present Perfect and Past Simple Tenses. Malaysian Journal of ELT Research (MaJER), 15(1),1-16, ISSN 1511- 8002.
8. Jahan, A. (2016-2017). Impact of Task Repetition on a Bangladeshi Tertiary Learner’s Oral Performance: A Case Study. HARVEST: Jahangirnagar University Studies in language and Literature, 32, 71- 86.
9. Jahan, A. & Kormos, J. (2015). The impact of textual enhancement on EFL learners' grammatical awareness of future plans and intentions. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 25(1), 46–66. doi: 10.1111/ijal.12049 (Web of science)
10. Jahan, A. (2012). Residual Cultural Imperialism in Primary Textbooks in Bangladesh: A Critique of the English for Today Textbooks, East West Journal of Humanities, 3, 73- 96. ISSN 2024-6628.
11. Jahan, A., & Nusrat J. (2011). Working with Vocabulary at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh, Journal of Education and Practice, 2(5), 45-57, ISSN 2222-1735 (Paper) & ISSN 2222-288X (Online)
12. Jahan, A. (2008). Promoting Collaboration in Mixed Ability EFL Classrooms at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh, Journal of NELTA, 13(1-2), 49-56.
13. Jahan, A., & Nusrat J. (2008) Teaching Presentation Skills to Tertiary Students in Bangladesh, Stamford Journal of English, 4, 38-57.
14. Jahan, A. (2008). Teaching Speaking Skills at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh: An Empirical Investigation, Daffodil International University Journal of Business and Economics, 3(1), 155-171.
15. Rahman, M. R., & Jahan, A. (2007). Strengths and Weaknesses of Teaching Fluent Reading: A Study at the Tertiary Level in Bangladesh, Daffodil International University Journal of Business and Economics, 2(2), 155-167.
Published Book Chapters
1. Saha, M., & Jahan, A. (2023). Translanguaging as trans-identity: Insights from ethnic minority students in Bangladesh. In: Sultana, S., Kabir, M.M.N., Haider, M.Z., Roshid, M.M., & Hamid, M.O. (eds.). Language in Society in Bangladesh and Beyond: Voices of the Unheard in the Global South. Routledge, New York. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003304937
- 2. Jahan, A., & Govindasamy, S. (2022). Impact of Textual Enhancement on EFL Learners’ Noticing and Acquisition of Noun and Verb Phrases. In: Khan, R., Bashir, A., Basu, B.L., Uddin, M.E. (eds) Local Research and Glocal Perspectives in English Language Teaching. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6458-9_19
- 3. Jahan, A. & Govindasamy, S. (2021). Are tertiary EFL learners ready for input enhancement technique in Bangladesh? In S. Sultana, M. M. Roshid, M. Z. Haider, M. M. N. Kabir, & M. H. Khan (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education in Bangladesh (pp. 82-95). UK: Routledge.
Publications in Conference Proceedings
1. Kabir, T., Jahan, A. & Trainin, G. (2023). I'm going to do my Duolingo, got to keep my owl happy: Using Duolingo in Bangladesh. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2091-2097). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222224/
2. The Hornby Scholar’s Panel Presentation: ELT in action: what works and what makes it work in different contexts. (2012). In T. Pattison (Ed.) IATEFL 2012 Glasgow Conference Selections (pp. 158- 161). Kent: Pilgrims.
3. Rahman, F. M., & Akhter J. (2011). Training English Teachers from Difficult and Rural Contexts in Bangladesh. In P. Gunashekhar, A. Padwad & D. Pawelec (Eds.) Starting, Stimulating and Sustaining English Language Teacher education and development: A selection of papers presented at the International Conference in Hyderabad in January 2011, pp. 86-92.
Training and Workshop
Participated Professional Training
- A 3-day funded training on Raising Teacher Awareness of Dyslexia and Inclusive Practices, from 3 Jan to 5 Jan 2023 in Male, Maldives invited by the University of York, UK.
- A 3-day Leadership Trainer Validation event, Connecting Classroom Project, British Council, Dhaka from March 1 to 3, 2019 at Hotel Grand Platinum, Dhaka.
- A 4-day Core Skills Trainer Validation event, Connecting Classrooms Project of the British Council Dhaka from November 11 to 14, 2018 at The Days Hotel, 69 Suhrawardy Avenue, Baridhara Diplomatic Zone, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.
- Certified as an ELT Teacher Trainer by the British Council Bangladesh, English Team in September 2013.
- A 5-day Course on Research Design and Methods, March 31- April 9, 2011, CRT, East West University.
- A Ten-week Online Teacher Training Course on Critical Thinking For English Language Teaching (EFL) Curriculum conducted by American English Institute, University of Oregon, USA from April 4, 2011 to June 10, 2011.
- Training of Trainers (TOT) arranged by the British Council, Dhaka in August 2009.
Conducted Training
- Conducted a two-day long teacher training for secondary level EFL teachers funded by the U.S. Embassy, Dhaka from June 7 to June 8, 2024, at Secondary Teacher Training Institute (STTI), Mymensingh as a team member of BELTA.
- Teaching Basic Concepts of Linguistics, Teaching Reading Skills, Teaching Writing Skills, CEDP-10th Batch Teacher Training Program, National University Gazipur, Dhaka, January 24, 2020.
- Teaching Introduction to Linguistics, CEDP-6th Batch Teacher Training Program, National University Gazipur, Dhaka 8 September 8 & 12, 2019.
- Trained BCS Cadre Teachers for mapping the primary and secondary levels English language curriculum of Bangladesh against the three websites of the British Council- Learn English Kids, Learn English Teens and Teaching English in 2013.
- Trained teachers, bankers and trainers at English for Teaching: Teaching for English (ETTE) Project of the British Council, Bangladesh Bank, National University’s 80th Teacher’s Training Program, Access to Information (A2I) Program and Reaching out of School Children (ROSC) Project of the Government of Bangladesh from 2009-2013.
Conducted Workshop
- Raising Teacher Awareness of Dyslexia and Inclusive Practices at EMK Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka funded by the University of York in March 2023.
- Managing Learner Centered Activities & Giving Feedback to YLs, Workshop for the Student Teachers, Hornby Project of BELTA, Department of English, Daffodil International University, February 8, 2020.
- Providing Feedback on Writing, TA Workshop, Department of English, East West University, Dhaka, January 16, 2020.
- Managing Learner- Centered activities in Large Classes at the BELTA National ELT Conference organized by BELTA & the English Department, Rajshahi University and sponsored by the American Centre, US Embassy, Dhaka, January 7-8, 2011, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
- Managing Learner-Centered Activities at the English Language Teaching Seminar and BELTA Comilla Chapter Opening, June 4, 2010, Ispahani Cantonment Public School and College, Comilla, Bangladesh.
- The SMS Approach at the 6th GELTA Seminar, July 8, 2010, Ghatail Project of Good Neighbors Bangladesh, Ghatail, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Participated Workshop
- A 3-day residential meeting and workshop for the project Engaging teachers in South Asia with research evidence: Improving English language learning in areas with poor access to resources, 2020 funded by the University of York, UK from March 9 to 11, 2020 at Hotel Taj Samudra, Gale Road, Colombo, Sril Lanka.
- Workshop on Creating and Using Rubrics, conducted by Dr. Sharmin Khan, San Jose State University, USA, January 16, 2019 at Canadian International University, Banani, Dhaka.
- A 3-day Planning workshop conducted by Connecting Classroom Project, British Council, Dhaka from December 11 to 13, 2018 at Nazimgarh Wilderness Resort, Lalakhal, Sylhet.
- Regional Curriculum Mapping Workshop, Phase -2, organized by the British Council, Sri Lanka, May 6- 11, 2013.
- Regional Curriculum Mapping Workshop organized by the British Council, Sri Lanka, January 28- February 1, 2013.
- Exploring Recent Practices in Teacher Development for ELT arranged by British Council-BELTA, December 2010.
- Leadership skills in ELT arranged by BELTA and TESOL Arabia Leadership & Management SIG,BRAC Centre Inn, December 2- 3, 2010.
Received Training and Research Grants
- For the US Embassy-BELTA-LPC Teacher Training project from the U.S. Embassy, Dhaka as a member of BELTA team to conducted ten two-day long teacher training programs across Bangladesh for secondary level EFL teachers.
- For the project, Raising Teacher Awareness of Dyslexia and Inclusive Practices, December 2022 to March 2023 from the University of York, UK
- For the teacher training project, Partnered Remote Language Improvement (PRELIM), 2021 from the British Council, IATEFL, and English UK on behalf of Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA).
- For the research project, Online Education in Private Universities during Covid-19: Access, Equity and Quality, 2020 from the Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA).
- For the research and teacher training project, Engaging teachers in South Asia with research evidence: Improving English language learning in areas with poor access to resources, 2020 from the Priming for ODA-Compliant Research (Global Challenges Research Fund) internal grant scheme of the University of York, UK. For more information, http://www.dyslexiaprojectsl.com/engaging-teachers-in-south-asia-with-research-evidence-improving-english-language-learning-in-areas-with-poor-access-to-resources-2020/
- For the research project, Investigating EAP Provision in South Asian Higher Education: Current Trends and Future Needs, 2019 from the British Council’s ELTRA. For more information, for more information http://www.dyslexiaprojectsl.com/investigating-eap-provision-in-south-asian-higher-education-current-trends-and-future-needs/
- For the research and teacher training project, Connecting Underprivileged Children and Tertiary Students through Cross-Age Teaching: A Hand-in-hand ELT Approach, 2019-20 from A.S.Hornby Educational Trust Teacher Association Project Scheme managed by the British Council on behalf of Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA).
Scholarship and Sponsorship
- A 3-day sponsored visit to China Education Collaboration and Exchange Conference and 2024 Global English Education China Assembly, held in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, China, on July 26-27, 2024.
- A 3-day funded training on Raising Teacher Awareness of Dyslexia and Inclusive Practices, from 3 Jan to 5 Jan 2023 in Male, Maldives invited by the University of York, UK.
- Sponsored invitation from the University of York, UK to participate in a 3-day residential meeting and workshop for a teacher training project in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2020.
- Hornby Scholarship 2011-2012 for studying MA in Language Teaching: TESOL at the University of Lancaster, UK.
- Sponsored invitations to attend conferences and workshops from the British Council, UK (2010, 2012), India (2011), and Sri Lanka (2013).
- E-Teacher Scholarship for participating in an online teacher training course from the American Centre, Dhaka in 2010.
- General scholarship from Dhaka University for bot BA (hons.) and MA results.
- Talent-pool scholarship from the Dhaka Education Board for the H. S. C results.
Reviewer
- Reviewer, East West Journal of Business, East West University, 2023.
- Reviewer, East West Journal of Humanities (EWJH), East West University, 2013, 2018, 2023.
- Reviewer, System, International Academic Forum, 2021. https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/system
- Reviewer, Spectrum, Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka, 2021.
- Reviewer, Journal of the Centre for English Teaching and Research (CETR) Dhaka University, 2021
- Reviewer, BELTA Journal, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur, 2019, 2020.
- Reviewer, East West Journal of Humanities (EWJH), East West University, 2013, 2018.
Journal Publications
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Resisting Environmental Destruction and Fighting Socio-Political Marginalisation in Hawaii in Kiana Davenport’s Shark Dialogues.” Journal of Postcolonial Writing (Special Issue: Emerging Textual Cross-Sections). Accepted & to be published in 2024. (Scopus Indexed: Q 1)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Relocating a Torn Identity and Asserting the Right of the Oppressed to be Heard and Liberated in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf.” World Journal of English Language 13.5 (2023): 261-268.https://doi.org/10.5430/ wjel.v13n5p261 (Scopus Indexed: Q 2)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Post-Nuclear Explosion Crisis and Survival in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.” Forum for World Literature Studies 15.1 (2023): 194-206. (Scopus Indexed: Q 1)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “The Subcontinent Falls Apart: Communal Violence and Religious Intolerance in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan." Literary Studies 34.1 (2021): 108-117. https://doi.org/10.3126/litstud.v34i01.39530
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Deconstructing Western Hegemony and Voicing Silenced Histories in Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome." SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English 57.1 (2020): 6-20. https://sare.um.edu.my/article/view/25270 (Scopus Indexed: Q 2)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Heavy Silence and Horrible Grief: Reconstructing the Past and Securing the Future through Magical Realism in Joseph Skibell’s A Blessing on the Moon." Ostrava Journal of English Philology 12.1 (2020): 29-44. doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2020.12.0003 (Scopus Indexed)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. "Construction of Home, Nation and Identity in Rohinton Mistry’s Tales from Firozsha Baag." Shanlax International Journal of English. 7.4 (2019): 18-24. https://doi.org/10.34293/english.v7i4.626
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Variations in Middle English Local Surnames.” XLinguae: European Scientific Language Journal. 10.4 (2017): 209-222. DOI: 10.18355/XL.2017.10.04.17 (Scopus Indexed: Q 1)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Healing Trauma and Reasserting Identity through Remembrance in Joanne Fedler’s The Dreamcloth.” Prague Journal of English Studies 6.1 (2017): 79-92. DOI: 10.1515/pjes-2017-0005
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Fluids, Cages, and Boisterous Femininity: The Grotesque Transgression of Patriarchal Norms in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.” Journal of Language and Cultural Education 5.2 (2017): 114-122. DOI: 10.1515/jolace-2017-0022 (Web of Science)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Tommy Wilhelm: The Untraditional Hero of Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day.” International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies 3.4 (2015): 38-42. doi: 10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.3n.4p.38
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Speaking the Unspoken: Rewriting Identity Loss and Memory of Slavery through Magical Realism in Toni Morrison’s Beloved.” English Language and Literature Studies 5.3 (2015): 25-32. doi: 10.5539/ells.v5n3p25
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Muslims in Pre- and Post-9/11 Contexts.” International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies 3.3 (2015): 52-59. doi:10.7575/aiac.ijclts.v.3n.3p.52
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Rewriting Rural Community and Dictatorial History through Magical Realism in Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Journal of Language and Cultural Education 3.2 (2015): 86-102. DOI: 10.1515/jolace-2015- 0014 (Web of Science)
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children: Connection between Magical Realism and Postcolonial Issues.” International Journal of English and Education 3.4 (2014): 341-350. http://ijee.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/ docs/27_L.265144232.pdf
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Treatment of Women: A Comparative Study between British and Bengali Ballads.” International Journal of English and Education 3.4 (2014): 365-373. http://ijee.org/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/30_L.265144511.pdf
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Ethnic Othering in True Lies.” The Criterion 5.4 (2014): 1-10. http://www.the-criterion.com/V5/ n4/Abu.pdf
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps: Shifting Attitude towards the Civil War.” International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities 2.3 (2014): 1-14. http://ijellh.com/papers/2014/july/01-1-14-july- 2014.pdf
Book
1. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Ed. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching (English) Literature: Exploring the Unexplored/Broadening the Horizon. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Accepted, 2025)
2. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Magical Feminism in the Americas: Resisting Female Marginalisation and Oppression through Magic. Delaware: Vernon Press, 2024. ISBN: 979-8-8819-0025-0 https://vernonpress.com/book/2063
3. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Ed. Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis: Reimagining and Rewriting the Past. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. ISBN (10): 1-5275-8439-9; ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-8439-6 https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-8439-6
4. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Traumatic Experience and Repressed Memory in Magical Realist Novels: Speaking the Unspeakable. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. ISBN (10): 1-5275-4628-4; ISBN (13): 978-1-5275-4628-8 https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-4628-8
Conference Proceedings
1. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Plague, Global Fear and Sense of Morality in Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Beyond Pandemics: Reimagining the Humanities and the New Normal. December 2021: 81-83.
2. Abdullah, Abu Shahid & Tanvir Mustafiz Khan. “Globalization, Consumerism and Social Isolation: Depicting Pandemic in Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.” Proceedings of The International Symposium: Representations of Pandemic in Literature. September 2021: 154-160. ISBN: 978-625-7086-38-7
3. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. ‘“Indeed, the King has a Cunt! What a Wonder!’: Sex, Eroticism and Language in One Thousand and One Nights.” Proceedings of The Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology 2019 (CALA 2019): Revitalization and Representation. January 2019: 22-28. DOI: 10.47298/cala2019.1-1 ISBN 978-0-6485356-0-7 (Scopus Indexed)
4. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. ‘“This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943’: Importance of Photographs in Everything Is Illuminated.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Phenomena in Multimodal Communication (KLUA 2018). August 2018: 22-26. doi:10.2991/klua-18.2018.3 ISBN 978-94-6252-547-4
Conference Presentation
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Intertwining Magic, Gothic Landscapes and the Grotesque: Transgenerational Haunting and Female Independence in Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s The Cure for Death by Lightning.” 25th International MELOW Conference: Echoes of the Earth: Interplay of Literature and Landscape. Kathmandu University, Nepal. 27-29 September, 2024.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “(Re)writing Myths and Subverting Gendered and Racial Superiority in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God.” NEXUS Interdisciplinary Conference 2024: Home/Bodies. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. 5-7 April, 2024.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Survival Is Insufficient”: Imagining Utopia within Dystopia in Station Eleven and Human Acts.” 5th ASLE-ASEAN Ecocritical Conference: Posthuman Southeast Asia. School of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand and ASLE-ASEAN. 23-25 November, 2023.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Resisting Patriarchy and Challenging Dictatorship through Magic in Allende’s The House of the Spirits.” The 9th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian Academy in Plock, Poland. 29 May-4 June, 2023.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Challenging White History and Emphasising Female Solidarity in Gloria Naylor’s Mama Day.” The 9th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian Academy in Plock, Poland. 29 May-4 June, 2023.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Linking Myth with Transnational Feminism: Developing Female Identity in Cristina García’s Dreaming in Cuban.” 2nd International Conference on Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 24-25 February, 2023.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Reviving Excruciating Memories of Trauma and Torture: Female Resistance and Subjectivity in Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail and Steps under Water.” Osmosis: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Human Sciences. The Department of English, East Delta University, Bangladesh. 16-17 November 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid & Tanvir Mustafiz Khan. “Surviving Crises and Imagining Utopia in Han Kang’s Human Acts.” The 8th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 6-12 June, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid & Aditya Bhowmic. “Psychoanalysis of Liesel Meminger’s Traumatic Growth in Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief.” The 8th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 6-12 June, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid & Mahmudul Hasan. “Reimagining the Monomyth in Joseph Skibell’s A Blessing on the Moon.” The 8th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 6-12 June, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Identity, Ethnic Conflict and Gendered Violence in Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.” World Languages and Literatures Research Symposium. School of Foreign Languages, Pamukkale University, Turkey. 1-3 June, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Fluids, Cages, and Boisterous Femininity: The Grotesque Transgression of Patriarchal Norms in Angela Carter’s Nights at the Circus.” World Languages and Literatures Research Symposium. School of Foreign Languages, Pamukkale University, Turkey. 1-3 June, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Resisting Environmental Destruction and Fighting Socio-Political Marginalisation in Hawaii in Kiana Davenport’s Shark Dialogues.” Building Bridges: An Interdisciplinary Conference. Nottingham Trent University, UK. 4-7 April, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Encountering a Cold and Unwelcoming London: Dislocation, Predicament and Identity Crisis of the Caribbean Immigrants in Samuel Selvon’s The Lonely Londoners.” International Conference on Borders, Diasporas, and Multilingualism in English Studies. Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. 7-8 January, 2022.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Plague, Global Fear and Sense of Morality in Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague.” 2021 ELLAK International Conference (Online) on Beyond Pandemics: Reimagining the Humanities and the New Normal. The English Language and Literature Association of Korea (ELLAK). 16-18 December, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Self-Discovery and Identity (Re)formation through Journey in Mohja Kahf’s The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf.” The First International Conference in Literature, Skikda 2021 on Being out of Place: Deconstructing Travel Narratives in Postcolonial Arab Novel. The University of 20 August 1955, Skidda, Algeria. 12-14 December, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Analysing the Timeless Female Victimisation through Coetzee’s Disgrace and Morrison’s The Bluest Eye.” International Interdisciplinary Conference (Online) on Representations of Violence in Literature, Culture and Arts. Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey in collaboration with Ege University, Pamukkale University, Izmir Katip Celebi University and Istanbul Medeniyet University. 20-22 October 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Desire to Break Patriarchal Shackle and be Recognised in Anita Desai’s Cry, The Peacock.” International Interdisciplinary Conference (Online) on Representations of Violence in Literature, Culture and Arts. Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Turkey in collaboration with Ege University, Pamukkale University, Izmir Katip Celebi University and Istanbul Medeniyet University. 20-22 October 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “The Subcontinent Falls Apart: Communal Violence and Religious Intolerance in Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan.” International Conference (Online) on Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces. The Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2-4 September, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Trauma, Memory and the Reassertion of Identity in Joanne Fedler’s The Dreamcloth.” The 7th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 21-27 April, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Interplanetary Colonisation, Isolation and Overdependence on Technology: Depicting Crisis in the Aftermath of Nuclear Fallout in Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.” The 7th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 21-27 April, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Globalisation, Consumerism and Social isolation: Depicting Pandemic in Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven.” International Symposium on Pandemic and its Representations in Literature. Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey. 26-27 March, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Linking Personal Trauma of Sexual Violence with Collective Trauma of the Holocaust in D.M. Thomas’s The White Hotel.” International Conference The Art of Forgetting: Memory, Loss and Revision. University of Ottawa, Canada. 5-7 March, 2021.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Reinterpreting Myth and History in Restructuring the Past in Shashi Tharoor’s The Great Indian Novel” (under the Panel: Rewriting the Past and Voicing the Marginalised). International Conference At the Crossroads: Narratives of the Excluded. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 24-25 September 2020
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Giving a Voice to the Entire Subcontinent: Nationalism in R.K. Narayan’s Waiting for the Mahatma” (under the Panel: Rewriting the Past and Voicing the Marginalised). International Conference At the Crossroads: Narratives of the Excluded. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 24-25 September 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Moving away from a Violent Past and the Process of Healing in Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying” (under the Panel: Rewriting the Past and Voicing the Marginalised). International Conference At the Crossroads: Narratives of the Excluded. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. 24-25 September 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Reconstructing Personal Identity and Creating an Alternative National History in Gioconda Belli’s The Inhabited Woman.” International Conference (Online) on Gender Equality for a Better World: Issues and Challenges. Women’s College, Aligarh Muslim University, UP, India in collaboration with University Grants Commission, India. 19-20 August, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Trauma, Memory and Amnesia: Physical and Psychological Repression in The Sleeping Voice and A Long Silence.” The 6th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 22-28 April, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Rewriting Rural Community and Dictatorial History through Magical Realism in Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude.” The 6th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. The Department of Philology, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of The Mazovian State University in Plock, Poland. 22-28 April, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “(In)ability to Assert Independence and Freedom of Choice: A Comparative Study of the Treatment of Women in British and Bengali Ballads.” The 1st Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences: Gender, Health, Information and the Environment. East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 27-29 February, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Deconstructing the Western Hegemony and Voicing Silenced Histories in Amitav Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome.” International Conference on Postcolonial Perspectives: Language, Literature and Culture and the Global South. Department of English, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 14-15 February, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Of the Women, by the Women, for the Women: Role of Female Writers in Sanskrit Literature as a Source of Female Agency.” International Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA 2020). University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. 5-8 February, 2020.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Mocking Depiction of Corrupt Politicians: Magical Realism as a Means of Political Satire in Ngugi Wa Thiango’s Wizard of the Crow.” The 5th ASSE International Conference on British and American Studies. Albanian Society for the Study of English in collaboration with University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”, Vlora, Albania. 6-8 June, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. ‘“Beavis and Butt-head’: Comic and Derogatory Portrayal of Arabs in True Lies.” The 5th ASSE International Conference on British and American Studies. Albanian Society for the Study of English in collaboration with University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”, Vlora, Albania. 6-8 June, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Disillusionment, Estrangement and Identity Crisis in Andrea Levy’s Fruit of the Lemon.” The 8th Conference on Narrative and Language Studies. Faculty of Letters, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. 2-3 May, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Magical Realism as a Social and Political Protest: A Comparative Study between The House of the Spirits and Like Water for Chocolate.” The 8th Conference on Narrative and Language Studies. Faculty of Letters, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. 2-3 May, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “From Welcoming the War to Rebuilding the Nation: Walt Whitman’s Shifting Attitude towards Civil War in Drum-Taps.” The 5th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The State University of Applied Sciences in Plock, Poland. 10-16 April, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Variations in Middle English Local Surnames.” The 5th International Online Conference on New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The State University of Applied Sciences in Plock, Poland. 10-16 April, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Accounts of Apartheid’s Bloody Past and Psychological Damage in Zoë Wicomb’s David’s Story.” International Conference on Performing the Nation: Memory and Desire in Contemporary Literature. Post Graduate Department of English, Berhampur University, Odisha, India. 8-9 February, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Sexuality, Eroticism and Language in One Thousand and One Nights.” International Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA 2019). Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. 23-26 January, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Magical Realism and the Voices of the Marginalised in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.” International Conference on Asian Linguistic Anthropology (CALA 2019). Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia. 23-26 January, 2019.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Exploitation and Alienation of Migrant Workers in a Capitalist Society: A Marxist Interpretation of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.” International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture and Politics: Celebrating the Bicentenary of Karl Marx’s Birth. Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 30- December 1, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Female Voices in Fairy Tales: A Weapon to Fight Oppressive Forces.” The 14th International Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. 22-23 November, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Uncontrolled Experiment and Disastrous Consequences: An Ecocritical Approach to Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake.” The 14th International Conference on Humanities & Social Sciences. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. 22-23 November, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “The American Paradox: Discovering America and the Filipino Immigrant Dream in Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart and Bienvenido Santos’ What the Hell for You Left Your Heart in San Francisco.” The 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Filipino Studies. University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA in collaboration with De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Cavite, The Philippines. 16-18 November, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Sense of Emptiness and Longing for Anchor: Diverse Consequences of Colonisation and Immigration in Nick Joaquin’s The Woman Who Had Two Navels.” The 2nd International Conference on Multidisciplinary Filipino Studies. University of Hawaii at Hilo, USA in collaboration with De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Cavite, The Philippines. 16-18 November, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Post-9/11 Backlash and Resulting Disillusionment in The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Once in a Promised Land.” International Conference on Literature: Contemporary Perspectives on/in Postcolonial and Diasporic Literature and Theory. School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. 25-26 July, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Heavy Silence and Horrible Grief: Joseph Skibell’s A Blessing on the Moon.” International Conference on Literature: Contemporary Perspectives on/in Postcolonial and Diasporic Literature and Theory. School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. 25-26 July, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. ‘“This is me with Augustine, February 21, 1943’: Importance of Photographs in Everything Is Illuminated.” Konferensi Linguistik: International Conference on Language Phenomena in Multimodal Communication. Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia. 17-19 July, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Construction of Home, Nation and Identity in Rohinton Mistry’s Tales from Firozsha Baag.” International Conference on Indian Literature as World Literature: Past, Present, Future. The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. 18-20 January, 2018.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Refusing Racial and Gendered Subjugation: Escaping Marginalisation in Maryse Condé’s I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem.” International Conference on tHe pOliticS of dIfferencE: (Re)Locating Subalternity/ Marginality. Assam University, Diphu Campus, Assam, India. 22-23 September, 2017.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Healing Trauma and Reasserting Identity through Remembrance: A Comparative Study between Joanne Fedler’s The Dreamcloth and Toni Morrison’s Beloved.” National Conference on New Media and Identity Formation. East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 21 January, 2017.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Speaking the Unspeakable: Traumatic Experience and Repressed Memory in Magical Realist Novels.” PhD colloquium (University of Bamberg, Bochum, Dresden and Siegen). Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. 24-26 July, 2015.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Tommy Wilhelm: The Untraditional Hero of Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day.” Student Conference. University of Bayreuth, Germany. 10-12 January, 2014.
Conference Attendance
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Critical-Affective Pedagogy for Bangladesh: Teaching Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and Communication in English Studies. Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. 24-25 May, 2024.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. The Department of English, East West University and ATLEB. 28-29 July, 2023.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. PhD colloquium (University of Bamberg, Bochum, Dresden, and Siegen). University of Bamberg, Germany. 12-14 February, 2016.
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. The 7th International Walt Whitman Seminar. University of Bamberg, Germany. 21-26 July, 2014.
Workshop Participation
- Conducted a Workshop on “Preparing OBE Course Outline” organised by Dept. of English, East West University, Bangladesh. 31 August, 2023.
- Participated in a Workshop on “Professional Training on Capacity Building of IQACs” organised by Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC). 12-23 March 2023.
- Conducted a Workshop on “Assessment and Rubrics” organised by Programme Self-Assessment Committee (PSAC), Dept. of English, East West University, Bangladesh. 7 July, 2022.
- Participated in a Workshop on “Capacity Building in OBE Teaching Method” organised by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), East West University, Bangladesh. 19 February, 2022.
- Conducted a Workshop on “OBE Curriculum Development” organised by Dept. of English, East West University, Bangladesh. 6 December, 2021.
- Participated in a Workshop on “OBE Curriculum Development” organised by University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh. 3-4 November, 2021.
- Participated in a Workshop on Gender Studies at University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh with support from The Association of Commonwealth Universities. 27 January, 2018
- Participated in the Creative Writing Workshop “Writing War” conducted by Julia Pascal at University of Bamberg, Germany. 10-12 January, 2013
Book Chapter
1. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Literary Representation of Trauma from a Marginalized Standpoint: Reinventing the Past and Creating an Alternative History.” Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis: Reimagining and Rewriting the Past. Ed. Abu Shahid Abdullah. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. 1-14. ISBN (10): 1-5275-8439-9
2. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Asserting Identity and Establishing Alternative Mode(s) of Speaking: Slavery and the Search for Female Freedom in Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo.” Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis: Reimagining and Rewriting the Past. Ed. Abu Shahid Abdullah. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. 76-91. ISBN (10): 1-5275-8439-9
3. Abdullah, Abu Shahid & Tanvir Mustafiz Khan. “Surviving Crises and Imagining Utopia in Han Kang’s Human Acts.” Trauma, Memory and Identity Crisis: Reimagining and Rewriting the Past. Ed. Abu Shahid Abdullah. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. 188-198. ISBN (10): 1-5275-8439-9
4. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Reconstructing Personal Identity and Creating an Alternative National History: Magical Realism and the Marginalised Female Voice in Gioconda Belli’s The Inhabited Woman.” The Palgrave Handbook of Magical Realism in the Twenty-First Century. Eds. Richard Perez and Victoria A. Chevalier. Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2020. 281-296. ISBN: 978-3-030-39834-7
MA Thesis Supervision
1. Islam, Moutushi. "Empowering Black Women through Female Solidarity: A Magical Realist and Gynocritical Analysis of I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem, Mama Day and The Color Purple." (Completed, Spring 2022).
2. Khan, Tanvir Mustafiz. ‘“Survival is Insufficient’: Imagining Utopia within Dystopia in Station Eleven, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Human Acts.” (Completed, Spring 2021)
3. Mursheeda, Afia. “Apocalypse is No More Far, it is here: Prognostication about Technological Jeopardies in Dystopian Fiction and Film.” (Completed, Fall 2020)
Invited Talk
1. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Magical Realism and Women in the Americas.” Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. 7 October, 2024.
2. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Resisting White Supremacy and Constructing Identity: Magical Resistance in Louise Erdrich’s Tracks.” Literary Association of Nepal (LAN), Nepal. 31 December, 2021.
Conference Session Chair
1. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Panel Theme: Eco-Fiction. 3rd International Conference on Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language, and Culture of the Global South. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 16-17 February, 2024.
2. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Panel Theme: Changing Ecologies in Southeast Asia. 5th ASLE-ASEAN Ecocritical Conference: Posthuman Southeast Asia. School of Liberal Arts, Mae Fah Luang University, Thailand and ASLE-ASEAN. 23-25 November, 2023.
3. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Panel Theme: Film Studies. International Conference on Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity. The Department of English, East West University and ATLEB. 28-29 July, 2023.
4. Abdullah, Abu Shahid. Panel Theme: Home and (Un)home. 2nd International Conference on Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 24-25 February, 2023.
Plenary Session
- Abdullah, Abu Shahid. “Healing Trauma of Sexual Abuse in Gail Anderson Dargatz’s The Cure for Death by Lightning.” 3rd International Conference on Environmental Hazards and Gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language, and Culture of the Global South. The Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Bangladesh. 16-17 February, 2024.
Academic Journal
International
“The Razakar Discourse: Cultural Movement, Resistance and Bangladeshi Nationalism” Ed. Shakur, T. and Highet, K., Imaging South Asian Culture in Non-English: Reconstructing Popular Textual and Visual Presentations, Special Issue, SACS, UK, 2018: 111-122
“Bridging the Gap between Language and Literature: Teaching English in Bangladesh at Tertiary Level” ELT Worldwide: Journal of English Language Teaching, English Language Education Graduate Program of the State University of Makassar, Indonesia.2.2 (2015): 1-32.
National
Nusrat, Masrufa Ayesha. “Varieties of Otherness in Birds, Beasts, and Flowers by D.H. Lawrence.” Panini: NSU Studies in Language and Literature Vol. 5 (2007-2011): 63-84. Print.
Nusrat, Masrufa Ayesha. “The Silence beyond the Remotest Echo.” Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies of Language and Literature Vol. 19 (2004): 75-86. Print.
Seminar/ Conference / Workshop / Short Course
International Conference
1. “Women's Movement in Bangladesh: Sexual Violence in Fiction and Reality”, Centre for English Studies, Central University of Gujarat, International Conference on 'Women and Sectarian Violence in South Asia: Fiction and Reality,' 9-10 November 2017, Gandhinagar, India.
2. "Women’s Movement in Bangladesh against Sexual Violence: A Transnational Feminist Perspective” International Conference on ‘Redrawing Gender Boundaries in Literary Terrains’, 18-19 May 2017. Department of English and Humanities, Brac University. Dhaka.
3. "Studying Nature: Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism in Birds, Beasts and Flowers by D.H. Lawrence” ASLE, Edward M. Kennedy Centre and Bangladesh Planning Committee, International Interdisciplinary Conference on Ecocriticism, Environmental Justice and Literature, 7-8 August 2015.
4. “The Monstrosity of Rajakars: Cultural Resistance and Bangladeshi Nationhood” Mansfield College, Oxford University, UK. Inter-Displinary.Net, 12th Global Conference on ‘Monsters and the Monstrous’. 25-27 July 2014.
5. “Language Teaching in Bangladesh at Tertiary Level: A Critical Perspective” Vidya Mandala Catholic University, Surabaya, Indonesia, 59th TEFLIN International Conference. 6-8 November 2012.
6. “Critiquing Language Teaching through Literature: A Bangladeshi Perspective” The British Council, IML and UGC, 8th International Language & Development Conference, 23-25 June 2009.
7. “Reading Orientalism and Patriarchy” Department of English, Jadavpur University, India, ‘Other Voices, Other Cultures: Reading Orientalism’, 2004.
National / Local Conference/ Seminar
1. “The Dhaka Lit Fest”, discussant at the daylong conference on ‘Dhaka: A Cultural City’ organized by the Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) at the Bangla Academy, Dhaka, 13 May 2017.
2. “Ecofeminism in Bangla Folk Literature: Reading Khona, Chondrabotir Ramayan and Baromashi” Department of English, Daffodil International University, National Conference on ‘Machine in the Garden: Literature, Language and Technology in English Studies’, 19 September 2015.
3. “Varieties of Otherness in Birds, Beasts and Flowers by D.H. Lawrence” East West University English Department Lecture Series, 16 March 2010.
4. “Women Writing in English from Bangladesh” Department of English, East West University, 3rd International Conference on 'Democracy, the “New World Order” and English Studies’, October 2008.
5. “Forging a New Identity: Bangladeshi Women Writing in English” Department of English, East West University, 2nd International Conference on ‘Passages: English Studies in the Region’, 15-16 April 2006
6. “Women in Brecht’s Plays” Department of English, University of Dhaka and Goethe Institute, on the occasion of Bertol Brecht’s birthday, 1997.
Workshop/ Short Course
1. Workshop on “Rethinking Research Methodology”, conducted by Professor Raka Ray (Dean, of Social Science, UC Berkley) organized by Brac University, ENH, 10-15th January 2016.
2. Workshop on “Literary Research”, conducted by Dr. Poulomi Saha (Department of English, UC Berkley), organized by Department of English, Brac University, 2015.
3. Literary Workshop, 2nd Phase, DTC, ULAB, 15-19 May 2015. With the Bengal Lights and Comma Press.
4. Literary Workshop, 1st Phase, DTC, ULAB, 15-19 November 2014. Organized by the British Centre for Literary Translation affiliated with the University of East Anglia, and English PEN.
5. Training Workshop on Research Methods (for English Faculty Members), Centre for Research and Training, East West University, 22 August -5 October 2013.
6. “The Role of Gender in EFL Classrooms in the Tertiary Level: Case Studies of East West University and American International University-Bangladesh.” The 8th Asia TEFL International Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam; 6-8 August 2010. Joint Paper Presentation with Dr. Faheem Hasan Shahed.
7. ACLALS 2004, Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 13th International Triennial, ‘Nation and Imagination: The Changing Commonwealth’, 4-9 August 2004, Hyderabad, India.
8. Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR), 11th Annual International Conference for Students, University of Harvard and Macquarie University; Workshop on ‘Traditions and Transformations: Evolving Perspectives on Asia’, 15-18 August 2002, Sydney, Australia.
9. Workshop on ‘Postcolonial Literatures’ by Ms. Sharmila Sen, Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Harvard University, English Department of BRAC University, Dhaka, 2001.
10. A short course in ‘Art Appreciation’, Bishya Shahitya Kendro, 1999.
Book
Nusrat, Masrufa Ayesha. Celebration and Other Stories. Dhaka: Pathak Shamabesh, 2015. Print. (an anthology of translated short stories by contemporary women writers from Bangladesh)
Book Review
Nusrat, Masrufa Ayesha. “Idealistic Conviction.” Rev. of Faultlines, Ed. Niaz Zaman and Asif Farrukhi. Daily Star Literary Page. 26 April 2008. Print.
Entry in Literary Encyclopedia
Nusrat, Masrufa Ayesha. “Bangladeshi Literature in English.” South Asian Literature in English: An Encyclopedia, Ed. Jaina C. Sanga. Westport, CT, and London: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. 24-28. Print.
Literary Journal / Web Zine
International
“The Limits of Love” Trans. Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat and the DTC team, Bengal Lights, Summer 2015: 39-59. (Translation of Shaheen Akter’s short story “Bhalobashar Poridhi”)
“Furfuri’s Innocent Meal” Trans. Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat, The Missing Slate, Web. 21 February 2014. (Translation of Anwar Shahadat’s short story)
“Revenge” Trans. Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat, The Missing Slate, Web. 18 April 2013. (Translation of Papree Rahman’s short story)
“Annihilation” Trans. Masrufa Ayesha Nusrat, parabaas.com, Web. 20 April 2011. (Translation of Anwara Syed Haq’s short story)
Contribution in Anthology
International
"Pagli", Ed. Niaz Zaman. The Demoness: The Best Bangladeshi Short Stories 1971-2021. Aleph, 2021. (Translation of a short story by Anwara Syed Huq)
“The Circle” Ed. Pushpita Alam and Arunava Sinha. The Book of Dhaka. London and Dhaka: Comma Press and Bengal Lights. 2016. (Translation of a short story by Moinul Ahsan Saber)
National
“Dark Lucky, Fair Lucky”, Gantha Miscellany, Ed. Niaz Zaman. Dhaka: writersink, 2019, pp. 135- 145. (translation of Shahnaz Munni’s short story)
"The Frog Eater". The Woman Who Ate Cooking Pots: Selected Short Stories, Ed. Niaz Zaman. Dhaka: Bengal Publications, 2018, pp.79-82. (translation of Jahanara Naushin’s short story)
"The Veil of Darkness". The Woman Who Ate Cooking Pots: Selected Short Stories, Ed. Niaz Zaman, Dhaka: Bengal Publications, 2018, pp. 63-70. (translation of Jahanara Naushin’s short story)
“Nine Months in Agartala” Ed. Niaz Zaman and Razia Sultana Khan. Stories from the Edge: Personal Narratives of the Liberation War, Dhaka: Bengal Publications. 2017. 73-81. (A war narrative based on my mother’s experience of the liberation war of Bangladesh)
“The Velvet Dress” translated jointly in Bengali with Jharna Rahman, Ed. Niaz Zaman and Papree Rahman. Alice Munror Nirbachito Golpo. Dhaka: Moula Brothers. 2016. 187-199. (The original story “The Red Velvet Dress” is by Alice Munroe)
“The Disappearance of Gopal Maker” Ed. Niaz Zaman. Spiders and Other Stories. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2016. 130-142. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Saleha Choudhury)
“The Evening Mask” Ed. Niaz Zaman, A Temporary Sojourn and Other Stories. Dhaka: UPL, 2015. 122-126. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Nasreen Jahan)
“Girl Becomes Woman” Ed. Niaz Zaman, A Temporary Sojourn and Other Stories. Dhaka: UPL, 2015. 1-7. (Translation of a short story in a collection of Nasreen Jahan)
“Fairytales of Chorbhodrashon” Ed. Niaz Zaman, Lilies, Lanterns, Lullabies. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2014. 13-20. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Papree Rahman)
“Celebration” Ed. Niaz Zaman, Lilies, Lanterns, Lullabies. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2014. 45-57. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Papree Rahman)
“Revenge” Ed. Niaz Zaman, Lilies, Lanterns, Lullabies. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2014. 21-30. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Papree Rahman)
“Wise Woman and the Magic Mirror” Ed. Niaz Zaman, The Dawn of the Waning Moon. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2012. 75-85. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Jharna Rahman)
“I Watch the Horses” Ed. Niaz Zaman, The Dawn of the Waning Moon. Dhaka: writers.ink, 2012. 95-103. (Translation of a short story in a collection by Jharna Rahman)
“Pagli” Ed. Niaz Zaman. Writing Across Borders, Dhaka: IBCI and writers. ink. 2008. 135-146. (Translation of a short story by Anwara Syed Haq)
“The Photograph” Ed. Niaz Zaman. Under the Krishnachura Tree: Fifty Years of Bangladeshi Writing, Dhaka: UPL, 2004. 167-183. (Translation of a short story by Shahed Ali)
Reviewer / Editorial Board Member / Editor
Journal Reviewer
Spectrum: Journal of the Department of English, Special Centenary Issue, Volume (16), 2021
Editorial Board Member
Transcript: An e-journal of Literary and Cultural
Editor
Editor, The East West University Quarterly, Spring 2015 to Spring 2018
Supervisor / External of MA Thesis Defense
External
1. MA Thesis - Visual Culture, Literature, and Poetry ( Brac University)
2. MA Thesis - Americal Literature: The Catcher in the Rye (Brac University)
Supervisor
Momena Rahman Keya, Fantastic Women in Tahmima Anam’s Novels: Breaking Stereotypes, January 2018, MA Thesis, East West University
Publications
Karim, A., Kabilan, M. K., Ahmed, Z., & Reshmin, L. (2021). The Medium of Instruction in Bangladeshi Higher Education Institutions: Bangla , English , or Both ? Journal of Language, Identity & Education, 00(00), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348458.2020.1871353
Ahmed, Z., Sultana, S., & Manjet, K. (2020). Inconsistencies and Biases in English Language Testing in Bangladesh Civil Service Preliminary Examination. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 28 (S2), 247-262.
Karim, A., Ahmed, Z., Shahed, F. H., Rahman, M. M., & Mohamed, A. R. (2019). Challenges Affecting the Implementation of £50 Million In-Service Training Program for English Teachers in Bangladesh. The Qualitative Report, 24(10), 2457-2485.
Ahmed, Z (2018, November). Effects of Writing in a Class Blog on EFL Students’ Attitude towards Writing, In Proceeding of the 11th International Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies (RAIS) Conference (pp 339-345), Beltsville, Maryland, 20705, USA. ISSN 2578-8574, ISBN 978-1-945298-16-5.
Ahmed, Z. (2018). Rhetoric and realities of ICT applications in teaching English literature. In Angadi, D. T., Patil, S.D.G., & Kedaranath (Eds.), Indian Indigenous Insights into Language, Literature & Culture. 13-20. ISBN 978-81-931871-8-0.
Alam, F., Haque, M. S. and Ahmed, Z. (2018) (Eds.). English Studies and the Marketplace. Dhaka: East West University. https://www.ewubd.edu/storage/app/media/English%20Dept/2018-english-studies-and-the-marketplace.pdf
Uddin, J., & Ahmed, Z. (2015). Impact of the use of rubrics on the performance of students. Chaos, 3(1), 46-62. ISSN 2304-3792.
Ahmed, Z. (2014). Writing in a class blog: Why, when and how. In Karunakaran, T. (Ed.) English Language Teaching in the Twenty First Century: Issues and challenges. 38-54. ISBN 978-955-659-437-9.
Ahmed, Z. & Karunakaran, T. (2013). Teaching writing: an analysis of the writing tasks used at East West University in Bangladesh. Languages in India, 13 (3), 103-117. ISSN 1930-2940.
Karunakaran, T. & Ahmed, Z. (2013). Teaching writing. International Journal of English Language and Literature, 55-61. ISSN 2347-2642.
Ahmed, Z. (2012). [Review of the book Teacher training essentials by C. Thaine]. ELTAI Journal, 8, 100-102. ISSN 2250-317X.
Workshops and Training
Attended a three-day-long training conducted by British Council, Dhaka on writing teaching materials for teaching English to displaced Rohingya children in March 2019..
Conducted a day-long Training of Trainers (ToT) session for a project by British Council, Dhaka with English language teachers of displaced Rohingya children in Kutupalong Rohingya Refugee Camp, Cox’s Bazaar on 26th February, 2019 .
Attended a two-day-long workshop on Training of Trainers (ToT) organized by British Council, Dhaka on 11-12 March, 2019.
Conducted a workshop on teaching Academic Writing at the Secondary School level in University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh in September 2018.
Completed a thirteen-day training program on Language Documentation in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh in December 2012.
Conducted a workshop on teaching Writing Skills in East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh in November 2012.
Participated in a five-day workshop on Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation conducted by British Council, Hyderabad, India in March 2012.
Conducted a one-day workshop on Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation for research scholars in English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India in March 2012.
Conducted a two-day-long workshop for teachers of spoken English in SpeakWell, Mumbai, India in February 2012.
Attended a five-day workshop on Capacity Building for Research Methodology conducted by Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, India in March 2011.
Conferences and Seminars
The following papers have been presented in conferences and seminars:
‘How EFL Undergraduate Learners Prepare for Oral Presentations: Voices from Bangladesh’ at the ELT SUMMIT 2020 organized by International Society for Educational Leadership (ISEL) held online on June 27-28, 2020.
‘Effects of Writing in a Class Blog on EFL Students’ Attitude towards Writing’ at the 11th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences held at Johns Hopkins University, USA on November 19-20, 2018.
‘Rhetoric and Realities of ICT Applications in Teaching English Literature’ at the 1st International Conference on Language, Literature, Society & Culture: Interdisciplinary Perspective organized by SSKB College, Karnataka, India in February 26-27, 2018.
‘Mobile Dictionary Use among the Undergraduate Students of English: An exploratory study’ in Independent University, Bangladesh at the 8th BELTA International Conference in January 12-14, 2018.
‘Examining Interactive Multimedia Digital Content for Primary Level English Language Education in Bangladesh’ at the IML International Conference in November, 2017.
‘Impacts of teaching speaking skills in a flipped classroom: A study of ESL instructors at tertiary level in Malaysia’ at the East West University national conference on New Media and Identity Formation in January 2017.
‘Teaching and learning to use technology in ELT: An action research’ at the International Conference on Learning, Teaching, and Student Success (ICLTSS) organized by Montana State University, USA on 3-5 November, 2016.
‘Inconsistencies and biases in English language testing in Bangladesh Civil Service preliminary examination’ as an invited plenary speaker at the international conference on "Pluralism and Multiculturalism in Teaching and Research of English Language and Literatures" organized by Department of English, Vellore Institute of Technology, India on 15-16 April, 2016.
‘Effects of teacher-on-student’ bullying on students’ attitude towards learning’ at the Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) national conference in September 2015.
‘On arriving at a list of most useful sub-technical vocabulary for academic engineering reading and writing: a corpus-based study’ at the 31st All-India Conference of Linguistics, held at University of Hyderabad in December 2009.
‘Teaching academic writing at East West University: anomalies in text selections and task design’ at the 1st International ESL EFL Conference and 6th Annual Conference of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English, held at Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth in November 2009.
‘Eng 101: Linguistic Description and Pedagogic Prescriptions’ at the department seminar held at the Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh in May 2007.
Journal Publication
International
- Shanta S.A., Jahan I., Mahmud S.S., (2024). Prospects of Incorporating Documentaries and Film Clips in the English Curriculum. Journal of Legal Ethical and Regulatory Issues 27(5) 1-16.
- Jahan, I. (2018). "Comparative Studies on Films: Scopes of Digital Humanities”. Asian Journal of English Studies (AJES), 7. (1). 175-183.
- Jahan, I. (2017). “Novel: Death or Resurrection of Storytelling”. South Asian Review, 38. (2). 89-101.
- Jahan, I. (2016). “Documentation of History through Storytelling”. International Journal on English Language, Literature and Translation Studies (IJELR), Vol.3. Issue.4 (Oct-Dec.), P. 500-508. ISSN: 2395-2628 Print, 2345-9451(online).
- Jahan, I. (2012).“Nationalism, Syncretism, and the Enforcers of History”. Asian Conference on Literature, P. 884-894. ISSN: 2186-229X, http://www.iafor.org/acah_proceedings.html.
- Jahan, I. (2012). “The Art of Existence and the Care of the Self in Family Ties”. Language, Literature and Linguistics, P 288-293. ISSN: 2251-3566.
National
- Jahan, I. (2010). “Real and Symbolic Unable to Bridge the Gap between the World and Richard Wright”. Harvest: Jahangirnagar Study of Language and Literature, Vol-25, P. 99-109, ISSN 17298326.
- Jahan, I. (2015). An Existential Reading of Family Ties. East West Journal of Humanities. Vol.5, P 24-32. ISSN 2074-6628.
Conference & Seminars
- Israt Jahan. “Untying the Ties in Family Ties”. International Conference on Locating Latin American Literature, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, 24-25 May 2009.
- Israt Jahan. “Reading Fanon and Wright Today: Violence, master-Slave Dichotomy, and the Negro Question”. 3rd International Conference on Pedagogy and Activism Now. East West University, Dhaka, 11-12 December 2009.
- Israt Jahan. “Latin American Way of life”. International Postgraduate Conference 2012 on Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, 25-26 May 2012.
- Israt Jahan. ‘The Art of Existence and the Care of the Self in Family Ties”. 1st Annual International Conference on Language, Literature and Linguistics (L3 2012), Fort Canning, Singapore, 9-10 July 2012.
- Israt Jahan. “Nationalism, Syncretism, and the Enforcers of History”. 2nd Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, Virtual presentation, Osaka, Japan, 2012.
- Israt Jahan. “Novel: Death/ Resurrection of Storytelling?” International Conference on Diasporas and Diversities: Teaching English in a Changing World, IUB, Dhaka, 5-7 November, 2015.
- Israt Jahan. “Encoding and Decoding Myth”. 4th International Conference on English Studies and the Marketplace. East West University, Dhaka, 19-20 February 2016.
- Israt Jahan. “Comparative Studies on Films: Scopes of Digital Humanities”. 6th International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Anudh, Pune, India, 15-17 December 2017.
- Israt Jahan. "‘Trans-creation by Adaptation: An observation on Shatranj ki Khiladi’. 5th International Conference on Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation. East West University, Dhaka, 25-26 January 2019.
- Israt Jahan. "A Silver-screen Screening of Partition of 1947”. A Two-Day International Conference on Borders, Diasporas, and Multilingualism in English Studies. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet. 7-8 January 2022.
- Israt Jahan. “Alternative Archive to Teach History and Trauma through Literature”. International Conference on Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, American International University, Bangladesh. 12-13 January 2022.
- Israt Jahan. “Prospects of the Study of Documentaries and Film Clips in the Curriculum of ELT in Bangladesh”. 20th ASIATEFL - 68th TEFLIN - 5th INELTAL 2022 Indonesia. 5-7 August 2022.
- Israt Jahan. "‘Appropriating the Past’: A Critical Reading of “The Chess Player” and The Chess Player". 6th International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC), English Language Studies, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia. 1st and 2nd December 2022.
- Israt Jahan. "Space and Human Psyche: The Partition of 1947 in the Reels of Tanvir Mokammel." Three-Day International Young Researchers' Conference organised by the Department of English Literature, School of Literary Studies, EFL University, Hyderabad from 26-28 April 2023.
- Israt Jahan. "Looking Glass Border in Bishorjon and Bijoya. International Memory Studies Conference Memory, Ecology, Sustainability held on 20-22 September 2023 at Chennai, India.
- Israt Jahan. "Understanding Past through the Lens of Present: Memory and Flashback in Ganguli's Bishorjon and Bijoya". Seminar Series Rhizome, Department of English East West University, 26 October 2023.
- Israt Jahan. “The Looking Glass Border in Bishorjon and Bijoya”. International Conference on Film Studies (ICFS—24), Research Fora, Sydney, Australia. 22-23 February, 2024.
- Israt Jahan. “A Critical Study of Rajkahini: Affective Pedagogy to Teach Human Dimension of History”. Critical-Affective Pedagogy for Bangladesh: Teaching Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and Communication in English Studies. Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, 24 and 25 May 2024.
Book Chapters
1. Jahan, Israt. “Short Story vs Film: A Critical Reading of “The Game of Chess” and The Chess Player”. English Literature: Texts, Contexts and Media. Edited by Dr. Suruchi Sharma and Dr. Kusum Kanger. Rudra Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2023, pp 70-79, ISBN: 978-93-92108-53-2.
Journal Publication
International:
- Islam, FS Pamela (2021), Using Cartoon: An integrative approach to teaching multiculturism and second language, Asian Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Education, vol. 1, no. 1. pp. 53-61.
- Islam, FS Pamela (2020), The Use of Multimedia and its Impact on Bangladeshi EFL Learners at Tertiary Level, International Journal of Language Education IJoLE, vol. 4, no.1, DOI: https://doi.org/10.26858/ijole.v4i2.12150.
- Islam, FS Pamela (2018), Facebook and Students’ Sub-standard English: A context of Bangladesh, International Journal of Language Education IJoLE, vol.2, no.1, DOI: 10.26858/ijole.v2i1.5001.
- Islam, FS Pamela (2017), Note-taking of English Lessons at Tertiary Level: A context of Bangladesh, International Journal of Language Education IJoLE, vol.1, no.2, pp. 1-7. ISSN (Print) 2548-8457.
National:
- Islam, FS Pamela (2015), Teaching Writing Skills in ESL and EFL Settings: A theoretical consideration, February 2012 to August 2013 issue of The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics, vol.5-6, no. 9-12, pp.113-126.
- Islam, FS Pamela (2012) EFL Learning Online: A case of South Asia, February 2010 issue of The Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics, vol.3, no. 5, pp.137-153.
- Islam, FS Pamela & Islam, W (December 2010) Globalization, English Hegemony and Cultural Imperialism: The Bangladesh context, in Journal of SUB, vol.2, pp.9-24.
Paper Presented in International Conference:
- Islam, FS Pamela & Islam, W (2009) ESL Materials and Cultural Imperialism: A case of Bangladesh, presented at East West University International Conference on Empire and English Studies- Dec 11-12, 2009.
Journal Publication
Hasan, S. N. (2017). Comics and Graphic Novels: Counter Narratives to Cultural Products. Crossings, 8, 68-77.
Hasan, S. N. (2016). Woody Allen’s Auteurism: Adaptation as Production in Blue Jasmine. Harvest, 31, 45-56.
Hasan, S. N. (2017). Elisa Allen: Steinbeck’s Unconventional Portrayal of the Female Character in “The Chrysanthemums”. International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies, 4(1), 55-59.
Hasan, S. N. (2014). Teaching Vocabulary through Collaboration: Students as Independent Readers. Journal of Education and Practice, 5(13), 60-68.
Conference Presentations
7th Annual Texas Graduate Liberal Studies Symposium
Hosted by Rice University and Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
July 29, 2023
“Secular, Liberal Humanism and the Conundrum of Citizenship”
PAMLA 119th Annual Conference, November 10-13, 2022
Los Angeles, California
“Artificial friends and the collapse of Humanity”
Sigma Tau Delta Southern Regional Conference, October 22, 2022
Hosted by the Alpha Upsilon Phi chapter at the University of North Georgia
“‘Of the Sorrow Songs’: Du Bois and Black Folk Songs”
14th Annual Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference: Where are we going? Human, cultural, environmental, and technological effects of human displacement in the Anthropocene Epoch, April 15-16, 2022
Organized by The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
“Happiness and an Enchanted Living”
The 13th Annual Research, Art & Writing Graduate Student Conference, February 12, 2022: "Reality, Reflection, and Retrospection"
Organized by The Arts & Humanities Association of Graduate Students, The University of Texas at Dallas
“Exit West and the Magic Doors: A Home Away from Home”
SCMLA 78th Annual Conference, October 7-9, 2021
Held in Houston, Texas
“G. M. Hopkins and Bridging of the Enchantment and Disenchantment”
The Transatlantic History Conference: Spectacle and Power in the Transatlantic World
THSO 2021, October 1-3, 2021
Organized by The Transnational History Student Association at UT Arlington
“Pauline Hopkins and the Spectacle of Meroe”
Sinha, T.S.(2014). Acquisition of the Non-generic Uses of English Definite Article by Adult ESL Learners. Language in India,14(2), 224-245.
Sinha, T.S. (2018). Focus on form in second language teaching. BELTA Journal, 2(1), 78-91.
Journal Publications
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2021). Epiphany of Woolf: Close Reading of the Last Four Paragraphs of A Room of One‘s Own. Cross Current Int J Peer Reviewed J Human Soc Sci, 7(1), 41-44. Print.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2017). “SEXISM AND VARIATIONS IN THE USE OF LANGUAGE”. International Journal of Advanced Research (ISSN 2320-5407), Vol. 5, Issue 12, December, p. 1136-1144. Web.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2017). “USE OF LANGUAGE OF THE THIRD GENDER IN BANGLADESH: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY”. International Journal of Advanced Research and Review (ISSN 2455-7277), Vol. 2, Issue 8, August, p. 31-35. Web.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2016). "The HeleNeo". International Journal of English: Literature, Language and Skills (ISSN 2278-0742), Vol. 5, Special Issue 1, p. 23. Web.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2015). “Diasporic Comparison: The Namesake and Brick Lane”.Critical Essays on Indian Diaspora (ISBN 978-81-7273-966-9), New Delhi: Authorspress. p. 103-117. Print.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2015). “The Urge (A Sonnet)”. The Expression: An International Multi-Disciplinary e-Journal (ISSN 2395-4132), Vol. 1, Issue 3, June, p. 101. Web.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2015). “Gradual Shift in Treatment of the Character of ‘Ravan’ of the Ramayana”. International Journal on Studies in English Language and Literature (ISSN 2347-3126), Vol. 3, Issue 5, May. p. 32-40. Print.
Sharif, Chowdhury O., and Tanusri Dutta (2013). “Mother or monster: A postcolonial study of two pathological women in postcolonial literature”. International Journal of English and Literature (ISSN 2141-2626), Vol. 04, Num. 05, July. p. 210-216. Web.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2013). “Browning’s Logue: Mono or “Despo””. RABINDRA JOURNAL (ISSN 2477-1714), Vol. 08, Issue 01, Feb. p. 211-217. Print.
Sharif, Chowdhury O. (2013). “Indo-Anglian Poetry: An Image House”. Interactions: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (ISSN 2277-3940), Vol. 02, Issue 01, Jan. p. 66-73. Print.
Book Chapter
Rabbi, M.T.A., & Kabir, M.M.N. (2014). Literature review in Applied Linguistics: A conceptual framework. In T. Karunakaran (Ed.), English language teaching in the twenty first century: Issues and challenges (pp. 138-158). Colombo: Kumaran Book House.
Conference Presentation
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2023, May). Classroom Code-switching in an EFL Context: Teachers' Perceptions. Paper presented at the 1st Istanbul Medipol Language School Conference on Social-Emotional Learning and Cultural Competence, Istanbul, Turkey.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2021, March). Teachers’ perceptions to the higher secondary English textbook in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Virtual.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2018, April). The use of CALL resources for EFL vocabulary development. Paper presented at the Ohio University CALL Conference, Athens, OH, USA.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2018, March). Shift to multidimensional syllabus: EFL context. Paper presented at the West Virginia TESOL Conference, Shepherdstown, WV, USA.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2015, July). Krashen’s Monitor Model theory: A critical perspective. Paper presented at the 3rd European Conference on Language Learning, Brighton, UK.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2015, January). Teaching vocabulary: Putting theory into practice. Paper presented at the Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) International Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2014, August). An apology for multidimensional syllabus at the HSC level in Bangladesh. Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on ELT, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Journal Article
Rabbi, M.T.A., & Jwa, S. (2021). Examining the current English textbook in Bangladesh: Critical scrutiny from a teacher's perspective. Foreign Languages Education, 28(3), 103-131.
Book Review
Rabbi, M.T.A. (2022). Understanding, Evaluating and Conducting Second Language Writing Research. BELTA Journal, 6(1), 1-3.
Journal Publication
- Jan, Mohammad Hasan (2013). Room Nineteen: A Room of Susan’s Own. The Eastern University Journal, 05(01), ISSN 1998-7889, 1-5.
- Jan, Mohammad Hasan (2012). The Potential Resurrection in Fire on the Mountain. Harvest: Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, 27(2011-12), ISSN 1729-8326, 25-41.
Conference Presentation
- Mohammad Hasan Jan. “Hearing the Ecosubaltern Voices from Bangladesh: An Ecocritical Reading of Garo and Chakma Poetry” EmergencE/Y. Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) 2021 Virtual Conference. 26 July, 2021 to 06 August 2021.
- Mohammad Hasan Jan. “Can the Subaltern Teach?” International Conference on Ecocriticism and Environmental Studies. Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom. 20 October, 2018.
- Mohammad Hasan Jan. “Can the Refugees Teach?” International Conference on Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse of (Dis)location and (Dis)placement. University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. 22-23 December, 2017.
- Mohammad Hasan Jan. “Room Nineteen: A Room of Susan’s Own” International Conference on Thinking Other-Wise With/In English Studies. Jahangirnagar University. 13-14 May 2011
Workshop Participation
1. Participated in a two days workshop on Public Writing and Civic Engagement organized by the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE):
Handley, George. Public Writing and Civic Engagement Workshop (Session 1). Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. 29 January, 2021.
Lioi, Anthony. Public Writing and Civic Engagement Workshop (Session 2). Association for the Study of Literature and Environment. 26 February, 2021.
2. Participated in a workshop titled “Postcolonized” conducted by Dr. Sharmila Sen, Editor-at-Large, Harvard University Press, held at the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University on 14 and 15 May, 2011.
3. Attended a workshop on Translation Skills conducted by Dr. William Radice, Senior Faculty of Language and Culture, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London; held at the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University on March 20, 2008.
Webinar Attendance
1. León, Ana María and Andrew Herscher. The Petro-Biennial Complex: Petro-Colonialism, Petro-Philanthropy, and Petro-Culture. Penn Program in Environmental Humanities (PPEH). University of Pennsylvania. 17 March 2021.
2. Winters, Joseph. Recovering the Irrecoverable: Blackness, Melancholy, and the Duplicities that Bind. English Department. Duke University. 22 January 2021.
3. Wiggin, Bethany. A Conversation with Dr. Bethany Wiggin. Environmental Humanities Network. University of Toronto. 4 December 2020.
4. Lester, Neal, et al. Environmental Justice: Indigenous Communities. Project Humanities. Arizona State University. 18 November 2020.
5. McClintock, Anne. Monster: A Fugue in Fire and Ice. High Meadows Environmental Institute. Princeton University. 3 November, 2020.
Academic Research
MA Dissertation
Title of the Thesis: “Representation of Religion in African Postcolonial Literature”.
Supervisor: Mashrur Shahid Hossain, Professor and former Chair, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka- 1342.
Undergraduate Research Paper
Title of the Research Paper: “The Concept of Self in Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself and in Select Baul Songs”
Supervisor: Mashrur Shahid Hossain, Professor and former Chair, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka- 1342.
Publications
1. Title of the Paper: "Decolonizing the Biocolonial Mind: Rebooting Resistance against Ecopolitics and Biocoloniality in Select Indigenous Female Poets’ Poetry in Bangladesh". Proceedings of the second annual AEGS conference (p. 46-75) on Struggle and/as Transformation held at Marquette University, the USA, on April 18-20, 2023. https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=aegs2023
2. Title of the Paper: "Knowing or ‘Knowing’ the Self?: Critical Relational Thinking about the Third ‘I’ in Select Poetry of Jibanananda Das and Rudolf Fabry". Name of the Journal: Bridging (Vol. I, Issue V, December 2022, forthcoming).
3. Title of the Paper: "Baul Gaan o Er Shangketik Bhasha" ("Baul Songs and Its Coded Language"). Name of the Journal: Tottotalash (Vol. I, Issue V, July 2022, pp. 147-177). https://www.rokomari.com/book/263647/totto-talash-5
4. Title of the Paper: “Wo/man(~hood/~liness) in Baul Tradition: Wo/men ≠ What We Mean?” Name of the Journal: Critical Space (Vol. VI, Issue II, February 2018, pp. 25-33). http://www.criticalspacejournal.in/pdf/critical_space_feb_2018.pdf
International Conferences
1. Name of the Conference: New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture (10th International Conference)
Title of the paper: “Rereading the English Translations of the Enigmatic Words of Selected Baul Songs: A Critical Observation”
Date: June 10-16, 2024
Place: Department of Philology, the Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian Academy in Płock, Poland.
2. Name of the Conference: New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture (10th International Conference)
Title of the paper: “A Sociolinguistic Reading of Selected Bangladeshi Baul Songs and a Modest Proposal for Comparative Sociolinguistics”
Date: June 10-16, 2024
Place: Department of Philology, the Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian Academy in Płock, Poland.
3. Name of the Conference: Critical-Affective Pedagogy for Bangladesh: Teaching Language, Literature, Cultural Studies and Communication in English
Studies
Title of the paper: “Benefits of Distraction in Classroom: Critical-Affective Pedagogy in Focus”
Date: May 24-25, 2024
Place: Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
4. Name of the Conference: From Stabat Mater to Mater Movens: Analysing Discourses on Motherhood
Title of the paper: "‘Stepmonsters’ and the Good Mother Myths in Bengali Folktales: Thakumar Jhuli (1907) in Focus"
Date: July 8-9, 2023
Place: Birkbeck, University of London
5. Name of the Conference: New Dimensions of Philology: Languages, Literature, Linguistics, Culture (9th International Conference)
Title of the paper: "A Critical Analysis of the Two Translated Versions of the Quran in Bangladesh: Can the Translators Speak?"
Date: May 29- June 04, 2023
Place: Department of Philology, Faculty of Humanities and Information Technology Sciences of The Mazovian Academy in Płock, Poland.
6. Name of the Conference: 2023 AEGS Social Justice Conference: Struggle and/as Transformation
Title of the paper: “Decolonizing the Biocolonial Mind: Rebooting Resistance against Ecopolitics and Biocoloniality in Select Indigenous Female Poets’
Poetry in Bangladesh”
Date: April 18-19, 2023
Place: Marquette University, USA.
7. Name of the Conference: Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now
Title of the paper: “Affective Ecofeminism in Indigenous Female Poets’ Poetry in Bangladesh”
Date: November 4-5, 2022.
Place: North South University.
8. Name of the Conference: ICSL 2020: Gender, Health, Information and Environment
Title of the paper: “An ‘Oblique’ Ecocriticism in Baul Songs”
Date: February 27-29, 2020.
Place: East West University.
9. Name of the Conference: Transgressing/Transcending Borders through Translation
Title of the paper: “Translating ‘mysteriums’ of Baul Songs: Discourses and Debates on Skopos and Freedom in Translation Studies”
Date: January 25-26, 2019.
Place: East West University.
10. Name of the Conference: Language, Literature, Culture and Politics: Celebrating Karl Marx’s Bicentenary
Title of the paper: “Green Politics in Mountain Literature in Bangladesh”
Date: November 30-December 1, 2018.
Place: University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
11. Name of the Conference: Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse of (Dis)location and (Dis)placement
Title of the paper: “Migration, Public Imagination and the Stories of the ‘godogs’”
Date: December 22-23, 2017.
Place: University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB).
12. Name of the Conference: Redrawing Gender Boundaries in Literary Terrains
Title of the Paper: “The Mystic People’s Woman(hood): Women ≠ What ‘We’ Mean?”
Date: 18-19 May, 2017.
Place: BRAC University, Dhaka
13. Name of the Conference: The River: Flows of Innovation and Exchange in the Global(i)zed English World
Title of the paper: “Of the Bauls, Baul Songs and Baul Tatwa: Knowing the Self”
Date: March 3-4, 2016.
Place: North South University.
Seminars
Title of the Paper: “The Treatment of Women in Baul Tradition”
Date: August 22, 2017.
Place: East West University.
Title of the Paper: “Rereading Edward Said’s Representations of the Intellectual in the Context of Bangladesh: De-fining the Intellectuals and Their Intellectuality”.
Date: April 08, 2015.
Place: East West University.
Workshops
Title of the Paper: “Of Baul Philosophy and Baul Tradition: The Bauls, Baul Songs and Baul Tatwa”
Date: November 02, 2015
Place: East West University
Title of the Paper: “Introducing Postcolonial Literatures: African Literatures in Focus”
Date: July 01, 2015
Place: East West University