Dr. Kamrun Nahar

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Dr. Kamrun Nahar

Associate Professor

Comilla University
Cumilla-3506, Bangladesh

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Dr Kamrun Nahar is an Associate Professor at the Comilla University’s Department of Bangla.
After completing her BA (Honours) and MA at the University of Chittagong, she did a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) from the same department. She then obtained her Doctor of Philosophy(PhD) degree from the University of Dhaka.Actively engaged in both educational and research activities, her papers have appeared invarious national and international conferences and journals. She has also led many teacher-student collaborations besides actively contributing to suchresearch projects herself. Dr Nahar has also inspired many students to devote themselves to the art of creative writing.
She is also an award-winning short story writer. Her debut short story collection 'Lalbeji' (TheRed Mongoose) was awarded the prestigious Kali O Kalam Young Writer Award in 2019.The same year, she also compiled a poetry collection titled 'Mandakranta', which featured poems written in Sanskrit Mandakranta rhythm by the students of her department’s 9th batch.Her second book 'Jolovromi' (The Whirlpool) was published in 2022 amid much critical acclaim.
 

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Department of Bangla, University of Dhaka . Jyotirindra Nandy’s short stories: Multifaceted Depiction of Philosophy 2022
Master of Philosophy Department of Bangla, University of Chittagong. Mahmudul Haque's novels: Subject and art creation 2017
Master of Arts Department of Bangla, University of Chittagong. Bangla 2004
Bachelor of Arts Department of Bangla, University of Chittagong. Bangla 1903

Department of Bangla, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Associate Professor
March 2022 - Present


Department of Bangla, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Assistant Professor
August 2017 - March 2022


Department of Bangla, Comilla University, Bangladesh
Lecturer
August 2014 - August 2017


As an Associate Professor
1) Sexual disorder in Jyotirindra Nandi's Novels; Vasha-Sahittya Patra, Issue 48, 2022 Department of Bangla, Jahangirnagar University.
2) Shaid Kadry's 'Tomake Ovibadon Priyotoma' : A combination of harshness and softness of city life; Bhasha Sahitya Patrika, Issue 3, 2022 Department of Bangla, Comilla University.

As an Assistant Professor 

3) Novels of Mahmudul Haque : Interaction of life and reality; The
Comilla University Journal of Arts, Issue 4, 2019
4) Liberation war in Mahmudul Haque's novels; The Ravindra University
Journal, Issue 2, 2020 5) Variations of narration and dialogue in Mahmudul Haque's novels
written on the liberation war; The Comilla University Journal of Arts, Issue 5, 2020
6) Mahmudul Haque's prose: An architecture of diversity and balance;
Bhasha Sahitya Patrika, Issue 2, 2021
Department of Bangla, Comilla University. 
As a Lecturer

7) Novels of Syed Waliullah: An image of social crisis; Pandulipi, Volume
12, 2014 Bangla Sahitya Samiti, Department of Bangla, University of Chittagong.
8) Gabriel García Márquez : Sorcerer of solitude; Sahitya-Gobeshona
Patrika, Year 2 Issue 1, 2016, Department of Bangla, Jagannath University.
9) Novels of Shahidul Jahir: Liberation war; The Comilla University
Journal of Arts, Issue 2. 2017

Research Grants
1) Tripura's way of life in music and dance; 2015 research project made
possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla
University.
2) Kamrun Nahar, Taybun Nahar and Shafiur Rahan (2018), 'One Hundred Years of Solitude: The Magical Transformation of Latin American Solitude'; research project made possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla University.
3) Franz Kafka: Commentator on the crisis of human existence, 2019; research
project made possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla University. 4) Kamrun Nahar, Mahfujur Rahaman Shakil and Md. Al Amin (2020), 'Jyotirindra Nandi's story is based on contemporary reality' ; research project made possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla University.
5) Kamrun Nahar and Mahfujur Rahaman Shakil (2021), 'Stories of Amiyabhushan Majumdar :
Representation of self-discovery and dislocation' ;  research project made possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla University.
6) Kamrun Nahar and Shupon Chandra Sutradhar (2022), 'Shaheen Akther's novel
Mayursinghasana: The interaction of history and imagination'; research project (ongoing) made possible thanks to the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) research fund through Comilla University.
 


(a) Lalbeji (The Red Mongoose); Baatighar, 2019.
(b) Shalboner Gaan (Songs of the Sal Trees; Baatighar, 2019
(c) Jolovromi (The Whirlpool); Chaitanya, 2022


1) Polygonal combination of two Bengal literatures, presented at an
international conference organised by Department of Bangla, Siliguri College, India 2019.
2)Contemporary Bengali literature of Bangladesh and India, presented
at an international seminar hosted by the Department of Comparative Literature, Assam, 2019, University, India.
3) Vinay Majumdar and modern poetry, presented at an international conference organised by Kabita Ashram, Thakurnagar, Bangaon, West Bengal, India, 2019.
 


  • Comparative literature  
  • Short stories  
  • History of literature  
  • Novel  
  • Poetry  
  • Character psychology