Samirah Tabassum
Level: 5
Kha-224 Merul Badda
Dhaka 1212. Bangladesh
Samirah Tabassum is a Lecturer at the Department of English and Humanities at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. With previous teaching experience at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), and International University of Business Agriculture and Technology (IUBAT), she has also served as the Program Manager for Dhaka Lit Fest. Her research interests encompass Cultural Studies, Migration Studies, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, and Posthumanism among many others. She holds degrees in English and Cultural Studies from Jahangirnagar University and has garnered extensive experience as a freelance consultant and project facilitator, collaborating with UN agencies and esteemed national and international organizations. Passionate about travel and fieldwork, Samirah's adventurous spirit enhances her academic pursuits.
Master of Arts (MA) in Literatures in English and Cultural Studies Department of English ▪ Jahangirnagar University ▪Bangladesh
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English
Department of English ▪ Jahangirnagar University ▪Bangladesh
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)
Science ▪ Rajuk Uttara Model College ▪Dhaka
Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
Science ▪ Savar Cantonment Public School and College ▪Dhaka
Exploring the Polymorphous Techniques of Power and Heterosexual Matrix through Cross Dressing and Gender Performativity in Bangladesh – Presented at Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture by Department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (May 2023)
In and Beyond the “Bainda Ghor” and “Other Spaces”: Exploring the Refugee Camps of Ukhiya as Heterotopias – Accepted for Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives, 2nd International Conference by the Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh (February 2023)
A Ride through the Rickshaw Art Archive – Presented at the English Jubilee Lit Fest, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (March 2021)
Exploring Formalism: A Comparative Reading of T.S Eliot’s and Jibanananda Das’ Conceptions of Poet – Presented at the XXII Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA), Macau SAR, China (July-August 2019)
Spacing Linguistic Cosmopolitanism in Bangladesh: Translocalism as an Alternative Paradigm – Presented at The XXI International Conference on “Revisiting Cosmopolitanism” jointly organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory and The International Lincoln Centre, Odisha, India (December 2018)
‘My heart’s calling, Oh my friend’: Locating the Diasporic Consciousness in Rohingya Songs – Presented at The International Conference on “Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse of (dis)location and (dis)placement”, jointly organized by ULAB and DU (December 2017)
- UGC, Bangladesh Government Merit Scholarship (MA)
- Jahangirnagar University Academic Scholarship (MA), Merit Position: 2nd
- UGC, Bangladesh Government Merit Scholarship (BA)
- Jahangirnagar University Academic Scholarship (BA), Merit Position: 2nd
- Bangladesh Government Academic Scholarship (SSC 2011, Dhaka Board)
Cultural Studies, Migration and Refugee, Gender Studies, Disability Studies, and Posthumanism