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Md Kawsar Uddin

Associate Professor
M A in English (JU), BA Hons in English (JU)

Room # 106 Ext # 134
E-mail: ukawsar@iubat.edu

Md. Kawsar Uddin is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Modern Languages at IUBAT, where he has taught since 2013. He earned his B.A. and M.A. in English from Jahangirnagar University and has more than a decade of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. He has also served as Coordinator of the Department, contributing to curriculum development, faculty collaboration, and student initiatives. His research interests include communication, media, cultural studies, curriculum design, and power relations. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and national newspapers, and his creative contributions include directing Shakespearean adaptations staged at IUBAT’s open auditorium. He also led a funded project on English curriculum and graduate employability, supported by the Miyan Research Institute.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=D8FPI_QAAAAJ

Education

MA in English (English Literature & ELT)
Jahangirnagar University, 2010

BA in English
Jahangirnagar University, 2009

Areas of Interest

  • Organizational Communication
  • Political Communication
  • Strategic Communication
  • Public Policy
  • Power Relations
  • Media Studies
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Research & Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Book

  • Educational Planning. IUBAT. 2022.

Souvenir Edited

  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2024, Editor, Souvenir (210 pages).
  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2023, Editor, Souvenir (230 pages).
  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2022, Editor, Souvenir (250 pages).

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 

  • “Metamorphosis of Sustainable Development Goals: A Shadow of Kafka’s World,” 13th International Knowledge Globalization Conference, 2018, IUBAT, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • “Dilemma and Desire in Hamlet,” Conference on English and Interdisciplinary: The Influence of Shakespeare, December 14-15, 2012, North South University.
  • “English Grammar Teaching in Inductive and Contextual Approaches in the Perspective of Bangladesh,” The 10th Asia TEFL Conference 2012, Delhi, India.

 

Miscellaneous Publication

Selected Newspaper Articles (Op-Ed)

STAGE DIRECTION & SCRIPT WRITING

Stage Direction & Script Writing

  1. Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

        The play can be reached at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IDXU-foArg

        News Link: https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/education/iubat-presents-adaptation-of-william-shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice

    2. Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s Macbeth 2023.

       The play can be reached at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjT_GtUdwo8

       News Link: https://iubat.edu/events/department-of-english-and-modern-languages-deml-proudly-presents-an-adaptation-of-shakespeares-macbeth/

       3. Directed Mobile Phone Syndrome.2022

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

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

News Link: https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/iubat-stages-william-shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-1891024

These productions were staged in the IUBAT Open Auditorium.

Other Achievement

  • Led a funded project on English curriculum and graduate employability (2022), supported by the Miyan Research Institute

Courses Taught

  • Research Methodology
  • Public Speaking
  • Shakespeare
  • Introduction to Poetry
  • Introduction to Prose & Drama
  • Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Poetry
  • American Literature – I
  • Advanced Writing
  • Basic English Composition
  • English Comprehension and Speaking

MA in English (English Literature & ELT)
Jahangirnagar University, 2010

BA in English
Jahangirnagar University, 2009

  • Organizational Communication
  • Political Communication
  • Strategic Communication
  • Public Policy
  • Power Relations
  • Media Studies
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Book

  • Educational Planning. IUBAT. 2022.

Souvenir Edited

  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2024, Editor, Souvenir (210 pages).
  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2023, Editor, Souvenir (230 pages).
  • Convocation Souvenir. IUBAT. 2022, Editor, Souvenir (250 pages).

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS 

  • “Metamorphosis of Sustainable Development Goals: A Shadow of Kafka’s World,” 13th International Knowledge Globalization Conference, 2018, IUBAT, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • “Dilemma and Desire in Hamlet,” Conference on English and Interdisciplinary: The Influence of Shakespeare, December 14-15, 2012, North South University.
  • “English Grammar Teaching in Inductive and Contextual Approaches in the Perspective of Bangladesh,” The 10th Asia TEFL Conference 2012, Delhi, India.

Selected Newspaper Articles (Op-Ed)

1. Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice

The play can be reached at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IDXU-foArg

News Link: https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/education/iubat-presents-adaptation-of-william-shakespeares-the-merchant-of-venice

2.  Adapted & directed Shakespeare’s Macbeth 2023.

The play can be reached at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjT_GtUdwo8

News Link: https://iubat.edu/events/department-of-english-and-modern-languages-deml-proudly-presents-an-adaptation-of-shakespeares-macbeth/

3. Directed Mobile Phone Syndrome.2022

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

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

News Link: https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/iubat-stages-william-shakespeares-romeo-and-juliet-1891024

These productions were staged in the IUBAT Open Auditorium.

  • Led a funded project on English curriculum and graduate employability (2022), supported by the Miyan Research Institute
  • Research Methodology
  • Public Speaking
  • Shakespeare
  • Introduction to Poetry
  • Introduction to Prose & Drama
  • Seventeenth & Eighteenth Century Poetry
  • American Literature – I
  • Advanced Writing
  • Basic English Composition
  • English Comprehension and Speaking