| Designation | Office Department |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | English |
| Education Summary | MA in English (Literature), BA Hons. |
| Name of Degree | Subject/Group | Institution | University | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA in English (Literature) | English | Rajshahi University | Rajshahi University | 2012 |
| BA Hons. | English | Rajshahi University | Rajshahi University | 2011 |
| Title | Type | Duration | Completion Year | Achievement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Induction Training Programme for Rajshahi University Teachers | Training | 6 days | 2014 | Certificate |
| Duration | Department/Office | Organization | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Nov 2020 - 01 May 2026 | Editorial Board | DAS LITERARISCH: A Biannual Peer Reviewed and International Refereed Journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writing (Print) | Member |
| 23 Oct 2019 - 20 Mar 2020 | Career Centre, VU | USAID, Rupantor, New York University, NORC at University of Chicago | Faculty Facilitator |
| 01 Nov 2018 - 01 May 2026 | Department of English | Varendra University | Assistant Professor |
| 15 Sep 2014 - 31 Oct 2018 | Department of English | Varendra University | Lecturer |
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Hisham Mohammad Nazer,
"Your no-service is longer required"
, published in New Age, Op-Ed
Published date: Aug 2025 |
| 2 |
Hisham Mohammad Nazer,
"শব্দে শব্দে মুক্তির মানচিত্র: প্রসঙ্গ নগুগি ওয়া থিয়োং'ও"
, published in চিহ্ন, বর্ষ ২৫, সংখ্যা ৪৯
Published date: Aug 2025 |
| 3 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Violence and law"
, published in New Age, Opinion
Published date: Mar 2025 |
| 4 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Reflections on political binary"
, published in New Age, Opinion
Published date: Mar 2025 |
| 5 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"In the Name of Research, Writing and the Holy Conventions!"
, published in ক্রান্তি
Published date: Nov 2024 |
| 6 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Gen Z’s call of duty"
, published in New Age, Opinion
Published date: Aug 2024 |
| 7 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"লিঙ্গ, লিঙ্গবোধ এবং যৌনতা: পরিভাষার ইতিহাস, বাস্তবতা ও রাজনীতি"
, published in চিহ্ন, আগস্ট ২০২৪, বর্ষ ২৪ সংখ্যা ৪৭
Published date: Aug 2024 |
| 8 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The best career training for students"
, published in New Age, 19th Anniversary Special (Day 2)
Published date: Oct 2022 |
| 9 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Can the ‘schoolmaster’ speak?"
, published in New Age, 19th Anniversary Special
Published date: Sep 2022 |
| 10 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Generalised gender perceptions"
, published in New Age, Opinion
Published date: Jul 2022 |
| 11 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Issues that univs should have in focus"
, published in New Age, Opinion
Published date: Jun 2022 |
| 12 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"From script to screen: literature and film studies"
, published in New Age, Editorial
Published date: Jun 2022 |
| 13 |
Hisham M Nazer ,
"From the shores of Lethe"
, published in The Daily Star, Star Literature
Published date: Jun 2022 |
| 14 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"To Whom it May Concern: Just Another Rant on Corporation"
, published in DAS LITERARISCH: A Bi Annual Peer Reviewed International Refereed Journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writing (Print)
Published date: Nov 2020 |
| 15 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The pandemic and a panoramic view of private professions"
, published in The Business Standard, THOUGHTS
Published date: May 2020 |
| 16 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Through the lanes and lines of literature"
, published in The Business Standard, Op-Ed
Published date: Jan 2020 |
| 17 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The minstrels of midnight"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Oct 2019 |
| 18 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Political Literary Criticism"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Aug 2019 |
| 19 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"His master’s voice"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: May 2019 |
| 20 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The death of an artist"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Mar 2019 |
| 21 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"English and our sub-continental identity"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Oct 2018 |
| 22 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Behind the scene with Edward Said"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Jul 2018 |
| 23 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The Idea of a Private University"
, published in The Daily Star, Literature
Published date: Jun 2018 |
| 24 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Discourse and dichotomy: Revisiting Orientalism"
, published in The Independent, Editorial
Published date: Jun 2018 |
| 25 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The art of teaching"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Jun 2018 |
| 26 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Who are public intellectuals?"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: May 2018 |
| 27 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The geometry of civilization"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Mar 2018 |
| 28 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The New Tagore and Bina Biswas’ Critical adventure with his heroines"
, published in The Daily Observer, Book Review
Published date: Mar 2018 |
| 29 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The post-colonial fever"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Jan 2018 |
| 30 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Islamic naissance to probe cultural imperialism"
, published in New Age: 14th Anniversary Special Supplement (Solicited)
Published date: Oct 2017 |
| 31 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"English curriculum orthodoxy and our struggle to be English"
, published in Daily Sun, Education – Campus
Published date: Aug 2017 |
| 32 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Reclaiming the root"
, published in The Independent, Op-Ed
Published date: Aug 2017 |
| 33 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"The illusion of democracy"
, published in The Daily Observer, Op-Ed
Published date: Aug 2017 |
| 34 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"বাংলাদেশে দর্শন-দৈন্য ও পারমাণবিক মানুষের জন্মস্বপ্ন"
, published in Banglanews24, Opinion
Published date: Jul 2017 |
| 35 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Between the Covers of Books"
, published in The Daily Star, Literature
Published date: Jul 2017 |
| 36 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Let there be lights!"
, published in The Hindu, Opinion
Published date: Nov 2016 |
| 37 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"A Message for Madhusudans"
, published in Ashvamegh: Indian Journal of English Literature, Vol. II, Issue XXII
Published date: Nov 2016 |
| 38 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"A Hil(l)arious reality show in the unbelievable company of Trump"
, published in The Daily Star, Op-Ed
Published date: Oct 2016 |
| 39 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Freeing literature from a colonial mindset"
, published in The Daily Star, Op-Ed
Published date: Sep 2016 |
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Hisham Mohammad Nazer,
"From Mimesis to Spiritual Vision: Defamiliarization, Intellectual Mediation, and the Poetics of Transcendence "
, published in NSTU Journal of Arts, Social Science and Education (NJASE). Faculty journal of Noakhali Science and Technology University
Published date: Jun 2025 |
| 2 |
Hisham Mohammad Nazer,
"In Search of Translingual Synonyms: Theoretical and Practical Paradigms in Literary Translation"
, published in Das Literarisch (ISSN: 2454 - 4647, Print Version)
Published date: Jan 2025 |
| 3 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Undoing Postcolonialism: Revisionism and the Postnational Reality"
, published in The Bangla Academy Journal, Combined Issue: Year 1 Volume 2, Year 2 Volume 1
Published date: Dec 2020 |
| 4 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Man, woMan, huMan: Some Perspectives about Stereotypical Sexpectations and Gender Prejudices in Bangladesh"
, published in DAS LITERARISCH: A Bi Annual Peer Reviewed International Refereed Journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writing (Print), Volume 2, Issue 2
Published date: Dec 2016 |
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |
হিশাম মো: নাজের,
"অণু-পরমাণুভূতি (কাব্যগ্রন্থ)"
, published in অনুপ্রাণন প্রকাশন
Published date: Nov 2023 |
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - On the Shore of Second Troy, Four Weeks for Life"
, published in Spirits: Literary and Art Journal of Indiana University Northwest, USA (Print), Volume 33
Published date: Sep 2021 |
| 2 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - Aegri Somnia"
, published in The Daily Star, Literature
Published date: Aug 2021 |
| 3 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - Shakespeare's a Name: A Tragedy Left Behind"
, published in Shakespeare Sings: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry
Published date: Feb 2017 |
| 4 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Short Story - The Evanescence of a Kite"
, published in Spirits: Literary and Art Journal of Indiana University Northwest, USA (Print), Volume 30
Published date: Feb 2017 |
| 5 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - The Revolving Swastika"
, published in Das Literarisch: A Bi-Annual International Peer Reviewed Journal of English Literary Studies and Creative Writings (Print), Volume 1 Issue 1
Published date: Jan 2016 |
| 6 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - A Journey into the Mind of a Contemporary Poet, Memories, The Magic Reality, The Zero that’s Still Something, To be a Crow of Summer Balcony"
, published in Metaphor: Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Issue 2
Published date: Jun 2014 |
| 7 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - Into the Comedy of Death "
, published in Literature, History and Culture: Writings in Honour of Professor Aali Areefur Rehman, Department of English, Rajshahi University
Published date: Mar 2014 |
| 8 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - Towards the Words, The Birthnight of an Unwanted Poem"
, published in Staxtes- Greek Literary Review
Published date: Aug 2013 |
| 9 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - The Moon and I are One"
, published in Heavens Above Poetry Below (Anthology)
Published date: Aug 2013 |
| 10 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - A Mourning Sitar"
, published in Miracle E-zine, Issue 6 (now a print magazine)
Published date: Jun 2013 |
| 11 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - In the Pink Purry Pub"
, published in Bay Laurel (Journal, Volume 2, Issue 1)
Published date: May 2013 |
| 12 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - The Blasphemous Furniture"
, published in Cuib-nest-nido: REVISTĂ INTERNATIONALĂ DE CULTURĂ Şi LITERATURĂ
Published date: Apr 2013 |
| 13 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"মিউজিংস পোস্ট-কলোনিজ: চিন্তার স্বতন্ত্র মানচিত্র (বই আলোচনা) মূল বই: Musing Post Colonies, edited by Prof. Dr. Maswood Akhter"
, published in চিহ্ন, ১৪ বর্ষ: ২৪ সংখ্যা
Published date: Feb 2013 |
| 14 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - I am Cerberus (Featured with Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond and Irshad Kamil)"
, published in Inklinks (anthology)
Published date: Jan 2013 |
| 15 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - Inside the Circle of a Crowd (Featured with Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Gulzar, Ruskin Bond and Irshad Kamil)"
, published in Inklinks (anthology)
Published date: Jan 2013 |
| 16 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - After Eternity, The Forlorn Ember Glows in Pain, Forever and a Night, Tiresias’ Eyes, The Clowns of a Cosmic Comedy, To the Abyss of Melody, This Night is for No One, The Afternoons of Memory"
, published in A Poet's View of Being (anthology)
Published date: Oct 2012 |
| 17 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"Poetry - La Ville-Lumière"
, published in Full of Crow
Published date: Mar 2012 |
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Hisham M Nazer,
"‘বিস্মৃত শিলা: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ও ল্যাটিন আমেরিকা প্রসঙ্গ’ (অনুবাদ) মূল: The Forgotten Stone: On Rabindranath Tagore and Latin America by Alfonso Chacon R."
, published in বিশ্বসাহিত্যের নির্বাচিত প্রবন্ধ, দেশ প্রকাশনা।
Published date: Feb 2017 |
| Course Name | Course Activity | Course Materials |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Literature: Poetry | Inactive | |
| Introduction to Literature: Drama | Inactive | |
| Western Philosophy | Inactive | |
| 20th Century Literature: Poetry | Inactive | |
| Cultural Studies: An Introduction | Inactive | |
| Literary Criticism II | Active | |
| 20th Century English Literature | Active | |
| World Classics: Fiction | Inactive | |
| Literary Theory | Active | |
| Reading | Inactive | |
| American Literature: Poetry | Inactive | |
| General/Fundamental English (Department of Business Administration) | Inactive | |
| General/Fundamental English (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) | Inactive | |
| General/Fundamental English (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) | Inactive | |
| General/Fundamental English (Department of Law and Human Rights) | Inactive | |
| Film Studies | Inactive | |
| Introductory Literary Theories | Active |
Title: Dantesque Chants in Eliot’s Vision of Time and Timeless: Towards a Search for the Essence of Religious Doctrines and Rituals in T. S. Eliot’s Poetry
Project Institute: Department of English
Project Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maswood Akhter
Awards and Honors
First Prize (Prize Money and Certificate) winner in the general category of International Poetry Competition ‘Shakespeare As You Like It’, awarded by PG and Research Department of English, Farook College (2016)
Judge, awarded by HULT PRIZE: Leading a Generation to Change the World (2020)
Memberships and Activities
Co-Editor, The Browsing Corner, New Delhi, India (2011-09-01 to 2011-12-12)
Co-Founder and Co-Editor , Shashwatiki: A Regular Literary & Cultural Magazine (2007-01-05 to 2009-12-21)
Member, Editorial Council, Saptak: an Irregular Literary Magazine of the Department of English, Rajshahi University (2017-04-15 to Present)
Seminar Attended
(Plenary Speaker) Translation and the Glocal: Texts, Identity, Politics and Cultural Survival, Organized by Department of English, Karim City College, Jamshedpur, India (2020)
Sustaining Innovation in English Language Education, Organized by Rajshahi University (2011)
Other Information
1. Host, Bangladesh Youth Social Leadership Training, Certificate Awarding Ceremony, 2020
2. Host, "Study in India", organized by Career Centre, Varendra University, in collaboration with Assistant High Commission of India, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 27 December 2019
3. Curator, Voice of Students, Department of English, Varendra University, 2020
4. Editor, Digital Booklet, Department of English, Varendra University, 2020
5. Editor, University Brochure, Varendra University, 2021
6. Designer, logo of the Department of English, Varendra University, 2020
7. Curator, Let Our Rhythm Take Control: Poetry Out Loud, Department of English, Varendra University 2020
8. Editorial member (Souvenir Committee), 1st Convocation Souvenir 2022, Varendra University
9. Curator, YouTube page of The English Language Club, Department of English, VU.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnglishLanguageClubVUEnglishDepartment/videos
Active Membership:
i) Program Self-Assessment Committee (IQAC)
ii) University Ranking Committee
iii) English Language Club, Department of English, VU
iv) One of the 4 Members, Curriculum Design Committee, Department of English
v) Convener, HEI (Higher Education Institution) Handbook
vi) All other regular departmental committees
Expired Membership:
i) Mentor, VU Career Centre
ii) Member, Brain of Varendra
iii) Member, Brain of Varendra University
iv) Member, Promotional Committee
v) Member, Academic Calender Committee
vi) Member, Graduate Profile Committee
