Dr. Shamsad Mortuza
Biography
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Post Doctoral Fellowship | University of California Los Angeles UCLA | United States | 2013 |
| Ph.D. | English | Birkbeck College, University of London | United Kingdom | 2008 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | CELTA | St Giles College | United Kingdom | 2002 |
| Masters | American Indian Studies | University of Arizona | United States | 1999 |
| Masters | English | Jahangirnagar University | Bangladesh | 1991 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro-VC | University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh | Dhaka | Sep 2019 | Sep 2022 |
| Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | Jun 2015 | Present |
| Associate Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | Jun 2011 | Jun 2015 |
| Faculty | Jahangirnagar University | Dhaka | Mar 1994 | May 2011 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Cultural Studies and Literary Theory | ||
| British literature | Contemporary British Poetry, Romanticism |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Idea of Preservation of Nature in Romanticism and Privitivism | Shamsad Mortuza | Zahid Alam Munna | 2024 | ||
| Ph.D. | An Ecocritical Reading of Amitav Ghosh's Fiction | Shamsad Mortuza | NA | Aliya Shahnoor Amin | 2024 | |
| Ph.D. | Revisiting the Subaltern in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things | Shamsad Mortuza | Golam Gaus Al Quaderi | Postcolonialism |
2021 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Resilience | Country Report | Climate Strategies | 01-01-2024 | 24-10-2024 | |
| Higher Education | “Evaluating Secondary School English Language Teaching and Learning in Bangladesh” | State Government | 01-01-1970 | 11-12-2022 | |
| Short videos on online teaching | Hollings Center Small Grant | Hollings Center, USA | 01-01-1970 | ULAB | |
| Country report on Just Transition | Just Transition in Bangladesh | Climate Strategies, UK | 01-01-1970 | ULAB |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | Meghnadhbadh Rohoshya Revealed. Plenary paper. Marx Bicentenary Conference, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, October 2018. |
| 2 | From Sweden with Love: The Wonderful World of Astrid Lindgren. Conference on the Children’s Literature. February, 2010. |
| 3 | En Route to Springfield in A Streetcar Named Desire. “Tennessee Williams in his Centenary”. University of Dhaka, September 25, 2011. |
| 4 | Tradition, Transition and Transformation in Don DeLillo’s White Noise. Fulbright Alumni Association of Bangladesh, Lakeshore Hotel, Banani, Dhaka, November 21, 2009. |
| 5 | Benjamin Zephaniah’s Dub Poetry. Colonial and Postcolonial Context and Caribbean Literature. BRAC University, August 2009. |
| 6 | English Studies: A Master-Slave Discourse, Conference on Pedagogy, East West University, December 2009. |
| 7 | Revisiting the Silk Route. Theme Paper presented at the 8thBangladesh China India Myanmar-BCIM Forum Conference, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, July 23 -24, 2009 |
| 8 | “Apocalypse in Brian Catling’s Cyclops Cycle.” Paper presented at the Religion and Religiosity Conference 2005, University of Leicester, UK. [abstract published] |
| 9 | “Allen Ginsberg and Blake’s Songs: Mutation of Romanticism.” Paper presented at the Mutation and Mutability Conference, 2004 at the Institute of Advanced Studies, University of London, UK. [abstract published] |
| 10 | “Slouching into the Bethlehem: Off-centering Devices in Salman Rushdie.” Paper presented at the Reading English Conference 1997, British Council, Dhaka. [published by UPL as conference proceedings]. |
| 11 | “The Raw: The Cooked:: Tragedy : Comedy” Paper presented at the Western Social Science (WSSA) Conference 1999, Fortworth, Dallas, Texas., April 24-26, 1999. |
| 12 | “Time in Navajo Trickster Stories.” Paper presented at the Applied Anthropology Conference 1999, Tucson, Arizona [abstract published] |
| 13 | The Curriculum Ghost and English Studies in Bangladesh, Paper presented at the Eighth International Language and Development Conference, organized by British Council, Hotel Sonargaon, Dhaka, June 23 -25, 2009. |
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| 15 | ”Tagore’s Orientalism: A Reflection”. Keynote paper presented at the BUP annual seminar. Bangladesh University of professionals, Dhaka, March 28, 2019. |
| 16 | Meghnadhbadh Rohoshya Revealed. Plenary paper. Marx Bicentenary Conference, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, October 2018. |
| 17 | "Translation Studies: Theory and Praxis/ Comparative Literature |
| 18 | Beyond Kalapani: A Reading of Tagore’s Letters from Java. Intersection of Culture in the Indian Ocean Region, IORA Academic Council Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia. October 10-11, 2016. [abstract published] |
| 19 | Enhancing Mobility in Higher Education in the BIMSTEC Region, BIMSTEC conference, Chulalongkorn University, May 2017. [abstract published] |
| 20 | “Thingifying Shakespeare after Shakespeare” plenary talk given at the international conference titled, “401 years after Shakespeare: Shifting Paradigms from the Shakespearean Human to the Post-human,” organized by The Heritage College and the Shakespeare Society of Eastern India. Nov24-25, 2017, Heritage College, Kolkata. [abstract published] |
| 21 | “Tagore’s Java Diaries” keynote paper presented at Rabindranath Tagore and Travel Conference, Visva Bharati, March 29-30, 2019. |
| 22 | “From Modernism to Late Modernism: A Shamanic Journey.” Keynote paper. “Rereadiong British Poetry across Time and Space Conference.” March 12-13, 2019, University of Gour Banga, Malda, West Bengal, India. |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Center for China Studies | Director | 2023-24 | |
| 2 | Fulbright Alumni Association | President | 2023-24 |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Shamsad Mortuza (Ed.)
Voice of the Vortex.
Dhaka, Bangladesh: National Implementation Committee, 2021 .
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Shamsad Mortuza (Ed)
The Greatest Bengali of the Millennium.
Dhaka: ULAB Press, Bangladesh, 2021 .
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| 3 |
Shamsad Mortuza (Eds.)
Mosques of Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Nymphea Publications, 2018 .
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| 4 |
Shamsad Mortuza (Eds)
Selected Poems of Kamal Chowdhury.
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Bengal Lights Books, 2017 .
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Shamsad Mortuza
I Spy.
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Adorn Publishers, 2013 .
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Shamsad Mortuza
Barkode.
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Adorn Publishers, 2013 .
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Shamsad Mortuza
The Figure of the Shaman in Contemporary British Poetry.
London: Cambridge University Press, 2013 .
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| Book Section | |
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Shamsad Mortuza "Rabindranath Tagore's Ecology of Education."
Rabindranath Tagore's Journey as an Educator. MA Quayum London: Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2022 157-171 .
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| 2 |
Shamsad Mortuza "He gave to misery all he had--a tear."
Commemorating Sheikh Mujib. Shamsad Mortuza Ed. Dhaka: ULAB Press, Bangladesh, 2021 166-172 .
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| 3 |
Shamsad Mortuza "Grace under Fire: A Reflection on the State of English Studies in Bangladesh."
The Routledge Handbook of English Language Education inBangladesh (. Shaila Sultana et al. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2020 173-185 .
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| 4 |
Shamsad Mortuza and Quazi Mustain Billah, Fakrul Alam, M Shahidullah, Shamsad Mortuza, Zulfeqar Haider, Goutam Roy, Syed Manzoorul Islam, Shaheen M Kabir "English for Today."
Dhaka: NCTB, 2013 .
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Shamsad Mortuza "“Comparing Cultures and Issues on Methodology,”."
Nribigyan. Savar, Dhaka: Department of Anthropology, Jahangirnagar University, 2000 .
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| 6 |
Shamsad Mortuza "“Slouching into the Bethlehem: A Reading of Salman Rushdie’s Historiographic Metafiction.”."
Rethinking English. UPL, 2000.. Eds. Niaz Zaman and Fakrul Alam Dhaka: UPL, 2000 .
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| Journal Article | |
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Shamsad Mortuza : The Changing Shakespearescape in Bangladesh,
Borrowers and Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation , vol.16 , no.1 Arizona State University , pp.31-46 , 2024
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Shamsad Mortuza : Book Review: Mohammad A. Quayum and Md. Mahmudul Hasan (ed.). 2024. Bangladeshi Literature in English: Critical Essays and Interviews.,
Asiatic:IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature (impact factor:Q2 0.13) , vol.18 , no.1 IIUM , pp.143-148 , 2024
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Shamsad Mortuza : There is something at DU that never changes,
Journal of the Centre for English Teaching and Research, Dhaka University CETR, University of Dhaka , pp.144-148 , 2022
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Shamsad Mortuza : A New Reality For Bangladesh,
Crisis Response Journal, CRJ , vol.17 , no.1 CRJ , pp.88-89 , 2022
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Shamsad Mortuza : Fault Lines: Decolonizing Education,
The ACU Review The Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK , 2021
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Shamsad Mortuza : Naxalgia and “Madhu Chakra” in Meghnadhbodh Rohoshya: A Critical Review,
Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies , vol.Special Volume on Marx ULAB Press, Bangladesh , pp.54-66 , 2020
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Shamsad Mortuza : “Interview with Poet Kaiser Haq,” Vol.5, Spring 2016-17. pp. 151-156. [India],
Anekaant: A Journal of Polysemic Thought , vol.5 , no.Spring Tuljaram Chaturchand College of Arts, Science and Commerce(Autonomous), Baramati. , pp.151-156 , 2017
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Shamsad Mortuza : “Beyond ‘kalapani’ and Tagore’s search for a shared regional identity,
Journal of the Indian Ocean Region. Vol. 13.3. Routledge, , vol.13 , no.3 , 2017
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Shamsad Mortuza : “The Curious Case of Kafka’s Odradek,”,
Crossings , vol.5 ULAB Press, Bangladesh , 2015
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Shamsad Mortuza : "Nearing Singularity: Book Review.",
Crossings University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) , 2015
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| 11 |
Shamsad Mortuza : "Coyote and the Storyteller: Simon Ortiz Revisited.",
Bangladesh American Alumni Association (BAAS) Journal , no.Special Martin Luther King Issue, BAAS , 2014
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Shamsad Mortuza : Thomas Chatterton and Barry MacSweeney: The Influence of Anxiety.,
BRAC University Journal. , vol.Special Volume BRAC University , 2010
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Shamsad Mortuza : “The use of Land in Momaday’s House Made in Dawn and Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony.”,
Crossings , vol.1 University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh Journal , 2010
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Shamsad Mortuza : Thomas Chatterton and Barry MacSweeney: The Influence of Anxiety.,
BRAC University Journal. , vol.Special Volume Brac University , 2010
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| 15 |
Shamsad Mortuza : Maggie O’Sullivan: Freeing the Female Tongue from Male Traditions.,
Harvest , vol.25 Jahangirnagar University , 2009
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| 16 |
Shamsad Mortuza : Shamanic Poetry: Re-categorisation of Mythic Rationality,
The Jahangirnagar University Review Part C , vol.Vol. XX –XXI Jahangirnagar University , 2008
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Shamsad Mortuza : “J.H. Prynne’s The White Stones and Shamanism.”,
The Jahangirnagar Review Part C , vol.Vol. XVIII , 2007
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| 18 |
Shamsad Mortuza : “Allen Ginsberg and Blake’s Songs: Mutation of Romanticism.”,
The Jahangirnagar Review Part C , vol.Vol. XVII , 2006
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| 19 |
Shamsad Mortuza : "Contemporary British Poetry: An Overview.”,
Journal of Philosophy: A Cross-Disciplinary Inquiry. , vol.2 , no.4 Philosophical Society of Nepal , pp.12-17 , 2006
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| 20 |
Shamsad Mortuza : “Edward Said after Orientalism”,
Harvest , vol.20 Department of English Jahangirnagar University , 2005
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| 21 |
Shamsad Mortuza : “A Tale of Two Storytellers in Vargas Llosa’s The Storyteller”,,
Harvest , vol.15 Department of English Jahangirnagar University 2004-5. , 2005
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| 22 |
Shamsad Mortuza : “Allegory: A Romantic Reading Category.”,
Harvest. , vol.22 Vol.22.Department of English, Jahangirnagar University , 2005
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Shamsad Mortuza : “Nothing Made out of Nothing: A Reading of the Structure of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.”,
Theatre Studies, Department of Drama and Dramatics, Jahangirnagar University , 2000
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Shamsad Mortuza : Simon Ortiz’s Reconstruction of the Trickster Figure of American Southwest.,
The Jahangirnagar Review Part C , vol.X Jahangirnagar University , 1999
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Shamsad Mortuza : Writing Oral Traditions: Trickster Stories of American Southwest and Fairy Tales of Europe.,
Jahangirnagar University Review Part C , vol.CIX Jahangirnagar University , 1998
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Shamsad Mortuza : “Diane Glancy’s Cold and Hunger Dance”.,
Red Ink. American Indian Studies, University of Arizona , 1998
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Shamsad Mortuza : “The Sound of Silence: A Reading of Momaday’s House Made of Dawn”.,
Hrvest , vol.13 Department of English Jahangirnagar University , 1995
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Senior Visiting Fulbright Scholar | 2013 | United States | Postdoc for research on Occultism |
| International | Fulbright Scholarships | 1997 | United States | To do an MA in American Indian Studies |