Established 1921 Academic staff 11 | Chairperson Prof.Dr.Rubina Khan Location Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
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Type Under Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka Campus Urban, located at Shahbag | ||
The Department of English (Bengali: ইংরেজি বিভাগ) of the University of Dhaka, is one of the leading departments in University of Dhaka. It is under the Faculty of Arts. It is as old as the University.
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History
The Department of English is as old as the University of Dhaka, it opened when the University started functioning on July 1, 1921. C. L. Wrenn, a distinguished scholar who later became Professor of English at University of Oxford was appointed the first Head of the Department. The Department of English contributed immensely to the spread of education in the then East Bengal. It has also played its part in the education of women of this country. Leela Nag, a student of the Department, was the first woman graduate of Dhaka University, and her admission to the Department of English was an epoch-making event in the history of women's emancipation in the country.
The teachers and students of the Department played an active part in the Bengali Language Movement of 1952 and Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. Two teachers - Dr. Jyotirmoy Guhathakurata and Mr. Rashidul Hasan - and a number of students, were martyred in the War of Liberation in 1971.
Degrees offered
Since 1998 the Department has been offering courses for a four-year B. A. Honors degree in English. At the M. A. level the students can choose either Applied Linguistics and ELT or English Literature. The Department also provides supervision for M. Phil and PhD research degrees.
List of Heads of Department
The Head of the Department is called Chairperson. The current Chairperson is Professor Dr Rubina Khan. Other heads of the Department are:
The Heads of the Department from 1921 to 1972:
Chairpersons Since 1973:
Faculty members
The Department has 41 Faculty Members in total. Professor Dr. Rubina Khan is the honorable Chairperson of the Department.
Notable faculty include:
Seminar libraries and self-access center
There are two seminar libraries: The Shahid Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta – Shahid Rashidul Hasan Seminar and the Abi Md. Nizamul Huq Seminar.
The Guhathakurta – Rashid Seminar is the Literature Library. The library is well furnished which contains literary books of different ages and genres. It is located next to the Department’s office. The Abi Md. Nizamul Huq Seminar is the Language library which contains books on diverse fields of English Language and grammar, linguistics, English Language Teaching (ELT), Teacher Education etc. Both libraries also have computers where students can work and access the internet for academic purposes.
Apart from the seminar libraries, the department has a well equipped self-access center comprising two computer labs which provide multimedia facilities for students.