On the platform of BIL Wokrshop Series, two workshop sessions were conducted by Dr. M. Obaidul Hamid on 24 December, 2014 and 27 December, 2014, respectively titled Steps and Process of Doing Research and Getting Published in International Peer Reviewed Journal and Norms and variations of English and the Role of Micro-Level Agency. The session, held at the BRAC University Indoor Games Room, largely consisted of English language educators from different schools, colleges, public and private universities and students of MA in the TESOL program. Also present at the workshop were Lady Syeda Sarwat Abed, Director, BIL and Dr. Sayeedur Rahman, Associate Professor, University of Dhaka.
Notably, Dr. Hamid is a lecturer at the School of Education, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. His field of interest includes English as a second/foreign language; English and English-in-education policy in the context of national development; social perspectives on second language acquisition; and the sociology of English learning and language and migration. Previously Dr. Hamid had worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, University of Dhaka. He has published over 30 articles and book chapters in local and international peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes including TESOL Quarterly, ELT Journal, Language Learning Journal, Current Issues in Language Planning, World Englishes, Comparative Education and Teacher Development.