Rukhsana Rahim Chowdhury
Senior Lecturer
Rukhsana Rahim Chowdhury is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of English and Humanities. She graduated from University of Karachi (MA in English Literature) attaining the 4th position of merit. Her areas of interest cover Shakespeare Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Modernism, Feminist studies and Classical Literary Theory. She has published papers in reputed national and international journals and is an active member of a number of literary organisations. She is currently pursuing her doctoral research on “The Evolution of Shakespearean Theatre in Bangladesh”.
Address
Level: 5
Kha-224 Merul Badda
Dhaka 1212. Bangladesh
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Education
+–M.A. English literature
University of Karachi
2nd Division,
Achievement: 4th position of merit. There were no 1st Divisions that year.
BA in English
P.E.C.H.S. College, Karachi
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Publications
+–Book Chapters
Chowdhury, R. R. (2022). Migrant voices: An inquisition of the ‘other’ literature in Bangladesh. In N. Yousaf & W. Anwar (Eds.), Transcultural Humanities in South Asia: Critical Essays on Literature and Culture (1st ed., pp. 184–196). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003039549-18/MIGRANT-VOICES-RUKHSANA-CHOWDHURY
Journals
Chowdhury, R. R. (2017). Heroes reflecting their zeitgeists: Hamlet and Oedipus. Panini: NSU Studies in Language and Literature, 7, 61–78. http://www.northsouth.edu/newassets/images/IT/Panini Vol. 7.pdf
Chowdhury, R. R. (2015). A search for the self: Trials and tribulations of Urdu writers in Bangladesh. Itihash Probondhomala, 367–376.
Chowdhury, R. R. (2010). Denaturalizing shakespeare : A feminist appraisal of Antony and Cleopatra and taming of the shrew. BRAC University Journal, 1, 21–27. http://hdl.handle.net/10361/5155%09
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Professional Activities
+–1. Coordinator [2016 to date]
MA Programme, ENH, Brac University
2. Core Member [2017 to date]
Equivalence Committee, Brac University
3. Member, GenEd Committee for ENH
4. Founder-Editor
Resonance: A bilingual, creative writing journal -
Courses Taught
+–ENG101: Fundamentals of English
ENG114: Introduction to Drama
ENG213: Survey of English Literature I
ENG214: Survey of English Literature II
ENG215: Survey of English Literature III
ENG217: Shakespeare
ENG 218: Post Colonial Writing in English
ENG 319: Modernism
ENG355: Survey of American Literature II
ENG 466: Dissertations
ENG 622: Reading English Literature Post Colonially: From Shakespeare to Defoe
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Conferences, Talks, and Speaking Engagements
+–• Presented a paper titled, “Migrant Voices: An Inquisition of the ‘Other’ Literature in Bangladesh” in the international conference Refugees in the Public imagination: Discourse of (Dis) location and (Dis) placement-University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Dec-2017, Dhaka.
• Chaired the Special Speaker Session: Professor Susie Tharu, in the international conference Redrawing Gender Boundaries- BRAC University. May, 2017, Dhaka
• Co-organiser of Redrawing Gender Boundaries-May, 2017, Dhaka
• Guest Speaker at the prestigious literary event, the Hay Festival, Dhaka-2014.
• Delivered a talk at the event Nations and Notions: Teaching Partition, organized by Baayan Collective and University Press Limited in Aug.2014.
• Convened and delivered the welcome address in the conference Remapping Dickens for the Contemporary World- BRAC University. June 2012.
• Chaired a session in the international IACS Biennial Conference, Cultural Transformations: Development Initiatives and Social Movements-December 2011
• Convened a two-day conference Exploring the Magical World of childhood Through Children’s Literature- BRAC University. March 2010
• ESU judge for the International Public Speaking Competition 2010 and International Public Speaking Competition 2011. Dhaka.
• Language Coach for the Bangladeshi team at International Public Speaking Competition 2010 and International Public Speaking Competition 2011. London, UK.
• Convened and chaired a session in the conference Colonial Contacts and the Caribbean Context- BRAC University. October 2009
• Convened, delivered the welcome address and presented a paper in the conference Contemporary Readings of Shakespeare- BRAC University. July 2009.
• Attended workshops and conferences organized by Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA). It is a forum for ELT practitioners connected to the teaching and learning of English in Bangladesh.
• Attended an international conference in1997 organized by The Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) Pakistan. It is a professional body committed to the training of teachers, to teach English effectively.• A paper titled “A Search for the ‘Self’: Trials and Tribulations of Urdu Writers in Bangladesh” was presented at the three-day international conference on Comparative Literature: Questions of Languages and Minority organized by the Center for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad from 14th to 16th October 2015.
• A presentation titled "Historical Overview of the Urdu Literary Traditions in Bangladesh" was presented at the 11th International Conference, "Itihash o Oitijjo'r Bishoy" organised by the History Academy,Dhaka on the 28th of August 2015.
• History, the Language Debate and Urdu Poetry in Bangladesh Partition Week Lecture Presentation, ENH, BRACU, UPL and Bayaan Collective,Aug 2014.
• Denaturalising Shakespeare: A Feminist Appraisal of Antony and Cleopatra and The Taming of the Shrew.“Contemporary Readings of Shakespeare”. ENH, BRACU. 2010.
• Teaching Shakespeare in Modern Classrooms using Moodle Shakespeare Conference, North South University. Dec 2012
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Awards, Honors
+–Won a scholarship to attend Shakespeare Study Course conducted by The Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham in Stratford upon Avon, July-August, 2009.
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Membership
+–• Member of The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
• Alumnus of the English Speaking Union (ESU).
It is an international educational charity which aims to bring together and empower people of different languages and cultures, by building skills and confidence in communication.
• Member of the History Academy of Bangladesh.
• Served as ESU judge for the International Public Speaking Competition 2010 and International Public Speaking Competition 2011.
• Member of Bazm-e-Sadaf
It is a Canada-based international literary organization.
• Member of the Bangla Urdu Sahitya Foundation.
It is an organization of Bangladeshi writers and poets who write and translate in Bangla and in Urdu. The organisation holds regular seminars and mushairas (poetry reading sessions) at the national as well as international level. -
Research Areas/Interests
+–Shakespeare Studies, Shakespeare Appropriation Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Modernism, Feminist Studies and Classical Literary Theory.