As an academic unit of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), the Department of History and Philosophy (DHP) came into being on 1st January 2015 and since then catering GED courses to undergraduate students at North South University. Courses have been designed to promote knowledge in the domain of national and global history, along with the pursuit of the ethical and moral standing of our students. Significant areas in the realm of history include national culture and standing of our students. Significant areas in the realm of history include national culture and heritage, the emergence of Bangladesh, world history and civilization. The philosophy cluster focuses on business ethics, visionary thinking, and aspects of human psychology. Some full-time international faculty members have already served, and two of them continuing. Besides classroom teaching, faculty members generating new knowledge on a global scale. Eminent educationist Professor M. Emdadul Haque is currently chairing the department, while Professor Sharif Uddin Ahmed was the founder Chair.
The Department of History and Philosophy aspires to be the Centre of Excellence based on historical and philosophical knowledge and research activities within Bangladesh and across South Asia.
If you are looking for a career oportunity in the Department of History and Philosophy, then kindly send you CV to the Chairman of DHP:
emdadul.haq@northsouth.edu
Dr. A. K. M. Shahnawaz - [ASz]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. Jadavpur University, India
Dr. Mohammad Mozahidul Islam [Mzd]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph.D., University of New South Wales, Australia
M.A. University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. AKM Golam Rabbani [AGR2]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. University of Nottingham, England
Dr. Ashfaque Hossaine [AHO]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. University of Nottingham, England
Dr.Mohammad Mozahidul Islam [MZd]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. University of New South Wales , Australia
Dr. Aksadul Alam [AKA3]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Dr. Eshani Chakraborty [Ech]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. Monash University, Australia
Dr. Ashit Boran Paul [ABP1]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. Deccan College Post Graduate and Research University, India
Samina Sultana [SMS4]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D. Rajshahi University , Rajshahi
Ms. Rashida Akhter Khanum [RAK]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
M.A., Philosophy University of McMaster, Canada
Dr. Mostofa Nazmul Mansur [Mtn4]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., University of Calgary, Canada
Dr. Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan [Krl]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., University of Cardiff, UK
Dr. Jasim Uddin [JSU]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., University of New South wales, Australia
Dr. Munir Hossain Talukder [MnT]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Hamida Akhtar Begum [HAB]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
University of Manitoba, Canada
M.A., University of Manitoba, Canada
Dr. Shamim F. Karim [SFK]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., Agra University, India
M.Sc., University of Strathclyde, UK
Dr. A.K.M. Rezaul Karim [ARK3]
Professor (Part Time Faculty)
Ph. D., Kanazawa University, Japan
Maliha Nargis Ahmed [Mna1]
Associate Professor(Part Time Faculty)
MA., University of Manchester
Nasrin Sultana [Nst]
Assistant Professor (Part Time Faculty)
MA, University of Alberta
Tahmina Yesmin Shova [TYS1]
Senior Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
M. A. Linkoping University Sweden
Mohammad Morad Hossain Khan [MHK1]
Senior Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
MA, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Shaheen Ahmed [Shd]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
P.G.D.L. City University, London
Barrister Kazi Tamrin Rashed [KTR]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
LL.B, University of London, UK
Sarah Hasan [SAH]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
LL.B, University of Wilverhampton, UK
Barrister Afroz Imtiaz [BAI]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
P.G.D.L., University of West of England, UK
LL.B., University of Greenwich , UK
Mohammad Arife Billah [AfB]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
P.G.D.L., The City University of London, UK
LL.M., University of Manchester, UK
Tasnim Hassan Saara [TAS]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
Masters in Law ( LLM). BPP University, London, UK
Ridma Khan [Rdn]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
LL.M., Queen Marry University of London, UK
M.Sc., University College of London, UK
Tasneem Kashem [TKs1]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
M.A. Middle Tennessee State University, USA
Ishtiaque Ahmed [ITA]
Lecturer (Part Time Faculty)
Post Graduate in Law University of London
List of Seminar
1. Historiography of Bangladesh by Professor Dr. sharif Uddin Ahmed, date 23rd April 2015.
2. Morality and Ethics in Bangladesh by Professor Dr. Mohammad Mozahidul Islam, date-16/06/2015
3. Revisiting the Concept of Sustainability: Economic, Social and Environmental by Professor Dr. Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan , date-30/07/2015
4. Virtues and Emotion: Aristotle's Vs. Islamic View by Professor Dr. Munir Hossain Talukder, date-30/08/2015
5.Is there a place for ethics instruction in liberal arts education?by Professor Norman Kenneth Swazo , Ms. Ridita Rahman Khan & Mr. Tawsif Elahi, date-01/11/2015
6. Refugees of Eastern Borders: Many Histories (1946-1977) by Anindita Ghoshal , Rishi Bankim Chandra College Kolkata, West Bengal, India, date-15/11/2015
7. Famines in Britain and India, 1550-1800: Connected Cultural Histories of Food Security by Dr. Ayesha Mukherjee, University of Exeter, UK, date-22/11/2015
Current course offerings:
In Spring 2019, the DHP is offering ten courses in 106 sections run by five full time and 33 part-time faculty members. Major courses currently offered by the department are as follows:
For further information, contact this number 01736494614 of the Department of History & Philosophy.
The DHP aims at launching a Masters Program in History and Asian Studies (HAS) for generating graduate students with broad based understanding of the past heritage, present opportunities and future prospects of blue economy in Bangladesh and throughout the region. The program will promote academic excellence and diversify of knowledge in politico-economic history among the local and regional students across South Asia.
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Dr. M. Emdadul Haque Professor & Chair Department of History & Philosophy |
Area of Research: Political history, Narco-diplomacy, India-Bangladesh relations, Public governance & politics Major-Publications: 1. Drugs in South Asia: from the Opium Trade to the Present Day (Houndsmill: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 0-333-75465-4); Co-published (New York: St Martin’s Press, 2000, ISBN 0-312-22379-X) 2. Colonial Drug Trade in South Asia: from Palashi to Partition (Dhaka: Century Publications, 2017) 3. Comparative Political Systems (Dhaka: Century Publications, 2019) 4. Transparency Openness & Ethics in Civil Service (Seoul: KAMAC, 2010) 5. Co-authored, Building Roads and Highways: Public Procurement Practices in Bangladesh (Saarbrucken: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017) 6. The Politics: Basic Understanding (Dhaka: Century Publications, 2019) * Plus more publications in Bengali
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Dr. Sharif Uddin Ahmed Professor |
Area of Research: Urban & Institutional History of South Asia
Major-Publications:A study in Urban History & Development, 1841-1885 published by Curzon Ptess Ltd, London, 1986; History & Heritage,1841-1921 (in Bengali), Academic Press &Publishers Limited Dhaka, 2002; |
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Dr. Norman Kenneth Swazo , Director,Undergraduate Studies Professor
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Area of Research: Ethics in International Affairs; Biomedical Ethics /Research Ethics; Recent European Philosophy (emphasis on Heidegger); Political Philosophy ; Comparative Philosophy /Comparative Religions; History of Philosophy. Major-publications: Crisis Theory & World Order: Heidegger Ian Reflections (New York:SUNY Press, SUNY’s Series in Global Politics September 2002. |
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Dr.Niladri Chatterjee Assistant Professor |
Area of research : Modern South Asian History, History of Bengal, The Indian Rebellion of 1857, Political Ecology and Environmental History, Political Economy of Public Health Policy in a Transnational Historical Perspective. Major publications: The European Response towards the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Rivista degli Studi Orientali (ISSN:0392-4866),published by the dipartimento Istituto Italiano di Studi orientali,Sapienza Universita di Roma.December 2014 |
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Ms. Sarah Fardeen Lecturer |
Area of Research: Research interest lies in the psychosocial field. Mental health development of the South Asian population. |
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Mr.Muhammad Asiful Basar Lecturer |
Area of Research: Economic History ,south Asian Studies, Climate & International discourse. Major publications: Climate Change, Loss of livelihood & the Loss of Rural Livelihood: A Story from coastal Bangladesh, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller GmbH & co.KG, ISBN Number:978-3-639-32829-5 |
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Dr. A.K.M. Shahnawaz Professor |
Area of Research: Cultural Heritage of world Civilization, Art, Architecture & Archaeology of Bengal, Socio-cultural History of Bengal. Major Publications: Mudraya O Shilalipite Maddhayajuger Banglar Samaj-Samskrity (Society & Culture of Medieval Bengal On Its Coins and Inscriptions) Dhaka, Bangla Academy, 1999 |
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Dr.Mohammad Mozahidul Islam Professor |
Area of Research: Bangladesh Politics, politics of Food Security, Historiography. Major Publications: The Toxic politics of Bangladesh: A bipolar competitive neopatrimonial state? Asian Journal of Political Science, 21(2):148-168.(published by Routledge: Taylor and Francis) |
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Dr.A.K.M.Golam Rabbani Professor |
Area of research: Islamic History and Culture, Muslim World, History South Asia (Ancient to Modern), Bengal and British India, Urban Studies, Urban History, Politics and Planning, National History and Heritages. Major –Publications: |
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Dr.Ashfaque Hossain Professor |
Area of research: History of the liberation war of Bangladesh, Aspects of colonial and post-colonial globalization, Maritime History, colonial Bengal and South Asian history. Major Publications: A short History of the Emergence of Independent Bangladesh (In Bengali, Dhaka: New Age Publication,2014 |
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Rashida Akhter Khanum Professor
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Area of Research: Ethics , Epistemology, Environmental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy and Philosophy of Science Major Publications: Contemporary gender Issues, Dhaka: A H Development Publishing House, 2012. |
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Dr. Mostofa Nazmul Mansur Professor |
Area of Research: Logic (traditional, Symbolic and Mathematical), Philosophy of Language, Western Philosophical Thoughts, Ethics, Epistemology, Indian Philosophy, Introductory Psychology Major Publication:W.D.Ross’ Account of What Makes Right Actions right: an Examination, Copula:Jahangirnagar University Studies in Philosophy, Vol.XXXI,pp. 1-13. |
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Dr. Jasim Uddin Professor
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Area of Research: Applied Ethics-which comprises Environmental Ethics, Business Ethics, Ethics & Biotechnology & Engineering Ethics. Major Publications: 1. Interconnectedness: Ecological and Ontological Realities, Philosophy and Progress, Development Centre for Philosophical Studies (DCPS), Dhaka University (DU), Vol.-June-Dec.2011. 2. Social Ecology as a Critique of Deep Ecology, the Journal of Social Studies, DU, Vol.-2-2009 |
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Dr. Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan Professor |
Area of Research: Normative and Applied Ethics (especially Environmental Ethics, Ethics of Sustainable Development, Business Ethics, Professional Ethics, Animal Ethics and Bioethics); Environmental Philosophy; and the History of Normative Philosophy. Major publications: |
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Dr. Md. Munir Hossain Talukder Professor
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Area of Research: Comparative Environmental Philosophy & Ethics, Bioethics, Applied Ethics, Asian Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethics and Technology. Major Publications: 1. ‘In defence of Geo-Cultural Identity: An Argument Against Kymlicka’s View of Multiculturalism and Minority Rights’, Central European university(CEU) Political Science Journal, Vol.4,no.1, pp1-22, January, 2011. Publisher: Central European University, Hungary. 2. ‘On Patient –Physician Relationships: A Bangladesh Perspective’. Asian Bioethics Review, Vol.2, no.2, pp65-84, June, 2011. Publisher: National University of Singapore, Singapore. |
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Dr. Hamida Akhtar Begum Professor |
Area of Research: Social behaviour like Attitudes, Values, Aggression and Violence, Risk-taking, Aging, Social Psychology of Psychological research, Environmental stress, Poverty, and Gender and Development. Major Publications: 1. ‘Emerging new Accent: A Perspective of Gender and Development in Bangladesh’, 1993. 2. ‘Exploring Mental Disorders in Bangladesh’, 2005. |
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Dr. Shamim F. Karim
Professor |
Area of Research: Psychology, Education & Child Development Women and Development Counselling & Mental Health. Major Publications: ‘ A Cross-cultural Study of Theoretical Values of Adolescence’; Asian Journal of Psychological and Education (APRC, Agra, India), Vol.30, no.1-2 page 1-6, 1997. |
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Department of History and Philosophy
NAC 10th Floor, Room Number 1047,
Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh.
Telephone +880 2 55668200. EXT 2111
Email remon.talukder@northsouth.edu
Website www.northsouth.edu
Faculty Office Hours - Spring 2019
It's my great pleasure to welcome you to the Department of History and Philosophy (DHP) at North South University. The department has been a new inclusion in the academic horizon of the university since 2015. Academically competent and reputed faculty members, both from overseas and local backgrounds, are involved in the offering of courses in history, philosophy, and psychology. Our collective venture is to cultivate knowledge among the young minds to help grow them in the right direction as human capital in society. We welcome your comments, suggestions, and feedback to improve our professional engagement with the students and as well as to society.
Dr. M. Emdadul Haq
Department of History and Philosophy
NAC 1047,
North South University
Bashundhara R/A, Block # B, Dhaka-1229,
Bangladesh
Tel:+880-2-55668200 Ext-2111