Dr. Sabiha Huq
Professor
Address:
English Discipline Kobi Jibanananda Das Academic Building Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh Cell: +88-01914067565
PhD, Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages (KULTRANS fellow, NRC), University of Oslo, Norway (PhD thesis on translation of Ibsen's play Peer Gynt in three regional languages)
MPhil in Ibsen Studies, Centre for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo, Norway (MPhil thesis on influence of gender in adaptations of Ibsen's plays in Bangladesh)
MA in English Literature, Department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
BA (Hons) in English, Department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Postcolonial literature, Gender studies, Modern drama and Henrik Ibsen, Twentieth century English and American fiction and drama, Translation studies, Performance studies, Refugee and migration studies, Women's writings, Cultural studies
Current Research Project/Collaboration
| SL | Title | Research Role | Awarded Date | Completion Date | Funding Agency |
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| 1 | Mapping Partition Memory, Amnesia & Literature in Middle and South Bengal: An Indo-Bangladesh Perspective | 2018 |
21+ years of teaching
Courses: Introduction to English Literary Studies, Studies in Shakespeare, 20th Century English Drama, 20th Century English Poetry, 20th Century English Fiction, American Drama, Postcolonial Literature, South Asian Literature, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, Translation Studies, Metaphysical Poetry, Victorian Poetry, Research Methodology, English for Employability, Research Methods in English Literary Studies. Drama Workshop.
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Supervision
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Monograph and edited volume
2023. Ibsen in the Decolonised South Asian Theatre. Editor (co-edited by Srideep Mukherjee). London and NY: Routledge.
2022. The Mughal Aviary: Women's Writings in Pre-Modern India. Vernon, USA. Simultaneously published by UPL Bangladesh.
Book Chapters
2023. "Digitisation and New Modes of Ibsen Studies". Performance Arts: Research in the Age of Digital Revolution. Ed. K K Tam. Springer Nature.
2023. "By Means of Ibsen: Theatre Amidst Rising Fanaticism in Post-Partition India and Bangladesh". Ibsen in the Decolonised South Asian Theatre. Ed. Sabiha Huq and Srideep Mukherjee. London and NY: Routledge.
2020. “A Liminal Bengali Identity: Film Culture in Bangladesh.” In Media Culture in Transnational Asia: Convergences and Divergences. Ed. Hyesu Park. Rutgers University Press, USA.
2017. "Re-appropriating the Great War from a Marginalized Perspective: A God in Every Stone." The Great War and Our Mindscapes. Ed. Fakrul Alam et al. Dhaka: writers.ink.
2015. “A Tempest: Liberating a Caliban.” Translation Studies: Exploring Identities. Ed. Fakrul Alam and Ahmed Ahsanuzzaman. Dhaka: writers.ink.
Encyclopedia Entry
2022. Syed Shamsul Haq. Literary Encyclopedia. Entry recorded on 14 September.
https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=145779
2021. Tahmima Anam. Literary Encyclopedia. Entry recorded on 4 June.
https://www.literaryencyclopedia.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14555
2021. Selina Hossain. Literary Encyclopedia. Entry recorded on 19 February.
https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14554
2020. Jahanara Imam. Literary Encyclopedia. Entry recorded on 17 December.
https://www.literaryencyclopedia.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14553
Journal Articles
2020.
“Issues that Matter: Intersemiotic Transfer of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Spectrum. Dept.
of English, University of Dhaka.
2020. “Guns in Bangla Cinema across Borders: Perspectives on Cultural Evolution.” (Co-authored). Palgrave Communications.
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0379-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0379-6
2019. “National Struggle from Postcolonial Literary Perspective: Nuruldiner Sarajiban.” The Wenshan Review. (Department of English at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taipei, Taiwan). Vol 12.2．June 2019. 29-52. DOI: 10.30395/WSR.201906_12(2).0002.
2019. “Soft-Power, Culturalism and Developing Economies: The Case of Global Ibsen.” Palgrave Communications (Humanities and Social Sciences) Vol 5, Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599- 019-0255-4. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0255-4.
2018.
“Images of Bangladesh in Niaz Zaman’s Novels.” In Asiatic (IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature) , 12(1), http://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1206/795.
2018.
“Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt in India”. In Apperception
(Journal of the Department of English) Vol X, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India.
2016. “Nationalism under
‘det ydre forrevne Lag’: Peer Gynt at
Gålå.” Ed. Frode Helland and Julie Holledge. Ibsen Between Cultures. Acta Ibseniana.
2016. “The Location of Peer Gynt in South Asia: Cultural
Entanglements.” in Ibsen Between Tradition & Contemporaneity: The Peer Gynt Cycle. Department
of Theatre Arts, Sarojini Naidu School. University of Hyderabad.
2016. “Resurrected
Abattoir: Bangabandhu Memorial Museum in Bangladesh.” In Brukenthalia, Romanian
Cultural History Review Supplement of Brukenthal, Acta Musei.
2015. “The Stage
Performance of Peer Gynt in Mysore: Is Global Ibsen against Globalization?” Nordlit (Tromsø
University Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education) , 34.
2013. “Peer Gynt in Bangladesh: A Political
Envoy or a Cultural Signifier?” International
Journal of English and
Literature. Chennai: TJPRC. 3
(1).
2011.
“Staging of Ghosts as Krishnabibar in Bangladesh: ‘Gender’ as
an Indispensable Factor” (Tr. Chinese). Fudan
Forum on Foreign Languages and Literature.
2010.
“Reiteration of Cultural Norms: An Iranian Film Version of A Doll’s House”. Spectrum (Journal published by the Department of English, University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh). vol. 6 and 7.
2010.
“The Use of Gun and the Myth of Freedom”. Forum
for World Literature Studies. 2 (1). Shanghai, Wuhan, West Lafayette.
2009.
“Is Freedom of Choice regarding Women’s Occupation Blocked by Traditionalist
Values in Ibsen’s First Prose
Play?” Proceedings on the International
Conference on ‘Ibsen through New Eyes’. Dhaka: Centre for Asian Theatre (CAT).
2008. “The Other in The Lady from the Sea.” Spectrum (Journal published by the Department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh). vol.5.
2007. “The (Mis) Guided, the Distorted, the Lost: A Study of The Guide”. Referred proceedings of the seminar on ‘Contemporary Issues in English Language and Literature’, Khulna: English Discipline, KU.
2006. “Hedda Gabler’s Failure in Social Adaptation”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Socio-political Aspects of Ibsen’s Plays’. Dhaka: Centre for Asian Theatre (CAT).
Book Reviews
2022.“Sohana Manzoor, ed. Our Many Longings: Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh.” Book review in Asiatic. Vol 16 No 1, June 2022. https://journals.iium.
https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/ajell/article/view/2354
2021. “Historical significance of the first Bengali novel written by a woman”. Book review of Manottama: Narrative of a Sorrowful Wife by Somdatta Mandal. The Dhaka Tribune, August 17, 2021. https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2021/08/17/historicalsignificance-of-the-first-bengali-novel-written-by-a-wom
2021. “Tagore and the ‘Universal Man’.” Review of Critical Lives: Rabindranath Tagore by Bashabi Frazer. The Dhaka Tribune, May 20, 2021. https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/arts-letters/2021/05/20/tagore-and-theuniversal-man.
2021. “A Twenty first Century India Saga.” Review of NativePeer by Kamaluddin Nilu. The Dhaka Tribune, April 29, 2021. https://www.dhakatribune.com/magazine/2021/04/29/a-twenty-first-century-indiansaga.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15021866.2020.1757299
2020. “Language Attitude Anxiety and Remedial Propositions: A New Approach to ELT.” Review of Post-Colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia: Building Confidence to Speak English by Asantha U Attanayake. The Daily Star, March 7, 2020. https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/news/language-attitude-anxiety-andremedial-propositions-new-approach-elt-1877563.
2017. “The Art World is Essentially Male.” Review of The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt. The Daily Star, 9 Dec 2017. https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/the-art-world-essentially-male-1502245.
2015. “Fictionalizing an Unhappy World”. Review of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy. The Daily Star, 12 August 2017. https://www.thedailystar.net/book-reviews/fictionalizing-unhappy-world-1447252.
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Introduction to Prose-Fiction, Introduction to Drama, Performance Studies, Romantic Poetry, Victorian Poetry, Shakespearean Drama, Translation Studies, Twentieth Century English Fiction, Twentieth Century English Poetry and Drama, Research Methodology, English for Employability, English Literature from the Former Colonies, South Asian Literature, Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory, Studies in Shakespeare |
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