1. Colette Morrow, Fulbright Scholar, Associate Professor of English, Purdue University and Member of the National Women's Studies association, gave a seminar on "Contemporary Chicana Writing: Issues and Debates" on July 12, 2006. It was a lively talk and students and teachers of the department were enlightened by this introduction to a new form of women's writing.
Colette Morrow also took a special class on Toni Morrison for students of ENG 366: Major texts of the feminist tradition in the West on July 24, 2006.
2. David A. Peterson, of the Linguistics and Cognitive Sciences Program on Dartmouth College gave a talk on "A Typological Overview of the Indigenous Languages of the Chittagong Hill Tracts". The Department of English and Humanities and the Centre for Research on Bangla Language Processing jointly organized this event on July 23, 2006. Students and researchers in both departments as well as members of BRAC RED attended the talk. It may be noted that Naira Khan, Lecturer ENH and Researcher, CRBLP works very closely with Professor Peterson.
3. Ruhma Khalil Choudhury Lecturer ENH and Doctoral Student, Teacher's College, Columbia University USA gave a talk entitled "Is English a neutral beneficial and pragmatic language?" on July 26, 2006. The talk debated the status of English as a global language, bringing historical and theoretical issues related to language. Students and teachers highly appreciated the work that Ruhma is engaged in.