Munif Mahraf


Floor No: 6, Department of English, Varendra University, Rajshahi Bypass Road, Chandrima, Paba, Rajshahi-6204

EDUCATION DETAILS
Name of Degree Subject/Group Institution Board/University Passing Year
MA English (Literature) Department of English University of Rajshahi 2021
BA (Honours) English Department of English University of Rajshahi 2020
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Duration Department/Office Organization Position
15 Jan 2024 - Present Department of English Varendra University Lecturer (on Probation)
03 Aug 2023 - 14 Jan 2024 Department of English Varendra University Lecturer (Contractual)
COURSE OFFERED
Course Name Course Activity Course Materials
16th and 17th Century Drama Inactive
Classics in Translation I Inactive
English Fundamentals Inactive
History of England (OBE) Inactive
Romantic Poetry (OBE) Inactive
Classics in Translation II Inactive
Litertary Theory (OBE) Inactive
Introductory Literary Theories (OBE) Inactive
19th Century Poetry (OBE) Active
American Literature: Poetry Active
English for the Media Active
RESEARCHES

Thesis

1.
Silence and Resistance: Reading Selected Short Stories of Sadaat Hasan Manto at University of Rajshahi, supervised by Professor Dr. Md. Mominul Islam
Duration: 05/09/2022 - 28/05/2023

Seminar Attended

  • "Sustainable Development Goals", Organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell and Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University (3 February 2024)

  • "Unlocking the Secrets of Research and Publication", Organized by Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) (25 January 2024)

  • "Teaching English  at Tertiary ​​​​​​Level", Organized by American Corner-Rajshahi & Department of English, Varendra University (10 October 2023)

  • Conference Presentation: 

Presented a paper titled “Statelessness and In-betweenness in Saadat Hasan Manto’s “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Titwal” in “Discover English: Student Conference and English Language and Literature,” organized by American International University-Bangladesh, 8 December 2022  

 

Presented a paper titled “No Man’s Land” as the “Mulk”: Revisiting Disability and Statelessness in “Toba Tek Singh” in “Blended Mode – From the Partition to the Pandemic: Convergences in Humanities,” organized by Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalya, V. U. India, 16 March 2022 (The abstract was published in the booklet of the conference)

 

  • Training: 

Effectively attended the training entitled Ethics in Teaching at University,” organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Varendra University on 7 May 2024

 

  • Workshops Completed:

Completed the workshop on Nuances of Teaching Shakespeare in Bangladeshi Classrooms,” organized by the Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB) on 27 April 2024

 

Completed the Teachers Training Workshop Sessions on Hands-on Activities for Learner Engagement and Teaching Grammar Communicatively, jointly organized by U.S. Embassy Dhaka, American Corner, Rajshahi, Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and Global Aid for Sustainable Development (GASD) on October 18, 2023

 

  • Seminars Attended:  

Participated in the seminar on Sustainable Development Goals, organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell and Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University on 3 February 2024

 

Participated in the seminar on Unlocking the Secrets of Research and Publication, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University on 25 January 2024

 

Participated in the seminar on Teaching English at Tertiary ​​​​​​Level, organized by American Corner-Rajshahi and the Department of English, Varendra University on 10 October 2023

 

  • Membership:  

An active member of the sports committee of  the Department of English, Varendra University

 

An active member of the organizing committee of “ক্যারিয়ার কথন,” an online career consultancy program organized by the Department of English, Varendra University

 

An active Association of Teachers of Literature in English Bangladesh (ATLEB) member