Romanzi inglesi del Bangladesh: dall’emergenza all’efflorescenza

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Program

La storia e lo sviluppo della letteratura inglese del Bangladesh sono strettamente legati alle vicissitudini politiche del subcontinente indiano. Alcuni dei principali eventi della regione: la divisione della presidenza del Bengala nel 1905 e la sua inversione nel 1911, la divisione del subcontinente nel 1947, il movimento linguistico del 1952 nel Pakistan orientale, l’indipendenza del Bangladesh nel 1971 e i cambiamenti economici che il paese ha subito negli anni ’90 hanno avuto un profondo impatto su questa tradizione letteraria. Sebbene il primo romanzo inglese del Bangladesh, intitolato Begum Rokeya Sultana’s Dream sia uscito nel 1905, è solo negli anni ’90 che questa categoria di letteratura ha guadagnato un certo slancio. Il secondo decennio del ventunesimo secolo ha visto la pubblicazione di alcune delle migliori opere di questa categoria, come The World in My Hands (2013) di K. Anis Ahmed,  In the Light of What We Know (2014) di Zia Haider Rahman, Choudhury Babu Bangladesh di Numair Atif (2019) e così via, segnando ciò che Kaiser Haq, il più importante poeta del Bangladesh, scrivendo in lingua inglese, ha definito una “efflorescenza” per descrivere lo stato attuale della letteratura inglese del Bangladesh.

Responsabile
Khan Touseef Osman
PhD student, DIPSUM

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Day 1
24 June 2021

Inaugural Ceremony
9.10-9.50 (Italian time), 13.10-13.50 (Bangladeshi time)

Guests
Professor Carmine Pinto
Director of the Doctorate in Literary, Linguistic and Historical Studies, UNISA
Professor Virgilio D’Antonio
Delegate of the Rector, UNISA

Chairs
Mariano Ciarletta
PhD Candidate, DIPSUMDILLS, UNISA (Italian)
Dr. Khan Touseef Osman
Convenor, The Salerno Conference (English)

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Keynote Address
10.00-10.50 (Italian time), 14.00-14.50 (Bangladeshi time)

Keynote Speaker
Professor Kaiser Haq
Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Session Chair
Professor Niaz Zaman
Advisor, Department of English and Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

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Plenary Addresses
11.00-11.50 (Italian time), 15.00-15.50 (Bangladeshi time)

Plenary Speaker 1
Professor Maswood Akhter
Department of English, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Plenary Speaker 2
Professor Cara Cilano
Department of English, Michigan State University

Session Chair
Professor Mashrur Shahid Hossain
Department of English, Jahangirnagar University

Break
12.00-13.00 (Italian time), 16.00- 17.00 (Bangladeshi time)

Parallel Sessions
13.00-14.00 (Italian time), 17.00-18.00 (Bangladeshi time)

A: Trauma and Representation Presenter 1 Abdul Wahid Dippro Lecturer, English Department, Jashore University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh Presenter 2 Anika Saba Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Humanities, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, BRAC University Presenter 3 Muhammad Nurul Islam Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Chair Dr.Farzana Akhter Chairperson & Associate Professor, Department of English, East West University

B: Beyond the Nation Presenter 1 Sadia Afreen Lecturer, Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh Presenter 2 Qazi Arka Rahman Doctoral Student, Department of English, West Virginia University Presenter 3 Rakibul Hasan Khan PhD Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand Chair Dr. M. Shafiqul Islam Associate Professor, Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Panel Discussion: 14.10-15.10 (Italian time), 18.10-19.10 (Bangladeshi time)

Interrogating Bangladeshi English Novels

Panellist 1
Professor Razia Sultana Khan
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Panellist 2
Professor Kaiser Haq
Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Panellist 3
Professor Himadri Lahiri
Department of English, Netaji Subhas Open University, India

Chair
Asif Iqbal
PhD Candidate, Michigan State University, USA

Day 2
25 June 2021

Keynote Address
9.00-9.50 (Italian time), 13.00-13.50 (Bangladeshi time)

Keynote Speaker
Professor Fakrul Alam
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Research Institute for Peace and Liberty, and UGC Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka

Session Chair
Professor Shamsad Mortuza
VC (Acting), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Plenary Addresses
10.00-10.50 (Italian time), 14.00-14.50 (Bangladeshi time)

Plenary Speaker 1
Professor Sabiha Huq
English Discipline, Khulna University

Plenary Speaker 2
Dr. Sarker Hasan Al Zayed
Associate Professor, Department of English and Humanities (DEH), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)

Session Chair
Professor Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman
Department of English and Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Parallel Sessions
11.00-12.00 (Italian time), 15.00-16.00 (Bangladeshi time)

Break
12.00-13.00 (Italian time), 16.00-17.00 (Bangladeshi time)

Panel Discussion
 13.10-14.10 (Italian time), 17.10-18.10 (Bangladeshi time)

Writing Bangladesh in Novels

Panellist 1
Saad Z. Hossain
Novelist

Panellist 2
Arif Anwar
Author

Panellist 3
Nadeem Zaman
Author

Closing Ceremony
 14.20-15.00 (Italian time), 18.20-19.00 (Bangladeshi time)

Conference Observation and Future Perspective
Professor Lily Want
Former Dean, School of Arts, Languages & Literatures, and Former Head, Department of English, University of Kashmir

Vote of Thanks
Professor Stefan Heinz Maria Nienhaus
Supervisor, The Salerno Conference

Chair
Ikhtisad Ahmed
Writer and Poet

Chair
Dr. Khan Touseef Osman
Convenor, The Salerno Conference