Assistant Professor (Study Leave)
Zaynul Abedin
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Research profiles & links
Biography
I am now on leave, studying for my DPhil on Comparative Literature in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages at the University of Oxford.
My doctoral project at Oxford explores early modern English and French travel narratives, looking into the making of the authorial self in the works of the French and English travellers to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Bengal.
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Post Graduate Diploma | Persian A2 | Iran Culture Center, Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2023 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | DALF C1 in French | Ministère français de l'Education Nationale | France | 2018 |
| Masters | English Literature | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2012 |
| Bachelor | English | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2011 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | Portuguese | Oxford University Language Centre | United Kingdom | |
| Post Graduate Diploma | Spanish Nivel B1 | Institute of Modern Languages, DU | Bangladesh |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Assistant House Tutor | Bijoy Ekattor Hall | University of Dhaka | Aug 2022 | Sep 2024 |
| Part-Time Teacher | Department of French Language and Culture | Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka | Jul 2022 | Sep 2024 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of English | University of Dhaka | Sep 2020 | Present |
| Professeur de FLE | Alliance Française de Dhaka | 26 Mirpur Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205 | Jan 2020 | Mar 2024 |
| Part-time Lecturer | Department of Music, University of Dhaka | Dhaka 1000 | Jul 2016 | Jul 2022 |
| Part-time Lecturer | Department of Islamic Studies, University of Dhaka | Dhaka 1000 | Jul 2015 | Sep 2024 |
| Lecturer | Department of English, University of Dhaka | Dhaka 1000 | May 2015 | Sep 2020 |
| Lecturer | Department of English, East West University | A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh | Sep 2014 | May 2015 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| the making of the authorial self in the works of the French and English travellers to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Bengal | ||
| environmental and travel texts | ||
| the primacy of water in baroque Orientalism | ||
| Early modern English and French travel narratives | Early modern English and French travel narratives, medievalism, environmental travel texts, the Bay of Bengal, the primacy of water in baroque Orientalism, and the making of the authorial self in the works of the French and English travellers to seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Bengal |
Project/Research Supervision
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| 1 |
Zaynul Abedin
Le Rayonnement du Moyen Âge : La planète littéraire française qui peut s’apercevoir à l’œil nu.
Dhaka: Panjeree Publications Ltd., 2023 .
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Zaynul Abedin : "Nature in Federico García Lorca's Poetry",
Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies , vol.5 , no.2 Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang , pp.97-104 , 2022
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Zaynul Abedin : "Manichaeism in Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth: Its implication for postcolonial nation",
Philosophy and Progress , vol.LXXI-LXXII. , no.January-June, July-December. Govinda Chandra Dev Center, University of Dhaka , pp.153-177 , 2022
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Zaynul Abedin : Equivalences, Shifts and the Decision Process in Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah's French Translation of the Holy Qur'an,
Journal of Dr. Serajul Haque Islamic Research Center , vol.24-25 Dr. Serajul Haque Centre for Islamic Research, University of Dhaka , pp.227-248 , 2022
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Zaynul Abedin : "Maurice Druon’s Tistou and His Green Thumbs: A Leap from Egophilia to Ecophilia",
International Journal of Comparative Literature & Translation Studies , vol.10 , no.2 , pp.1-8 , 2022
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Zaynul Abedin : “The Magic Realist World of Mondo in Le Clézio’s Mondo and Other Stories”,
Spectrum, Journal of the Department of English, University of Dhaka , vol.16 , no.Special Centennial Issue Department of English, University of Dhaka , pp.207-217 , 2020
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Zaynul Abedin : Post-WWI Freedom in Translation and Modernism in Bengali Poetry,
The Arts Faculty Journal , vol.Vol. 7 (9, 10 and 11) , no.July 2013-June 2018 Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka , pp.161-170 , 2018
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Zaynul Abedin : Social Consciousness and Fictionality in R.K. Narayan’s Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories.,
The Dhaka University Studies , vol.71 (1) , no.June 2014 , 2017
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Zaynul Abedin : Police Violence in R K Narayan’s Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories.,
The Dhaka University Studies , vol.71 (2) , no.December 2014 , 2017
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | Princilpal Jajal Uddin Ahmed Memorial Gold Medal | 2012 | Bangladesh | For Highest CGPA in Masters in English Literature from the Department of English, University of Dhaka |
| Local | Fazlur Rahman Memorial Gold Medal | 2012 | Bangladesh | For Highest CGPA in Masters in English Literature from the University of Dhaka |
| Local | Khan Bahadur Aziz Uddin Ahmed Memorial Gold Medal | 2012 | Bangladesh | For Highest CGPA in Masters in English Literature from the University of Dhaka |
Name & designation
Zaynul Abedin
Assistant Professor (Study Leave)
Department
Department of English Faculty of Arts
Email
mzabedin@du.ac.bd