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makhter@ru.ac.bd


DR. MASWOOD AKHTER
PROFESSOR
English

Education Summary  
MA (Dhaka), PhD (JNU, New Delhi) , Fulbright Scholar
Research Interest  
Postcolonial literatures and discourses, South Asian Writing in English, Cultural Studies, Diaspora Literature, Human Rights and Literary Studies
Level Institution Year
Doctoral
(PhD)		 Centre For English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2011

Experience in Rajshahi University

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2016-08-28 to English PROFESSOR
2016-03-01 to 2018-08-16 English Chairperson

Experience in other Organization/Institute

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2018-09-05 to 2019-05-15 Regis, Massachusetts, USA Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence

Book

1. Akhter, Maswood (with Abdullah Al Mamun) "Literature, History and Culture: Writings in Honour of Professor Aali Areefur Rehman." Department of English, Rajshahi University, 2014. ISBN 984-32-3542-8.

Published: March 2014
2. Akhter, Maswood "Musings Post Colonies." Rajshahi: Chinno, 2012. ISBN 978-984-33-4122-8.

Published: December 2012

Book Chapter

1. Akhter, Maswood "Portrayal of a Dystopic Dhaka: On Diasporic Fictional Reproduction of Bangladeshi Urbanity." Postcolonial Urban Outcasts:City Margins in South Asian Literature. Eds. Umme Al- Wazedi & Madhurima Chakraborty. London & New York: Routledge, 2017.pp.149-165. ISBN 978-1-138-67723-4.

Published: January 2017
2. Akhter, Maswood "On Doing Postcolonialism Or, How Shall We Negotiate Post-Colonial Colonialism." Literature, History and Culture: Writings in Honour of Professor Aali Areefur Rehman. Eds. Abdullah Al Mamun & Maswood Akhter. Department of English, Rajshahi University, 2014. pp.837-860. ISBN 984-32-3542-8.

Published: March 2014
3. Akhter, Maswood (with Tariq Ul Islam) "English in Bangladesh: An Interview with Professor Aali Areefur Rehman." Musings Post Colonies. Rajshahi: Chinno, 2012. pp. 329-350. ISBN 978-984-33-4122-8.

Published: December 2012
4. Akhter, Maswood "Bangladesh Revisited: A Monograph on Adib Khan’s Fiction." Musings Post Colonies. Rajshahi: Chinno, 2012. pp. 227-318. ISBN 978-984-33-4122-8

Published: December 2012
5. Akhter, Maswood "From Repression to Hegemony: Reading Swadeshyatra." Translating Power: Stories, Essays, Criticism. Ed. Saugata Bhaduri. New Delhi: Katha, 2009. pp. 125-132. ISBN 978-81-89934-24-8.

Published: December 2009

Journal

1. Akhter, Maswood (with Natasha Afrin) "Upon Texts and Times: Conversations Between Edward Said and Daniel Barenboim" Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh Vol. 61, No.1, pp.1-12. ISSN 1015-6836

Published: June 2022
2. Akhter, Maswood "Reading Texts: The Cultural Studies Perspective" The Bangla Academy Journal (Vol. 2), pp. 136-146

Published: December 2021
3. Akhter, Maswood "Language and Style of Sunetra Gupta’s Fictional Narratives" Studies in ELT and Applied Linguistics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. Vol.1, pp. 58-70. ISSN 2795-1871.

Published: December 2021
4. Akhter, Maswood (with Abu Yusuf) "Reception of Postcolonial Literature in the West: Ethno-Racial Issues" Ideas: A Journal of Literature, Arts and Culture Volume 6 pp. 97-108

Published: June 2021
5. Akhter, Maswood "Hasina's Letters: The Language Issue in Monica Ali's Brick Lane" Stamford Journal of English

Published: January 2021
6. Akhter, Maswood (with Natasha Afrin) ""Shakespeare in Bollywood”" Ideas. Vol. 5, pp. 27-39. ISSN 2413-1814.

Published: June 2020
7. Akhter, Maswood "The Idea of a University: Newman's Vision and Our Reality" Praxis Vol.10

Published: June 2020
8. Akhter, Maswood "Encountering Shakespeare’s Gobbos Through Gerontological Imaginary." Praxis: Journal of the Department of English, Rajshahi University. Vol. 9 (2017). pp. 46- 92. ISSN 2225-8078.

Published: June 2017
9. Akhter, Maswood "Noelle Q. de Jesus’ Blood: A Review." IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature (Malaysia). Vol.10.2 (2016). pp. 288-293. ISSN 1985-3106.

Published: December 2016
10. Akhter, Maswood "Texts within Text: The Shaping of Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Rain." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (Humanities). Vol. 60.1 (2015). pp. 17-34. ISSN 1015- 6836.

Published: June 2015
11. Akhter, Maswood "Reading Monica Ali’s Brick Lane: Insights into the Formation of Diasporic Bengali-Muslim Identity and Subjecthood." Rajshahi University Journal of Arts & Law. Vol. 42 (2014). pp. 17-35. ISSN 2309- 0898.

Published: December 2014
12. Akhter, Maswood "Home and Diaspora in Literary Contexts: A Brief Discourse on Relevant Issues." Praxis: Journal of the Department of English, Rajshahi University. Vol. 4 (2012). pp. 46- 92. ISSN 2225-8078.

Published: June 2012
13. Akhter, Maswood "Politics of Right to Write and Monica Ali’s Fiction." Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language & Literature (Malaysia) Vol.6.1 (June 2012). pp. 95-112. ISSN 1985-3106.

Published: June 2012
14. Akhter, Maswood "‘My Children…Shall Strike Their Roots into Unaccustomed Earth’: Representation of Diasporic Bengalis in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Latest Collection of Stories." The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities. Vol. 37.1&2 (2011). pp. 97-118. ISSN 1681-0694.

Published: December 2011
15. Akhter, Maswood "Sunetra Gupta’s Memories of Calcutta and Tagore." South Asian Review, USA .Vol. 32. 2 (2011). pp. 85-112. ISSN 0275-9527.

Published: December 2011
16. Akhter, Maswood "Anita Desai under Scrutiny." Praxis: Journal of the Department of English, Rajshahi University. Vol. 3(2008). 91-96. ISSN 2225-8078.

Published: December 2008
17. Akhter, Maswood "Historicising Indian English Literature: A Methodological Study of M. K. Naik’s Works." Rajshahi University Journal of Arts and Law.Vol.36 (2008). pp. 1- 12. ISSN1681-0694.

Published: December 2008
18. Akhter, Maswood "Film Industry in Bangladesh: Retrospect and Prospect." Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies. Vol.31 (2008). pp. 37-48. ISSN 0256-503X.

Published: June 2008
19. Akhter, Maswood "Saint-Poet Kabir: His Philosophy of Love and its Relevance to Our Times." Spectrum, Journal of the Department of English, Dhaka University. Vol.5 (2007). pp. 139-150. ISSN 1562-7195.

Published: June 2007
20. Akhter, Maswood "Anita Desai’s In Custody: A Study in Gender and Culture." Spectrum: Journal of the Department of English, Dhaka University. Vol.4 (2006). pp. 98-114. ISSN 1562-7195.

Published: June 2006

Conference

1. Akhter, Maswood "Anxiety of the practitioners of English, and Duplicity of the Native Elite: Bangladesh Context" 4th international ELT and Applied Linguistics Conference. 28-29 May 2022. Organised by Department of English Education, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Published: May 2022
2. Akhter, Maswood "Portrayal of Bangladeshi Urbanity in Adib Khan's novels" International Conference on "Bangladeshi English Novels: From Emergence to Efflorescence", 24-24 June 2021 organized by Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Salerno, Italy.

Published: June 2021
3. Akhter, Maswood "The Idea of a University" Keynote paper, International Conference on Literature, History, Culture organized by the Faculty of Arts, Rajshahi University

Published: December 2019
4. Akhter, Maswood "Rohingya: Atrocities Against Women" Panel discussion held at Regis, Massachusetts, USA

Published: March 2019
5. Akhter, Maswood "Universal or Culture-Specific?: Raising the Issue of Academic Apartheid or Critical Injustice in the Reception of Postcolonial/ South Asian Writing" Annual Conference of South Asian Literary Association held in Chicago, USA

Published: January 2019
6. Akhter, Maswood "Re-envisioning Solidarity: Toward an Empathic Universe" Discussion Event held at Regis, Massachusetts, USA

Published: October 2018
7. Akhter, Maswood "The Question of Ethics in Education and Teaching" Multi-Disciplinary International Seminar arranged by Kaliachak College and Gour Banga University, West Bengal, India

Published: December 2017

Cultural Studies

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English and the Media

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Victorian Poetry and Prose

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Introduction to Literature: Fiction and Non-Fiction

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World Classics in Translation

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South Asian Writing in English

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Critical Discourse Analysis

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Recipient of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Award 2011 for research publication

 

Received the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh Award 2011 (conferred on 21 March 2013 in Dhaka) in the category of best research publication in Arts & Humanities for the article published in South Asian Review, USA.

 

 

Research Supervision

 

Already guided 18 MA, 2 MPhil and 5 PhD research projects and currently supervising 3 MA, and 2 PhD fellows


 

Edited (with Abdullah Al Mamun) 7 Volumes of Research Journal

Praxis: Journal of the Department of English, Rajshahi University.

Vol.5 (2013), Vol.6 (2014), Vol.7 (2015), Vol.8 (2016), Vol. 9 (2017), Vol. 10 (2018-19), Vol. 11 (2020). ISSN 2225-8078.

 

 
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