NSU-DEML International Conference 2026

Schedule of Events

Encountering the Human(ities): Anxiety, Storytelling, Futurity

October 30–31, 2026
01
DAY 1

Friday, October 30

08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
REGISTRATION

Registration

● Admin Building Ground Floor
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
CEREMONY

Inaugural Ceremony

● Main Auditorium
10:00 AM – 10:40 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

“Migrant Ecologies: Towards an Environmental Humanities of Place”

Professor Banu Subramaniam

Professor & Chair, Luella LaMer Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College, USA

● Main Auditorium
11:00 AM – 11:20 AM
BREAK

Tea Break

● Auditorium Lobby
11:20 AM – 12:50 PM
ROUND TABLE 1

“Encountering Our Present: English Studies Now”

Professor Fakrul Alam, Ph.D. Advisor, Department of English, East West University; Retired Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka
Professor Kaiser Hamidul Haq, Ph.D. Professor & Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, ULAB
Professor Razia Sultana Khan, Ph.D. Advisor, Department of English & Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh
Professor Sarker Hasan Al Zayed, Ph.D. Professor, Department of English and Modern Languages, Independent University, Bangladesh
Professor Mahmud Hasan Khan, Ph.D. Professor, Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University
Nazia Manzoor, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University
Moderator: Musharrat Hossain, Senior Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University
● AUDI801
12:30 PM Onwards
EXHIBITION

Poster Display

● In front of the Main Stage (Plaza Area)
01:00 PM – 02:00 PM
BREAK

Lunch

● Auditorium Lobby
02:00 PM – 03:30 PM
SESSION 1

Session 1

03:30 PM – 04:00 PM
PLENARY 1

“Storytelling to Alleviate Fear of Learning”

Professor AMM Hamidur Rahman

Professor of English, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Daffodil International University

● Syndicate Hall
04:00 PM
BREAK

Tea

● NAC 7th Floor Balcony
04:00 PM – 05:30 PM
SESSION 2

Session 2

05:30 PM – 06:00 PM
PLENARY 2

“Language as the Portal: Trailing History, Culture and Society through Stories”

Professor Bokhtiar Ahmed, Ph.D.

Professor & Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Independent University, Bangladesh

● Syndicate Hall
06:00 PM End of Day 1
02
DAY 2

Saturday, October 31

08:00 AM – 08:50 AM
REGISTRATION

Registration

● Admin Building Ground Floor
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM
KEYNOTE ADDRESS

“Cognizing Others: Human Futures with Our Nonhuman Symbionts”

Professor N. Katherine Hayles

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature, Duke University, USA & Distinguished Research Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

ONLINE
● Syndicate Hall
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM
BREAK

Tea Break

● NAC 7th Floor Balcony
10:20 AM – 11:50 AM
SESSION 3

Session 3

12:00 PM – 01:30 PM
SESSION 4

Session 4

12:30 PM – 02:00 PM
BREAK

Lunch

● Exhibition Hall
02:00 PM – 03:30 PM
SESSION 5

Session 5

03:40 PM – 04:10 PM
PLENARY 3

“New Critical Frontiers in the Humanities”

Professor Firdous Azim, Ph.D.

Professor of English & Chair, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University

● Syndicate Hall
04:00 PM
BREAK

Tea

● NAC 7th Floor Balcony
04:20 PM – 05:20 PM
ROUND TABLE 2

“Stories of the Entangled World: Writing across Boundaries”

Umme Farhana Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
Shazed Ul Hoq Khan Abir Senior Lecturer, Department of English, East West University
Syeda Maisha Ali Lecturer, Department of English & Modern Languages, North South University
Mehrul Bari S. Chowdhury Lecturer, Department of English & Modern Languages, North South University
Anmana Manishita Lecturer, Department of English and Humanities, BRAC University
Moderator: Farhana Islam Tani, Lecturer, Department of English & Modern Languages, North South University
● AUDI801
05:20 PM End of Day 2