Published Date

30

May 2012
Wednesday

English Department teachers present in Jahangirnagar International Conference

English Department teachers present in Jahangirnagar International Conference

English Department teachers present in Jahangirnagar International Conference

Three of the Faculties of the Department of English of AIUB,  Asif Kamal, Anindita Roy and Jannatul Farhana, presented their scholarly papers in the two day long INT’L POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE 2012 titled “Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: Translocating/Transgressing Boundaries” held on 25 & 26 May 2012 in the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University. The Key Note speasker of the conference was Prof. Prafulla Kar, Director, Centre for Contemporary Theory, Baroda, India. The titles of their papers were as follows:
Asif Kamal
“Postmodern Dilemma in Don DeLillo’s White Noise”
Anindita Roy
“Embodied Silence: Phenomenological Approach to Dead/Bodies in William Faulkner As I Lay Dying and Selim Al Deen’s Chaaka” 
Jannatul Farhana
“From Pain to Gain: A Study of Diasporic Dislocation in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss”
A bit more to mention, Department of English of AIUB participated in the previous international JU conference held last year with three individual paper presentations and one plenary discussion. The presenters were Dr. Faheem Hasan Shahed, M. Hamidul Huque, Borendra Lal Tripura, Asif Kamal, Sayeeda Rahman and Mehedi Kayser Pabitra.