Abu Sayeed Mohammad Noman, PhD
Level: 5
Kha-224 Merul Badda
Dhaka 1212. Bangladesh
Dr. Abu Sayeed Mohammad Noman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University where he has been teaching since 2010. As a Fulbright scholar, Dr. Noman obtained his second MA in African American Studies from Temple University, USA. As a Graduate Research Assistant at Temple University, he has conducted his doctoral research on Afrocentricity and Postmodernism, and earned his PhD in 2018. Prior to his higher studies in the US, Dr. Noman completed his bachelor and master’s in English from Jahangirnagar University.
Teaching Philosophy:
Dr. Noman sees himself more as a facilitator than as a teacher in the classroom. He believes the classroom is the space that belongs to students, and thinks that his job as the facilitator is to utilize his expertise to create an environment in that space for students to actively engage in the learning process through critical thinking. Thus, through interactive and collaborative pedagogical approaches, Dr. Noman makes his students take control of their own learning experiences in meeting the learning objectives.
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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PhD., African American Studies (Spring 2018)
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MA: African American Studies (Spring, 2013)
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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ESL Diploma (Summer 2011)
Fulbright Summer Program
Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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MA: English (Spring 2007)
Achievement: First Class First
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BA (Honors): English (Spring 2006)
Achievement: Second Class First (No First Class Awarded)
Journals
Noman, A. S. M. (2013). Molefi kete asante’s an afrocentric manifesto: Addressing the pedagogical crises in post-colonial studies. Panini: NSU Studies in Language and Literature, 6, 113–128. Retrieved from http://www.northsouth.edu/journals/
Noman, A. S. M. (2009). Baudelaire’s tableaux Parisians: Multitude, metropolis, and the market. Eastern University Journal, 3.
Noman, A. S. M. (2009). The Flowers of evil: Baudelaire’s poetics of protest. Harvest.
Conferences
Noman, A. S. M. (2019). Molefi asante and edward said: Afrocentric reconceptualisation of the oriental other. Dhaka: Brac University.
Noman, A. S. M. (2017). Demystifying postcolonial hybridity and mimicry: Application of afrocentric locational theory. In 29th Annual Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference. Pennsylvania: Diopian Institute for Scholarly Advancement.
Noman, A. S. M. (2016). Said, bhabha, and spivak through afrocentric lens: Divergence between theory and praxis. In Nommo: Graduate Students’ Seminar Series. Philadelphia.
Noman, A. S. M. (2015). Postcolonial dislocation and amnesia: An afrocentric analysis. In National Council for Black Studies. Los Angeles.
Noman, A. S. M. (2013). Epistemological crises in postcolonial theories: An afrocentric analysis. In Nommo: Graduate Students’ Seminar Series. Philadelphia.
Noman, A. S. M. (2013). Remapping the lost postcolonial: Theoretical politics of conformity. Dhaka: Brac University.
Noman, A. S. M. (2012). Role of literature in the formation of identity: A postcolonial perspective. In Fulbright Enrichment Seminar. Sacramento, CA.
Noman, A. S. M. (2006). Women fall apart: A feminist reading of things fall apart. Savar, Dhaka.
Courses Offered Previously:
Temple University, Philadelphia, USA.
(Fall 2013 – Spring 2018):
AAS0829: Historical Significance of Race in the United State (Fall 2013, Spring & Fall 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, Spring 2018)
AAS0834: Representing Race. (Spring & Fall 2014, 2015, 2016)
AAS2134: Literature of American Slavery. (Spring 2015)
AAS2251: Mass Media-Black Communication (Spring 2018)
AAS4146: Women Writers in Black Literature. (Fall 2017)
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ENG218: Postcolonial Literature in English (Spring 2010, 2011)
ENG319: World Literature in Translation. (Spring 2010, 2011)
ENG301: Research Methodology (Fall 2010)
ENG358: World Literature in Translation (Fall 2010, Summer 2013)
ENG367: English Writing & British Colonialism
ENG601: Research Methodology (Spring 2011)
ENG614: World Literature in Translation (Fall 2018)
Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
ENG106: Composition 1 (Fall 2007)
ENG108: Composition 2 (Fall 2007)
ENG201: Research Methodology (Spring 2008)
ENG205: Introduction to Drama (Spring 2008)
ENG307: Introduction to Postcolonial Literature (Spring 2009)
ENG401: Literary Theories (Spring 2009)
ENG405: Postcolonial Theories (Fall 2009)
ENG407: Modern Drama (Fall 2009)
Fulbright Fellowship: Fall 2011– Spring 2013
Founder’s Award: Afrocentricity International 2014
Dr. Noman specializes in post-modern and post-colonial approaches to contemporary literature in english, with particular interest in writers from Asia and Africa. He also works and published articles on the 19th and 20th Century European literature in translation. His training on Africology and Afrocentricity under Professor Molefi Kete Asante has equipped him with the expertise to critically analyze African American literature from multi-disciplinary perspectives.