Faculty Profile

MD MONIRUL ISLAM

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Bangla, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801923137672
  • Email: [email protected]

Biography

Date of Birth: 28/ 11/ 1990
Sex: Male
Marital Status: Married

Education

  • M.A. in Literary and Cultural Studies, 2025, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India.
  • M.A. in Bengali, 2012, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.
  • B.A. in Bengali, 2011, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Philosophy and Critical Theory
  • Decolonization and Cultural Studies

Previous Research Project

  • 1. “Critical Perspective of Studying Bengali Folk Tales,” in ed. G. M. Moniruzzaman, The Comilla University Journal of Arts, Comilla University, June 2018, pp. 19-27.
  • 2. “Colonial Culture: Jasim Uddin and His Resistant Endeavors,” in ed. Md. Shahjahan Mian, Sahittya Patrika, Dhaka University, October 2018, pp. 165-180.
  • 3. “Syed Nizar’s Theorization of Artist Sultan: An Analysis of Decolonization,” in ed. Habibur Rahman, Rashtrochinta, October 2021, pp. 126-177
  • 4. “Fort William College: Colonization and Coloniality,” in ed. Shahid Iqbal, Shahittiki, Rajshahi University, September 2023, pp. 47-66.
  • 5. “Colonial Influence in the Study of the History of Bengali Prose,” in ed. Mizanur Rahman Khan, Bishwabanglabikshan, 2022, pp. 1-11

Journal Publications

  • 1. “Nine Poems from Tao Te Ching,” by Lao Tsu, Trans. Monirul Islam, in ed. Khorshed Alam, Shishirershabdo, April 2023. (2023)
  • 2. “Zafir Setu’s A Magical Bone: Living in Coloniality,” in ed. Sumon Sajjad, Shahojia, December 2021. (2021)
  • 3. “A Golden Jubilee of Bangladeshi Literature: Hegemony, Coloniality, and Other Debates,” in ed. Sumon Sajjad, Shahojia, April 2021. (2021)
  • 4. “Reading Marx in the Time of Corona: The Inorganic Body of Human Being,” in ed. Sumon Sajjad, Shahojia, September 2020. (2020)

Book/ Book Chapter

  • 1. Chewinggolapigum (Novel)
  • 2. “Derrida’s Deconstruction,” in ed. Bidyarthi Kalyan, Samagra, August 2025, Department of Bengali, SUST, pp. 18-36
  • 3. “Upanibesh: The Origin and Development of the Concept of ‘Colony’ and ‘Colonization’ in Indian Thought Tradition,” in ed. Shahid Iqbal, Chinno, February 2024, pp. 227-239
  • 4. “What Does It Mean to Decolonize?” by Walter D. Mignolo, Trans. Monirul Islam, in ed. Habibur Rahman, Rashtrochinta, March 2023, pp. 186-235
  • 5. “Ten Poems of Mawlana Rumi,” by Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Trans. Monirul Islam, in ed. Khaled Hossain, Banglar Mukh Subarnajayanti Smarak Prakashana, December 2022, Department of Bengali, Jahangirnagar University.
  • 6. “Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality,” by Anibal Quijano, Trans. Monirul Islam, in ed. Habibur Rahman, Rashtrochinta, June 2022, pp. 205-229
  • 7. “Problematic: The Contribution of Gaston Bachelard in French Thought Tradition,” in ed. Gulshan Icarus, Samagra, December 2022, Department of Bengali, SUST, pp. 13-27

Teaching

  • Lecturer, Department of Bengali, Brindabon Government College, Habiganj, from 2016.
  • Lecturer, Department of Bengali, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, from 2018.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Bengali, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, from 2020.