Md Kawsar Uddin

Md. Kawsar Uddin is currently an Associate Professor and Coordinator in the Department of English and Foreign Languages. He earned his B.A. and M.A. Degrees in English from Jahangirnagar University and began his teaching career in 2011 as a Lecturer at the University of Development Alternative (UODA), Dhanmondi. He then moved to Northern University Bangladesh before joining Southeast University as a full-time lecturer in the Department of English. He has been teaching at IUBAT since 2013.

Education

MA in English (English Literature & ELT)
Jahangirnagar University

BA in English
Jahangirnagar University

Areas of Interest

• Language through Literature
• Cultural Studies
• Communication
• Media
• Curriculum & Pedagogy
• Economics

Research & Publications

BOOK

Uddin, M. K & Nargis, S. ART 102: Educational Planning. IUBAT. 2022.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

• Uddin, M. K. Dilemma and Desire in Hamlet. Language in India. (ISSN1930-2940). 2014.  Available at: http://www.languageinindia.com/dec2014/kawserhamlet.pdf
• Uddin, M. K and Ahmed, T. Do Not Just Tell, Paint an Image: The Art of Descriptive
• Writing for Beginners. Language in India. (ISSN 1930-2940). 2014. Available at: http://www.languageinindia.com/nov2014/kawsardescriptivewriting1.pdf
• Uddin, M. K and Ahmed, T. Teaching Grammar in Inductive and Contextual Approaches.
• Language in India. (ISSN 1930-2940). 2014. Available at: http://www.languageinindia.com/nov2012/kawsarinductiveteaching.pdf
• Uddin, M. K and Nayeem A. Hamlet’s Procrastination is contrived from puritan
• Obedience. ASA University Review. (ISSN 1997-6925). 2013. Available at: http://www.asaub.edu.bd/data/asaubreview/v7n1sl18.pdf>

 

Miscellaneous Publication

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

• ‘Why must Eid journeys be life-threatening?’ The Daily Star. 25 April 2023.  https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/why-must-eid-journeys-be-life-threatening-3304141
• ‘Excess of graduates, dissatisfied employers, and other issues in Bangladeshi higher education’. The Daily Star. 10 April 2023. https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/attracting-more-investment-key-tackling-post-covid-unemployment-2228381
• ‘Missing rights and benefits: Why young graduates shun pvt sector jobs’. The Business Standard. 27 July 2022. https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/missing
• ‘The rise of a nation’. Dhaka Tribune. 12 June 2022. https://epaper.dhakatribune.com/?date=2022-06-12&edition=3&page=14
• ‘How the mighty have fallen - Is America losing its ability to rule the world?’ Dhaka Tribune. 9 April 2022. https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/
• ‘A way out?’ Dhaka Tribune. 24 March 2022. https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/03/24/a-way-out
• ‘View from Dhaka Tribune: Is Bangladesh living up to its founding principles? ’Scroll.in. 19 March 2022. https://scroll.in/article/1019686/view-f
• ‘A tale of two classes. The Business Standard. 14 March 2022. https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/tale-two-classes-384475
• ‘SUST and the decline of academic environment at public universities. The Business Standard. 20 February 2022. https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/sust-and-decline-academic-environment-public-universities-373219
• ‘Our students are overburdened with exams and yet end up unfit for jobs. Why?’ The Business Standard. 01 February 2022. https://www.tbsnews.net/thoughts/our-students-are-overburdened-exams-and-yet-end-unfit-jobs-why-364912
• ‘New Year begins with Omicron fear’. The Daily Observer. 14 January 2022. https://www.observerbd.com/news.php?id=348704
• ‘All that we’ve gained, all that we’ve lost’. Dhaka Tribune. 11 January 2022. https://www.dhakatribune.com/op-ed/2022/01/10/all-that-weve-gained-all-that-weve-lost
• ‘Price hike weighing heavy on poor, middle Class’. The Daily Observer. 20 December 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/attracting-more-investment-key-tackling-post-covid-unemployment-2228381
• ‘When will the anarchy on our roads end?’ The Daily Star. 2 December 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/attracting-more-investment-key-tackling-post-covid-unemployment-2228381
• ‘Attracting more investment is key to tackling post-Covid unemployment’. The Daily Star, 3 November 2021. https://www.thedailystar.net/views/opinion/news/attracting-more-investment-key-tackling-post-covid-unemployment-2228381
• ‘Private Higher Education in Bangladesh: Challenges and Opportunities’. The Daily Sun, 9 September 2021. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/575492/Private-Higher-Education-in-Bangladesh:-Challenges-and-Opportunities
• ‘How Do Humanities Degrees Thrive on Job Market?’ The Daily Sun. 15 July 2021. https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/564728/How-Do-Humanities-Degrees-Thrive-on-Job-Market

STAGE DIRECTION & SCRIPT WRITING

• Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s 2023.

• Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. 2020.

 The play can be reached at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvxptE13IdM

 

Other Achievement

Project Title: English Curriculum & Graduate Employability Skills – A Comparative Study of

Curriculum Developers’ and Employers’ Perspectives’. 2022. This project was funded

By Miyan Research Institute

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Poetry
• Introduction to Prose & Drama
• Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Poetry
• Shakespeare
• American Literature – I
• Research Methodology
• Public Speaking