Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
University of Dhaka

MA in English

 Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 

MA in English

 University of Chittagong

BA (Hons) in English

 University of Chittagong

Experience

Research

“The conflict between Form• and Content in T. S. Eliot‟s plays: Murder in the Cathedral and The Family Reunion in Horizon, English Department, Chittagong University, (1981 or 1982)

Ò†k·wcqv‡ii gÂ-†KŠkjÓ, Chittagong University Studies (1984?)

“Dr. Faustus and the Reclamation of Natural Science” in an English Department journal of Dhaka University

“An Assessment of Shiva Naipaul‟s Novels: The Chit-chit Gatherers and Fireflies,” in Harvest, Jahangirnagar University English Department Journal

“The Nature of Suffering• of Arthur Dimmesdale,” in Harvest, J. U. English Department journal (year?) 6. “Bengali Nationalism and the Language Question” in Politics and Culture: Essays in Honour of Serajul Islam Chowdhury, eds. Fakrul Alam and Firdous Azim (Department of English, D. U. 2002)

“Dhaka during the Liberation War,” jointly with Abu Md. Delwar Hossain in 400 Years of Capital Dhaka and Beyond: Vol. 1: Politics, Society: Administration (Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 2011)

“The Daughters in• Shakespeare‟s Plays” in Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies, Vol. 1, 2008

“The Imperial Design and Shakespeare,” in Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies, Vol 2, 2009

“Tagore and Shakespeare: A Comparative Study of their Views of Daughters as Reflected in their Works,” in Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies, Vol 3, 2010-11).

A review of The Essential Tagore, eds. Fakrul Alam and Radha Chakraborty, published in Kali-Kalam magazine, an excerpt of which was cited in the promotional entries of the book by Amazon.com.

 In recent years, the following articles have been published in several academic journals:

Premier Critical Perspective, Premier University, Chattoagram: So far three articles have been published in three volumes: “Shakespeare: Page and Stage,” “Tears Perchance Blood: A Study of Hamlet,” “The Tragic Death of Bangabandhu: Analyzed through a Shakespearean Trajectory,” and in Ideas: An International Journal published by City University, Dhaka: As many as four articles have been published, the latest one being: “The Heart is the Mouth: Traitorism versus Patriotism in Coriolanus; and in the Notre Dame University Journal titled Critical Insights two articles have been published: “The Equivocal Language of Macbeth,” and “A Study to show Lear more as a father than a king.”  

Award & Prizes

• Ekushey Puroshkar from Chittagong University in 1996 for the book, M‡í M‡í Bs‡iwR †kLv। 

• Awarded ‘Eminent Teacher and Poet’ from Ravindra Bharati Vishwabidyalay, Kolkata in 2015.

•  Chittagong City Corporation Ekushey Puroshkar for Literature  2015 

Seminars And Presentations

Abroad: 

• Shakespeare International Seminar, Karachi Pakistan, 1997. Title of the paper: “Shakespeare‟s Tragedies and the feminist criticism.

• Shakespeare International Seminar, New Delhi, 2003. Title of the Paper: “On Othello: Pragmatism Gone Awry.

• Shakespeare International Seminar, Pune, India, 2004. Title of the Paper: “Violence or Sacrifice? Rene Girard‟s Views Assessed”.

• International Conference on American Literature, Kolkata, 2005. Title of the Paper: “Interfacing two cultures: Hammock and Alam”.

• International Conference on American Literature, Nagorkote, Nepal, 2001. The Title of the Paper: “A Historical Perspective of Racism in America”. 

Domestic: 

• Innumerable seminars and presentations on such events as Tagore Anniversary or Nazrul Anniversary.

Area of Interests

• Mythology

• Philosophy

• History

• Critical Theory