Prof. Dr. Banani Biswas

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Prof. Dr. Banani Biswas

Professor

Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

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01720-875140

Prof. Dr. Banani Biswas is a distinguished Professor of English Literature at Comilla University with a strong academic footprint in Post-Colonial Literature, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, and Film & Media Studies. She is an aspiring researcher and educator whose works examine gender dynamics, decoloniality, cultural burdens and intersectional socio-cultural struggles in literary, electronic, and digital texts. Her research has been published in prestigious international journals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, including Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier. She has served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Chair of the Department of English, Additional Director of the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the university, demonstrating extensive administrative and academic leadership and contributing to quality enhancement initiatives in higher education. She has also led several research projects funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Accreditation Council (BAC).

PhD. Shandong University English Literature 2018
Masters Jahangirnagar University English Literature 2006
Bachelor(4-yearsHons.) Jahangirnagar University English Literature 2005

Comilla University, Bangladesh
Profrssor
January 2023 - Present


Comilla University, Bangladesh
Associate Profrssor
December 2018 - January 2023


1. Biswas, Banani. “Choice between Creative and Procreative Functions: A Female Artist’s Struggle 
with Cultural Burdens in Rubaiyat Hossain’s Feature Film Under Construction,” Quarterly Review of Film and Video,2022. (SCOPUS, Q1, Published by T & F)
2. Biswas, Banani. “Comprehending the Oppression of Black Women: An Intersectional Study of 
The Temple of My Familiar and Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart,” Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature, vol.35, 2020, pp. 17-31.
3. Biswas, Banani. “Cultural Awareness in Bangladeshi Poetry in English.” Bangla Academy
Journal. (Accepted).
4. Biswas, Banani. “Deconstruction of the Racist-Sexist Stereotypes in Alice Walker's Novels.” 
Social Science & Humanities Open, vol.4, no. 1, 2021. (Scopus, Published by Elsevier)
5. Biswas, Banani.Form/s of the Infinity: The Eclectic Communion of Self with the Supreme Soul 
in Nazrul’s “Bidrohi,” we‡`ªvnx: kZe©‡l kZ`„wó. Bangla Academy, 2022, pp. 327-334.
6. Biswas, Banani, and Renaissance Ahmed Sayma. “Politics of Historicizing Africa in Literature: 
Heart of Darkness versus Things Fall Apart.” The Comilla University Journal ofArts, vol. 6. (Accepted)
7. Biswas, Banani. “Listening to Silence: Approaching the Discursive Void Addressed in Alice 
Walker’s Novels,” Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature,vol. 36, 2021, pp. 21-34.
8. Anie, Ayesha Akter, and Banani Biswas. “Representation of Black Men in Black Feminist 
Literature.” The ComillaUniversity Journal ofArts, vol. 5, 2020, pp. 197-208.
9. Biswas, Banani. (Dis)Locating Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights.” Jahangirnagar University 
Studies in Language & Literature, vol.31, 2016, pp. 7-21 
10. Biswas, Banani. “Oroonoko: A “Royal Slave” and/or a Master of Dignity.” Advancesin
Language    &    Literary    Studies    , vol. 6, no.4, 2015, pp. 208-215.
11. Biswas, Banani.  “The Patterns of the Male/Erotic Fantasy in Coover’s ‘The Babysitter’.” Asian 
Journal of Humanity, Art & Literature, vol. 3, no. 2, 2016, pp. 123-131.
12. Biswas, Banani, and TasnimaAktar. “A Study on the Mainstream’s Gaze in theWorks from 
Margin.” Arts & Design Study, vol.3, no. 4, 2012, pp. 1-6.

13. “Socio-economic factors affecting child mortality in hill tracts of Chattogram Division, Bangladesh”. GeoJournal, 89(2), 73, with Hossain, S., Ara, A., Alamgir, F., & Biswas, B. (2024). View More


  • Interdisciplinary Studies, i.e., Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Film & Media Studies, Race & Ethnicity Studies  
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