Assistant Professor
Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh
Israt Jahan Nimni is an assistant professor in the department of English at Comilla University. She completed her graduation and post-graduation in English Literature from the department of English, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Before joining Comilla University, Israt was a faculty member of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU), Noakhali, Bangladesh. She was also a Visiting Postgraduate Researcher (VS PGR) at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Israt is an enthusiastic participant and presenter at national and international conferences at home and abroad. Her recent works have been published in the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies (a Q1 Journal) by Taylor and Francis and University Press Limited (UPL), respectively. She has successfully completed several UGC-funded research projects as the Principal Investigator (PI) at Comilla University. Her research interests include Postcolonial Literature, South Asian Literature, Bangladeshi Literature, and British-Muslim Literature.
| MA | University of Dhaka | English (Literature) | 2011 |
| BA (Hons.) | University of Dhaka | English | 2010 |
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Comilla University, Bangladesh |
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Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh |
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Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
Poetics of Politics: Re-examining Postcolonial Realities and Alternatives in Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah
, International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity , Taylor and Francis , no.1 , issn:1753-7274 , doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/18186874.2025.2489420 , indexed: WoS , Nigeria, dictatorship, repression and persecution, reformation, myth and legends, utopia , (impact factor:0.4 (Q 1)) vol.20 , pp.138-154 , May , 2025 . View More |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
Nation in Narration: Retelling the Tale of Nation-Building in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah
, The Voice and Visions of Chinua Achebe, Edited by Hossain Al Mamun , The University Press Ltd. (UPL) , issn:ISBN 978 984 506 396 8 , pp.170 - 186 , July , 2023 . |
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Israt Jahan Nimni and Hossain Al Mamun :
The Entangled Web of Islam and Politics in Syed Waliullah’s Tree Without Roots
, Syed Waliullah: A Centenary Tribute, Edited by Niaz Zaman , Panjeree Publications , issn:ISBN 978-984-634-517-9 , pp.72 - 95 , September , 2022 . |
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Israt Jahan Nimni and Most. Murshida Khanam :
Experience vs Experiment: The Portrayal of the Liberation War of Bangladesh in Rifle Roti Aurat and A Golden Age
, Research Journal of English Language and Literature , no.4 , issn:eISSN: 2321-3108, p 2395-2636 , war, massacre, experience, generation, culture, politics, dream. vol.4 , pp.266 - 274 , October , 2016 . View More |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
The God of Small Things: Speaking Subalterns
, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) , no.2 , issn:e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. , doi:DOI: 10.9790/0837-21272126 , caste, patriarchy, Subaltern, silence, tradition, women. vol.21 , pp.21 - 26 , February , 2016 . View More |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
The Influence of Male Characters in Shaping Jane’s Character in Jane Eyre
, International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies , no.1 , issn:e-ISSN: 2349-9451, p-ISSN: 2395-2628. , Discovery, freedom, power, realization, self-potentiality. vol.3 , pp.21 - 26 , January , 2016 . View More |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
Re-telling (her) story: Nation- building and Gender issues in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah (presenter),
Department of English, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh:
International Conference on Mapping Gendered Spaces in Language, Literature and Culture, May, 2023. |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
Towards a [Muslim] home[land]: Interpreting Home in Syed Waliullah’s “The Tale of a Tulsi Plant” and Tree without Roots (presenter),
Department of English, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh:
International Conference on Refugee, Resistance, and Recognition: Global Literary Representations in [Post]post-colonial Perspectives, February, 2023. |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
"“of love": The Influence of Sufism in Nadeem Aslam’s Maps for Lost Lovers.” (presenter),
School of Arts and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh:
International Conference on Entangled Englishes in Translocal Spaces, September, 2021. |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
"The centrality of opposition as the defining category of selfhood": A Study of Jane Eyre (presenter),
Asian Institute of Technology Conference Centre (AITCC), Bangkok, Thailand:
International Conference on Literature, Education, Women Studies and Social Sciences, November, 2018. |
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Israt Jahan Nimni :
“‘of roots and routes’: Transplantation of South Asian Gender Norms in Maps for Lost Lovers.” (presenter),
The National University of Singapore Society (NUSS), Singapore:
International Conference on Research in Social Science & Humanities (ICRSSH), November, 2018. |
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