Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology

Cumilla, Bangladesh

BAIUST

Kazi Shahidul Islam

Assistant Professor

shahid.english@baiust.ac.bd
01710523695

GLOBAL ANGLOPHONE LITERATURES (GALS)

This field of work offers up an immense ground for literary practice and theory in the 21st century.

MPHIL (IN PROGRESS)

Jahangirnagar University
MPhil (in progress)
2019-2020

MA IN ENGLISH

University of Chittagong
MA in English
2007-08

  • Assistant Professor 03 Apr 2020-Present

Department of English, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology

  • Lecturer 03 Apr 2019-02 Apr 2020

Department of English, Bangladesh Army International University of Science and Technology

  • Lecturer 10 Jan 2012-02 Apr 2019

Department of English, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong

Publications

Islam, Kazi Shahidul. “On being politically ‘rooted’ in Bangladesh: The case of the Anglophone poet Kaiser Haq.” South Asian Review (Q1), 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2025.2536376

  1. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. “Kaiser Haq’s reminiscence poems: A dialectic between memory and history.” Crossings, Vol. 15 (2024)., Pp. 99–115. https://journals.ulab.edu.bd/index.php/crossings/article/view/567. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v15i1.567
  2. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. Why and how is Razia Khan’s “Argus under Anaesthesia” part of the 1971 transnational discourse?. Journal of Nazrul University, Vol. 10, Nos. 1 & 2 (2024). Pp. 179–199. https://jkkniu.edu.bd/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/10-Kazi-Shahidul-Islam.pdf

Islam, Kazi Shahidul. On the Problematic of Anglophone Tradition: The Bangladeshi Poet Kaiser Haq in Focus. Manababidya Gabesanapatra (Faculty of Arts, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University), Issue 7, July 2023,
Pp. 319–337.

Islam, Kazi Shahidul. Postcolonial Intertextuality: Bangladeshi Poet Kaiser Haq’s Poetics. BAIUST Academic Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1, December 2022, Pp. 1–14. URL: https://journal.baiust.ac.bd/volumes-3-issues-1/

Islam, Kazi Shahidul (second author), Md. Khaled Bin Chowdhury (first author), and Md. Abdur Rashid (third author). “University Students’ Reticence in English Language Classes and Outside: A Study from Socio-Economic Perspectives”. BGC Trust University Journal, Vol. 6, 2022 (pp. 95-110). URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368824468_University_Students ‘_Reticence_in_English_Language_Classes_and_Outside_A_Micro- level_Study_from_Socio-Economic_Perspectives

Islam, Kazi Shahidul. “Postnational Literary Politics of Contemporary Anglophone Fiction of/from the East,” BAIUST Academic Journal, Vol. 1, Issue 1, December 2020, Pp. 114-125.

  1. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2025. “Between Bengali Identity and Bangladeshi Nationalism: The Mediating Potential of Bangladesh’s Anglophone Literature”

    Event Title: National Conference2025 on Beyond the Borders: Transnationality, Multiculturalism and Gender in Contemporary World and Literature

    Date & Venue: June 28, 2025; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Comilla University, Cumilla.

  2. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2025. “Enhancing Language Acquisition Outcomes through Teaching of Anglophone Literatures: A Proposition for Pragmatic Curriculum”

    Event Title: IML International Conference 2025: Issues of Language Contact and Language Acquisition

    Date & Venue: February 17-18, 2024; Department of English, Institute of Modern Languages, University of          Chittagong.

 

3. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “From Canon to Relevance: The Pragmatics of Thematic and Interdisciplinary Courses for Literature Programs”

    Event Title: EDRU-ATLEB International Conference 2024 on Revisiting the Canon: Reading British and                      American Literatures from Contemporary Perspectives

   Date & Venue: December 20-21, 2024; Department of English, Rajshahi University, and Association of                 Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB), Rajshahi Chapter.

 

4. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “The Symbiosis between Translation and Anglophone Literature: The Case of Bangladeshi Writers in English”

    Event Title: BELTA-NSU International Conference 2024 (11th BELTA International Conference)

    Date & Venue: December 06-07, 2024; North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

5. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “Translation and/as creative writing: Bangladeshi Anglophone poet Kaiser Haq’s praxis”

   Event Title: International Conference on Language Metamorphosis: Implications for Language Education in           Decolonial Contexts (LMLEDC)

   Date & Venue: November 28-30, 2024; BRAC Institute of Languages (BIL), BRAC University

 

6. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “Bangladeshi Anglophone literature: A nationalist category with ‘generically’ transnational inclinations”

    Event Title: International Conference on The Trans- Phenomenon in Language, Literature, and Culture (TPLLC)

    Date & Venue: November 15-16, 2024; Department of English & Humanities, University of Liberal Arts                  Bangladesh (ULAB).

 

7. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “Translation as a Subjective Pursuit: An Analysis of the Motivations and Strategies of Bangladeshi English Translators”

    Event Title: International Conference on Bridging Cultures: Advanced Discourses in Translation, Culture, and          Comparative Literature

   Date & Venue: November 09-10, 2024; Department of English Department of English, City University,                   Bangladesh, and IDEAS: An International Journal of Literature, Arts Science and Culture, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

8. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “The 1971 War in Bangladeshi Anglophone Poetry: Between the (In)adequacy of Representation and Nationalistic Loyalty”

    Event Title: 3rd International on Innovation and Transformation for Development (ITD) 2024

    Date & Venue: November 09-10, 2024; Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Green University of Bangladesh.

 

9. Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2024. “On the Need to Incorporate Climate Fiction Course in Literature Curricula in Bangladesh”

    Event Title: 3rd International Conference ICEHG 2024

    Date & Venue: February 16-17, 2024; Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and                         Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

 

10.Islam, Kazi Shahidul. 2023. “On the problematic of Bangladeshi Anglophone literary tradition: Towards a resolution”

    Event Title: English Connects: A national symposium

    Date & Venue: December 8, 2023; University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.