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Kazi Ashraf Uddin

Kazi Ashraf Uddin

PhD Candidate
MA in English Studies, University of Bordeaux (France); BA (Hons) and MA in English, University of Chittagong (Bangladesh)


Ashraf is a PhD candidate in the School of Law, Society and Criminology at 国产精品 Sydney. His doctoral project aims to develop an intersectional methodological framework of transgender research in South Asian context.

Prior to his ongoing teaching career (at Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh) spanning more than a decade in the field of English and Cultural studies, Ashraf had completed his MA in English Studies from the University of Bordeaux 3 (France) as an Erasmus scholar and BA and MA in English from University of Chittagong. In 2013, he undertook gender research project as a Scholar-in-residence at the Centre for Contemporary Theory (India) with a Ford scholarship.

Both an anglophone and a francophone, Ashraf taught courses like Postmodern literature, Critical theory and Applied linguistics, Advanced French, Translation studies, Psycholinguistics, and Postcolonial literature at both undergrad and postgraduate level. He has been closely involved in designing curriculum for English and French studies at tertiary level in Bangladesh and is an internationally accredited examiner for French higher diplomas.聽 聽 聽 聽聽

Research topic

Defining South Asian Transgenderism: Quest for a Queer Methodology through Disability Studies

Synopsis

My doctoral research project aims at developing a South Asian transgender research framework accommodating an intersectional perspective in investigating its epistemological and ontological research questions involving the hijras. Informed by a decolonizing methodological approach, this research aims to locate the socio-anthropological and political nuances of transgender identity in Bangladesh.聽 聽聽

Supervisors

Andy Kaladelfos (Scholl of Law, Society and Criminology); Joyce Wu (School of Social Sciences)

Areas of interest

Gender and sexuality studies, Critical posthumanism, Intersectionality, Spatial criticism, Critical pedagogy, Social and cultural anthropology.
Email

k.uddin@unsw.edu.au

    • Kamola plays a Drag-Queen: Reading 鈥楲olita Complex鈥 in Humayun Ahmed鈥檚 Ghetuputra Kamola (2012) [accepted for publication in Identity in the Globalized World by University Press Limited (UPL), Bangladesh]
    • 鈥樷淰iolence that dare not speak its name: Construing and de-construing minority 鈥榤en鈥欌 (co-author: Mashurur Shahid Hossain) in Discoursing Minority. Eds. Anisur Rahman, Supriya Agarwal, Bhumika Sharma, 01/09/2014, Rawat Publishers, India. pp. 76-96, ISBN-13: 978-8131606407.
    • 鈥淗eteronationalistic Necropower: Pandemic Double disenfranchisement and Alienation of Hijras鈥, Socioscapes. International Journal of Societies, Politics and Cultures, Vol 2, N 1. (2020) DOI 10.48250/1031
    • 鈥淪idewalk and Traffic Intersections: An Urban Anthropological Evaluation of the Spatial Organization and Practices of Dhaka City鈥, accepted for publication in The Jahangirnagar Review: Part II: Social Science, Vol. XLIII (2019)
    • 鈥淟ocating the Sublime and the Real in Jibanananda Das鈥 Poetry鈥, Harvest, Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 34, 2019. Department of English, Jahangirnagar University, ISSN: 1729-8326.
    • 鈥淯nderstanding Deviant Space: A Study of the Subversion of Power Dynamics in Paharganj鈥 Crossings VOL. 11 | 2020 | pp. 198-208 | ISSN 2071鈥1107.
    • 鈥淰oicing Draupadi: (Re)Constructing the Female Archetype鈥, Southeast University English Department Journal, Vol. 3, 2018. pp. 7-16. ISSN. 2519-1543.
    • 鈥淐onsensual Hallucination鈥: Dystopian Posthuman Condition in Gibson鈥檚 Neuromancer published at Harvest, Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 32, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University] pp. 113-122, ISSN: 1729-8326.
    • 鈥淪winging between 鈥楻atan鈥 and 鈥楻atna鈥: Gender Ambiguity in Anan Zaman鈥檚 Shikhandi Katha鈥 Harvest, Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 30, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University. pp. 97-105, ISSN: 1729-8326.
    • 鈥淪uicide in Sanatorium: Dysfunctional Utopia in Norwegian Wood鈥 in Harvest, Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature, Vol. 29, Department of English, Jahangirnagar University. pp. 119-128, ISSN: 1729-8326
    • Epistemology of the South: Exploring the Perspectives on Rohingya Refugee Research, 2nd International Conference on 鈥淩efugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post] post-colonial Perspectives鈥, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 24-25 February
    • 鈥淩eligious rehabilitation of the Hijras: An Alternative Transgender Integration Model in the Global South鈥, DevNet Conference 2022, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 7-9 December 2022.
    • 鈥淭ranslating 鈥渢he breast鈥 and 鈥渢he milk鈥: In Search for an Oriental traduction f茅minine鈥, 7th IATIS Conference: The Cultural Ecology of Translation, Barcelona, Spain + Online, 14-17 September 2021.
    • 鈥淒efining South Asian Transgenderism: Quest for a Hijra Epistemology through Disability Studies鈥, PhD Student Masterclass Presentation at DSA 2021: Unsettling Development (Online), hosted by University of East Anglia, 24 June 鈥 2 July 2021.
    • 鈥淎 Comparative Reading of Two Translations of Syed Waliullah鈥檚 novel, Lal Shalu鈥, paper presented at ICLA Congress 2019, University of Macau, China. 29 July 鈥 2 August 2019.
    • Locating the Sublime and the Real in Jibanananda Das鈥 Poetry鈥, paper presented at the International Conference entitled 鈥淭he Current Literary Theories and Jibanananda Das鈥, 11 July 2019, University of Barishal, Bangladesh.
    • 鈥淭eaching French in South Asia: Pedagogical Challenges鈥, paper presented for the 23rd International Conference of NELTA, 15-17 February 2018, Kathmandu, Nepal.
    • 鈥淔rom Chitr膩ngad膩 to Chitrangada: Performativity and Transformativtiy of the Queer Body鈥, panel-paper presented at International conference on 鈥楻edrawing Gender Boundaries in Literary Terrains鈥, May 2017, BRAC University, Bangladesh.
    • 鈥淔rom Material to Meta-Material: Reading Visual Texts (A)Materially鈥, paper presented at XIXth International Conference on 鈥淢aterialities: Objects, Matters, Things鈥 held December 18-21, 2016 at Doon University, India.
    • 鈥淢onster in the Pastoral: Reading Eco-Subaltern Narrative in South Asian Literature鈥, paper presented at the International conference titled 鈥淐onference of International Comparative Literature Association 2016 鈥 ICLA鈥, University of Vienna, Austria [July 20-27, 2016]
    • 鈥溾楻eturn of the Repressed鈥欌 or Calling the Repressed: Reading the Spectrality of Lazarus in Literature and Popular Culture鈥, paper presented at International conference titled 鈥淭he River: Flows of Innovation and Exchange in the Global(i)zed English World鈥, March 3-6, 2016, North South University, Bangladesh
    • 鈥淕oodbye Blue Sky: Reading Post-Industrial Apocalypse in Pink Floyd鈥, paper presented at National Conference titled "The Machine in the Garden: Literature, Language and Technology in English Studies", 19 September 2015, Daffodil International University, Bangladesh
    • 鈥溾淭o-be-looked-at-ness鈥: Masculine Politicized Gaze in Alfred Hitchcock鈥檚 Films鈥, International Conference (IACSS) on 鈥淐ultural Transformations鈥, December 2011, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    • Violence that dare not speak its name: Construing and de-construing minority 鈥榤en鈥, (co-presenter: Mashrur Shahid Hossain), International Conference on 鈥淢inority Discourses Across Cultures,鈥 March 2012, Central University of Rajasthan, India.
    • 鈥溾淵OU ARE FULL OF SHIT, MAN鈥: Constructing 鈥淭axi-Driver鈥 Cult in Film鈥, International Conference on 鈥淟anguage, Literature, and Cultural Studies in the 21st Century: translocating, transgressing boundaries鈥, May 2012, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
    • Thou art 鈥榖ase, common, and popular鈥: popular culture and the minoritized 鈥楽hakespeare鈥, (co-presenter: Mashrur Shahid Hossain), 1st Conference on 鈥淓nglish and Interdisciplinairity: Shakespeare,鈥 15-17 December 2012, North South University, Bangladesh.
    • Kamola plays a Drag-Queen: Reading 鈥楲olita Complex鈥 in Humayun Ahmed鈥檚 Ghetuputra Kamola (2012), 1st International Conference on Social Science and Humanities, 23-25 August 2014, Independent University, Bangladesh.