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5th Floor, Department of English, Varendra University, Rajshahi Bypass Road, Chandrima, Paba, Rajshahi-6204
Designation Office Department
Lecturer English
Education Summary MA, BA (Honours)
Name of Degree Subject/Group Institution University Passing Year
MA English (Literature) Department of English University of Rajshahi 2021
BA (Honours) English Department of English University of Rajshahi 2020
Duration Department/Office Organization Position
01 Feb 2025 - 17 Apr 2026 Department of English Varendra University Lecturer
15 Jan 2024 - 31 Jan 2025 Department of English Varendra University Lecturer (on Probation)
03 Aug 2023 - 14 Jan 2024 Department of English Varendra University Lecturer (Contractual)
Research Paper
# Title
1 Munif Mahraf, "Manto’s “The Return”: A Memoir of Massacre" , published in Das Literarisch (ISSN: 2454 - 4647, Print Version)
Published date: Jan 2025
Conference Paper
# Title
1 Munif Mahraf, "From Canon to Pop: Exploring the Cartoon Adaptations of Moby Dick" , published in "Revisiting the Canon: Reading British and American Literatures from Contemporary Perspectives," organized by the Department of English, Rajshahi University, and Association of Teachers of Literatures
Published date: Dec 2024
2 Munif Mahraf, "Statelessness and In-betweenness in Saadat Hasan Manto’s “Toba Tek Singh” and “The Dog of Titwal”" , published in “Discover English: Student Conference and English Language and Literature,” organized by American International University-Bangladesh
Published date: Dec 2022
3 Sabiha Afrin Badhan, Munif Mahraf, "“No Man’s Land” as the “Mulk”: Revisiting Disability and Statelessness in “Toba Tek Singh"" , published in “Blended Mode – From the Partition to the Pandemic: Convergences in Humanities,” organized by Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalya, V. U. India
Published date: Mar 2022
COURSE OFFERED
Course Name Course Activity Course Materials
16th and 17th Century Drama Inactive
Classics in Translation I Inactive
English Fundamentals Inactive
History of England (OBE) Inactive
Romantic Poetry (OBE) Inactive
Classics in Translation II Inactive
Litertary Theory (OBE) Inactive
Introductory Literary Theories (OBE) Inactive
19th Century Poetry (OBE) Inactive
American Literature: Poetry Inactive
English for the Media Inactive
20th Century Poetry (OBE) Inactive
American Poetry (OBE) Active
Introduction to Cultural Studies (OBE) Active
RESEARCHES

Title: Silence and Resistance: Reading Selected Short Stories of Sadaat Hasan Manto

Project Institute: University of Rajshahi

Project Supervisor: Professor Dr. Md. Mominul Islam

Seminar Attended

  • "Teaching English  at Tertiary ​​​​​​Level", Organized by American Corner-Rajshahi & Department of English, Varendra University (10 October 2023)

  • "Unlocking the Secrets of Research and Publication", Organized by Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR) (25 January 2024)

  • "Sustainable Development Goals", Organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell and Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University (3 February 2024)

Other Information

  • Training: 

Effectively attended the training entitled Ethics in Teaching at University,” organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Varendra University on 7 May 2024

 

  • Workshops Completed:

Completed the international workshop on “Innovative Research for Successful SCOPUS Publications,conducted by Professor Dr. Muhammad Kamarul Kabilan Abdullah from the School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and organized by the Department of English, Varendra University, Bangladesh on 31 July 2025

 

Completed the workshop on Nuances of Teaching Shakespeare in Bangladeshi Classrooms,” organized by the Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh (ATLEB) on 27 April 2024

 

Completed the Teachers Training Workshop Sessions on Hands-on Activities for Learner Engagement and Teaching Grammar Communicatively, jointly organized by U.S. Embassy Dhaka, American Corner, Rajshahi, Bangladesh English Language Teachers Association (BELTA) and Global Aid for Sustainable Development (GASD) on October 18, 2023

 

  • Seminars Attended:  

Participated in the seminar on Sustainable Development Goals, organized by Institutional Quality Assurance Cell and Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University on 3 February 2024

 

Participated in the seminar on Unlocking the Secrets of Research and Publication, organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (CIR), Varendra University on 25 January 2024

 

Participated in the seminar on Teaching English at Tertiary ​​​​​​Level, organized by American Corner-Rajshahi and the Department of English, Varendra University on 10 October 2023

 

  • Membership:  

An active member of the sports committee of  the Department of English, Varendra University

 

An active member of the organizing committee of “ক্যারিয়ার কথন,” an online career consultancy program organized by the Department of English, Varendra University

 

An active Association of Teachers of Literature in English Bangladesh (ATLEB) member