Sumaeta Marjan

Sumaeta Marjan

Lecturer

Department of English
Faculty of Arts & Social Science (FASS)

sumaeta.marjan@bup.edu.bd


BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Biography

Sumaeta Marjan is at present serving as a Lecturer in the Department of English, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP), Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh. She has acquired an M.A. degree in English Literature and Cultural Studies after completing her B.A. Honors from the Department of English, BUP. She takes pleasure in studying Post-colonial, Post-modern, Feminist, Marxist and Psychoanalytical literary works and is keen to take up studies or research works from these aspects of literature. Email: sumaeta.marjan@bup.edu.bd

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Education

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Journal Publication

1. 1. Sumaeta Marjan, Development Mania, Land Politics and Conflicts in the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o," DIU Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.7, July 2020.



2. 2. Sumaeta Marjan, “Sons and Lovers: A Reflection of Gothic Entity in a Modernist Novel,” International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.6, pp.62-65, June-2021.



3. 3. Sumaeta Marjan, "Sexual Liberation in the Beat Generation: An Analysis from the Selected Novels of Jack Kerouac", International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.6, pp.89-94, 2021

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Conference Papers

1. Conference Title: Postcolonial Perspectives: Language, Literature and Culture and the Global South (2020)
Organized by: 
Department of English, Daffodil International University
Presented Paper Title: 
Development Mania, Land Politics and Conflicts in the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o 

2.

Conference Title: 6th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition: Of Nations and Narrations (2020)
Organized by: 
Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Presented Paper Title: The Mothers in Building the Nation of Bangladesh: An Analytical Portrayal from A Golden Age by Tahmina Anam and Maa by Anisul Haque
Achievement: Certificate of Participation

3. Conference Title: From Kabuliwala to the Fall of Kabul: Afghanistan in Popular Imagination (International Online Conference, 2021)

Organized by: Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Presented Paper Title: Mothers, Daughters and Severed Bonds: The Grim Picture of Patriarchy in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Co-author: Sahria Islam Trisha, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

4. Conference Title: ULAB Multi-Cultural Conclave 2022: A Dialogic Imagination of Bangladesh: Literary- Linguistic- Cultural Representations, Non-representations and Mis-representations. (International Online Conclave)

Organized byDepartment of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Presented Paper Title: Re-narrating History: A Voice for the Voiceless in Selected Bangladeshi Short Stories
Co-author: Sahria Islam Trisha, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

5. Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Transformation for Development ITD -2022
Organized by: Green University of Bangladesh

Presented Paper Title: The Neocolonial Representation through Globalization: A Comparative Study between Ngugi Wa Thiong'o’s Devil on the Cross and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things 
Co-author: Dr. Fahmida Haque, Associate Professor, Department of English, BUP

6.

Conference Title: International Conference in English Studies; Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now, 2022
Organized by:Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML), North South University.
Presented Paper Title: The Paradox of English Education from the Colonial to Neocolonial Era: A Study from the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

7. Conference Title: Osmosis 2022: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Human Sciences
Organized by: 
Department of English, East Delta University, Chittagong

Presented Paper Title: Imperialism through Neocolonial Aggression: A Comparative Analysis between Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

8. Conference Title: Osmosis 2023: Liberal Arts and AI Ecosystem
Organized  by: 
Department of English, East Delta University, Chittagong
Presented Paper Title: Use of AI Tools in Translation: An Analysis on Learners of Translation Studies

Co-author: Md. Arif Jawad Fahim, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

9.

Conference Title: Gender: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2023)
Organized by: Shaikh-ul Aalam Center for Multidisciplinary Studies (SACMS), University of Kashmir
Presented Paper Title: Gender Performance Narratives and it's Refutation in Tagore's Novel Chokher Bali : A Comparative Analysis on 'Ashalota' and 'Binodini'. 

10. Conference Title: Environemental Hazards and gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South (3rd International Conference, ICEHG, 2024)
Organized by: Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
Presented Paper Title: Interconnectedness of female Opression and Degradation of Nature: An Ecofeminist Comparative Study on Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve and Hurston's Their Eyes were Watching God.

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Courses

1. Classical Literature in English Translation 

2. 16th and 17th Century English Literature

3. Introduction to Prose

4. Literary Criticism

5. Critical Theory and Critical Applied Linguistics

6. Women and Gender Studies

7. European Literature in Translation (Poetry and Prose)

8. Old and Middle English Literature

9. South Asian Literatures in English

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024


Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

1. 1. Sumaeta Marjan, Development Mania, Land Politics and Conflicts in the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o," DIU Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.7, July 2020.



2. 2. Sumaeta Marjan, “Sons and Lovers: A Reflection of Gothic Entity in a Modernist Novel,” International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.6, pp.62-65, June-2021.



3. 3. Sumaeta Marjan, "Sexual Liberation in the Beat Generation: An Analysis from the Selected Novels of Jack Kerouac", International Journal of Scientific Research in Multidisciplinary Studies , Vol.7, Issue.6, pp.89-94, 2021

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

1. Conference Title: Postcolonial Perspectives: Language, Literature and Culture and the Global South (2020)
Organized by: 
Department of English, Daffodil International University
Presented Paper Title: 
Development Mania, Land Politics and Conflicts in the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o 

2.

Conference Title: 6th Inter-University Student Conference and Cultural Competition: Of Nations and Narrations (2020)
Organized by: 
Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Presented Paper Title: The Mothers in Building the Nation of Bangladesh: An Analytical Portrayal from A Golden Age by Tahmina Anam and Maa by Anisul Haque
Achievement: Certificate of Participation

3. Conference Title: From Kabuliwala to the Fall of Kabul: Afghanistan in Popular Imagination (International Online Conference, 2021)

Organized by: Department of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Presented Paper Title: Mothers, Daughters and Severed Bonds: The Grim Picture of Patriarchy in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns
Co-author: Sahria Islam Trisha, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

4. Conference Title: ULAB Multi-Cultural Conclave 2022: A Dialogic Imagination of Bangladesh: Literary- Linguistic- Cultural Representations, Non-representations and Mis-representations. (International Online Conclave)

Organized byDepartment of English, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Presented Paper Title: Re-narrating History: A Voice for the Voiceless in Selected Bangladeshi Short Stories
Co-author: Sahria Islam Trisha, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

5. Conference Title: 2nd International Conference on Innovation and Transformation for Development ITD -2022
Organized by: Green University of Bangladesh

Presented Paper Title: The Neocolonial Representation through Globalization: A Comparative Study between Ngugi Wa Thiong'o’s Devil on the Cross and Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things 
Co-author: Dr. Fahmida Haque, Associate Professor, Department of English, BUP

6.

Conference Title: International Conference in English Studies; Ruptures and Resilience: English Studies in the Now, 2022
Organized by:Department of English and Modern Languages (DEML), North South University.
Presented Paper Title: The Paradox of English Education from the Colonial to Neocolonial Era: A Study from the Selected Novels of Ngugi Wa Thiong’o

7. Conference Title: Osmosis 2022: Interdisciplinary Approaches in Human Sciences
Organized by: 
Department of English, East Delta University, Chittagong

Presented Paper Title: Imperialism through Neocolonial Aggression: A Comparative Analysis between Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

8. Conference Title: Osmosis 2023: Liberal Arts and AI Ecosystem
Organized  by: 
Department of English, East Delta University, Chittagong
Presented Paper Title: Use of AI Tools in Translation: An Analysis on Learners of Translation Studies

Co-author: Md. Arif Jawad Fahim, Lecturer, Department of English, BUP

9.

Conference Title: Gender: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2023)
Organized by: Shaikh-ul Aalam Center for Multidisciplinary Studies (SACMS), University of Kashmir
Presented Paper Title: Gender Performance Narratives and it's Refutation in Tagore's Novel Chokher Bali : A Comparative Analysis on 'Ashalota' and 'Binodini'. 

10. Conference Title: Environemental Hazards and gender Issues: [Re]imagining Literature, Language and Culture of the Global South (3rd International Conference, ICEHG, 2024)
Organized by: Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet
Presented Paper Title: Interconnectedness of female Opression and Degradation of Nature: An Ecofeminist Comparative Study on Markandaya's Nectar in a Sieve and Hurston's Their Eyes were Watching God.

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024

Classical Literature in English Translation  16th and 17th Century English Literature Introduction to Prose Literary Criticism Critical Theory and Critical Applied Linguistics Women and Gender Studies European Literature in Translation (Poetry and Prose) Old and Middle English Literature South Asian Literatures in English

Last Updated: 30 Oct 2024