Bangladeshi Academic, Writer and Translator

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Dr. Fakrul Alam

Dr. Fakrul Alam is a retired professor of the Department of English at the University of Dhaka. He is currently the Bangabandhu Chair Professor of the Department of History, University of Dhaka and was previously UGC Professor and Supernumerary Professor of its Department of English, and Director of its Bangabandhu Research Institute for Peace and Liberty. He retired from the University of Dhaka on June 30, 2017. From July 2017 to February 2019, he was Pro-Vice Chancellor of East West University.
 

He received the SAARC Literature Award in 2012 at the SAARC Literature Festival, Lucknow, and the Bangla Academy Puroshkar (Literature Award) for Translation in 2013. He received the FOSWAL Literature AWARD in 2023.

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falam57@gmail.com
falam1951@du.ac.bd
falam1951@yahoo.com

Phone: 8801733595367

Other Current Positions

Dr. Fakrul Alam became a faculty member at the Department of English of the University of Dhaka in October, 1975. As of today, he has taught at several universities around the globe, including Clemson University, USA as a Fulbright Scholar, and Jadavpur University, India as a Visiting Associate Professor.

University of Dhaka

Senator (Educationist category) 2022-2025

Transparency International ​

Member, Board of Trustees​

Bengal Foundation​

Board Member​

University of Dhaka​

Member of the Academic Council​

Notre Dame University, Bangladesh

Member, Syndicate and Academic Council​

North South University

Member of the Academic Council​

Recent Books

Fakrul Alam’s first book was Daniel Defoe: Colonial Propagandist. He writes in a vibrant style with logical argumentation on literary matters that range from colonial to postcolonial literature.

Reading Literature in English and English Studies in Bangladesh: Postcolonial Perspectives (Dhaka: writers.ink: 2021).
Reading Literature
By Fakrul Alam
Gitabitan: Selected Song-Lyrics of Rabindranath Tagore. (Dhaka: Journeyman Books, 2023).
Gitabitan
Translated by Fakrul Ala
Once More into the Past. Dhaka: Daily Star Books, 2020.
Fakrul Alam
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Featured Interview

Dr. Fakrul Alam was interviewed by Borderless Journal. Please, click here to read the interview.
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