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Department of English (EWU) participated in “Of Nations and Narrations”

Sep 12, 2020

Department of English (EWU) participated in “Of Nations and Narrations”

Students of Department of English, East West University participated in the 6th DEH Inter- University Student Conference and Cultural Competition on September 03 - 04, 2020 arranged by Department of English and Humanities of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. The cultural team from East West University has won the Popular Choice Award. The theme of this year’s conference was “Of Nations and Narrations.” Both the conference and the cultural competition intended to commemorate the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation.

 Sadia Sulaiman, an 11th semester student of the Department of English, East West University presented her paper in this session. The title of her paper was “Portrait of a 19th Century Woman Through the Lens of 19th Century Writers: Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Rabindranath Tagore and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.” For the cultural competition, a group of ten students performed a drama titled “Who are you?” based on the theme of nation, narration and formation of individual identities. Both the conference and the cultural competition were held online.