2016 – School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Oct 16

Seminar on Use of Imagery in Contemporary Prose Poetry Held at IUB

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The Department of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) at School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (SLASS), Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized a seminar titled ‘Use of Imagery in Contemporary Prose Poetry’ on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at their premise. Professor M Omar Rahman, Vice-chancellor, IUB, chaired the session while three distinguished guests participated in the discussion; Professor Dr. Syed Manzoorul Islam, Department of English, University of Dhaka, Professor Dr. Kaiser Hamidul Haq, Dean, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, and Dr. Gauranga Chandra Mohanta, Project Director (Additional Secretary), Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project [...]

Aug 24

Department of Media & Communication organized a Workshop on Curriculum Development

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A workshop on curriculum development and Self-Assessment (SA) activity of the Department of Media & Communication was held at the seminar room of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences on August 4, 2016. Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) directors and all members of the faculty of the department were present at the workshop. Dr. Mahbub Alam, Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) addressed the workshop participants. He focused on some key components of accreditation and clarified the conceptual issues of quality assurance and standards set by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh. Professor Dr. G. M. Shahidul Alam, [...]

Aug 24

Department of Social Sciences & Humanities organized a Workshop on Curriculum Development

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A workshop on curriculum development and Self-Assessment (SA) activity of the Department of Social Sciences & Humanities (SSH) was held at the seminar room of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences on August 5, 2016. Institutional Quality Assurance (IQAC) directors and all members of the faculty of SSH as well as Law were present at the workshop. Dr. Mahbub Alam, Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) addressed the workshop participants. He focused on some key components of accreditation and clarified the conceptual issues of quality assurance and standards set by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh. Head of [...]

Aug 16

Self-Assessment (SA) Committee of Department of English organized a Workshop on Curriculum Development

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The first workshop on curriculum development of the Department of English was held at the seminar room of School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences on July 14, 2016. Professor M. Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor of IUB spoke on the occasion. IQAC directors and all members of the faculty of the department were present at the workshop. Professor M. Omar Rahman emphasized on quality assurance activities and focused on some key points in relation to curriculum development. Earlier Dr. Mahbub Alam, Director, Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) addressed the workshop participants. He clarified the conceptual issues of quality assurance [...]

May 12

English Language Resource Center inaugurated at IUB

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The Department of English of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) inaugurated an English Language Resource Center at its campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka. An opening ceremony in this connection was held on Thursday, 12 May 2016. The English Language Resource Center (ELRC) of IUB is an innovative solution for imparting English language skills to students. It will equip them with skills for their present and future academic pursuits and also prepare them to function effectively in actual professional, social and everyday situations. Prof M Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, IUB, formally inaugurated the Center as the Chief Guest. He mentioned that learning any [...]

Apr 18

Talk on Ethnocentrism, Strategic Culture and Leadership Language held at IUB

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The School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) organized a Talk on Ethnocentrism, Strategic Culture and Leadership Language on Tuesday 12 April at IUB Campus in Bashundhara, Dhaka. Lieutenant General Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Principal Staff Officer, Armed Forces Division was the key-note speaker. Prof M Omar Rahman, Vice Chancellor, IUB, delivered the welcome remarks. Among others, Mr Rashed Chowdhury, Chairman, Board of Trustees, IUB and Mr Towhid Samad, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Chittagong Independent University also spoke on the occasion. The lecture followed by a question-answer session attended by the members of the Trustees of [...]

Apr 17

Chaitra Shankranti Celebration at IUB

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Mar 16

IUB Celebrates International Women’s Day

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International Women's Day 2016 was celebrated by the Department of English, SLASS, IUB. A day long program of readings and songs was organized on Thursday, 08 March 2016. A variety of texts written by women, for women and about women were presented by faculty, members of the IUB administration and students. The idea was to raise awareness of the plethora of literature by women that is often overshadowed. Some of the writers among those showcased were Rabindranath Tagore, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelo and Jhumpa Lahiri. Mr Towhid Bin Muzaffar, Head of the Department of English and Department of [...]

Mar 01

Writer Dilruba Z. Ara Speaks at IUB

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The Department of English, IUB organized a talk entitled ‘Heredity and Other Structures of Continuity’ by Dilruba Z. Ara, a poet and a fiction writer, on Thursday, 25 February 2016. Educated in Bangladesh and Sweden, Dilruba Z. Ara is the author of internationally acclaimed novel A List of Offences. Dilruba’s stories ‒ published in many international anthologies ‒ are studied at universities across the world. She has translated Selected Stories of Shahed Ali into English and some of Sweden’s Pippi Longstocking stories into Bangla. The writer spoke about how heredity transmits from generation to generation, and how other social [...]

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