Department of Folklore
SAIFUDDIN CHOWDHURY
Research Interest: Not Provided |
MD. SHAHIDUR RAHMAN
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MOBARRA SIDDIQUA
Research Interest: Not Provided |
MD. ABUL HASAN CHOWDHURY
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MD. AKHTAR HOSSAIN
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MOSTOFA TAREQUL AHSAN
Research Interest: Oral Folkloristics, International Folkloristics, Performing Folkloristics, Traditional Knowledge, Sociolinguistics, Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies |
SUSMITA CHAKRABARTI
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MD. JAHANGIR HOSSAIN
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. ANUPAM HERA MONDAL
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MD. ROWSHON JAHID
Research Interest: Not Provided |
UDAY SHANKER BISWAS
Research Interest: Not Provided |
MD ABDULLAH AL MAMUN
Research Interest: Abdullah Al Mamun is an Associate Professor of Folklore at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He has held academic appointments at Western Sydney University, the University of Wollongong, and the University of Technology, Sydney. A multidisciplinary scholar, his research spans community welfare and services, community and heritage economics, urban planning and sustainability, economic and development geography, climate change, health economics, planetary health, circular economy, and net-zero futures. He holds a PhD in Social Science, specializing in Human Geography, Urban Economics and Climate Sustainability, from Western Sydney University, Australia (2025). His doctoral research explores the complex interplay between economic geography, urban economics, climate adaptation, and urban sustainability. Adopting a life course and community welfare perspective, his research investigates how rapid urbanization and climate-induced stresses—particularly extreme heatwaves and drought—degrade ecosystems and deepen vulnerabilities in heritage-based economies and livelihoods, thereby exacerbating inequalities in climate action within disadvantaged communities across cities in the Global South. Employing a mixed-methods approach—including textual, geospatial, quantitative, qualitative, and participatory techniques—his work develops ecocentric EbA policies and socioecological economic frameworks to advance inclusive climate solutions and sustainable urban futures. He also holds a Master of Arts by Research in Folkloristics (University of Rajshahi, 2003) and a Master of Economics by Research in Economic Development and Policy (Kobe University, 2016), where he applied advanced econometric methods (IV and system GMM) to examine the impact of foreign aid on economic growth. A/Prof. Mamun is skilled in STATA, R, NVivo, MaxQDA, ArcGIS, Qualtrics, and OpenLCA, and has deep fieldwork expertise, including household and KAP surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups, and participatory methods (PRA, PUA, PAR). His publications include Science of the Total Environment (2023), Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies (2025), and a Routledge chapter (2022) on gender-sensitive water access, along with work on climate adaptation, health hazards, and displacement. He serves as Associate Editor for the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, co-edited a 2024 special issue on circular economy and indigeneity, and contributes to Springer handbooks on nature-based solutions. With over 17 years of teaching experience across diverse subjects—from environmental folkloristics and health economics to global political economy—he is known for designing interdisciplinary curricula and fostering critical, inclusive, and engaged learning environments. Beyond academia, he has led applied research projects at UTS on sustainable fashion systems, low-carbon construction, and renewable energy microgrids, and coordinated multinational research on climate resilience and circularity. An elected leader within the American Association of Geographers (AAG), he has held board and advisory roles in several specialty groups and presented at international conferences, including AAG Annual Meetings, the Beyond SDG11 Symposium, and Oxford’s Nature-based Solutions Conference. Through his scholarship, teaching, and community engagement, A/Prof. Mamun is dedicated to advancing inclusive, nature-positive, and net-zero futures, particularly for disadvantaged communities across the Global South and beyond. |
DR. MD. AMIRUL ISLAM
Research Interest: Folklore, Tangible and Intangible Cultural heritage, aesthetics, art history, literature, philosophy and social sciences. Specially interested in Neuro folklore, Maritime folklore and Enclave exclave folklore |
DR. ROTON KUMAR
Research Interest: Indegenious Culture & Knowledge, Folk Life & Culture, Folk Art & Artisan |
FARJANA RAHMAN
Research Interest: Not Provided |
DR. MD. HABIBUR RAHMAN
Research Interest: Applied Folklore, Development, Gender, Poverty, Sustainability, NGO Activities, Cultural Heritage, Archive & Museum Studies, Folk Art, Indigenous Studies & Traditional Knowledge |
SABIHA YEASMIN
Research Interest: Not Provided |