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Curriculum Vitae |
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Nazrul Islam |
Education Appointments Publications Seminars Memberships Editorial Works Curriculum Development
Positions Held
Present
Position
:
Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Previous
Position
:
Professor and Chairman, Department of Sociology
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 1994 to May 1997.
Personal
:
Born : January 3, 1948, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Nationality : Bangladeshi.
Phone
:
Office: (88-02)966-1921 to 59 Ext. 4512
Residence: (88-02) 831-8232; (88-018) 239-288
E-mail : nislamphd@gononet.com.
Web
address
:
http://www.nislam.esmartweb.com/
http://www.bangladeshsociology.org/CV%20of%20Nazrul%20Islam.htm.
Education
:
Ph.D.
in Sociology
:
1982 Syracuse
University
Syracuse, NY. (USA)
M.A.
in Sociology
:
1974 University
of Dhaka
Placed First in
Dhaka, Bangladesh
First Class
B.A.
(Hons.)
in Sociology :
1972 University
of Dhaka
Placed First in
Dhaka, Bangladesh
First Class
Ph.D.
Dissertation
:
"Domestic Growth Factors, Foreign Economic Influences, and Third World Development: A Multivariate Test of Theories of Development."
M.A.
Thesis
:
"Weberian Bureaucracy and Development: An Examination of Max Weber's Legal Rational Bureaucracy in the Question of Development of the Underdeveloped Countries.”
Areas of Specialization : Sociological Theory, Research Methodology, Theory Construction, Social Inequality, Development Theory, American Studies.
Teaching
Appointments :
Professor
:
Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka
May 1991 to present.
Professor
(Adjunct)
:
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences
National University (Graduate Programme)
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
September 1997 to 2001.
Associate
Professor
:
Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka
October 1984 to May 1991.
Assistant
Professor
:
Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka
January 1983 to October 1984.
Lecturer
:
Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka
December 1974 to August 1976 and
July 1982 to December 1982.
Teaching
Assistant
:
Department of Sociology
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.(USA)
September 1977 to May 1979.
Department of Sociology, Mc Master University
Canada. September 1976 to August 1977.
Guest
Lecturer
:
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
1986 to 1994.
Bangladesh Fertility Research Program, 1987-1988.
Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, 1986-1988.
Planning and Development Academy, 1986 to present.
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Sylhet, Bangladesh. May 1995.
Refreshers' Course on Sociology for College Teachers National University, Bangladesh.1997, 1998, 2002.
Courses
Taught
:
Graduate
:
Sociological Theory, Research Methodology
Social Inequality (class), Poverty, Theory Construction
Development Theory, Global Human Development.
Undergraduate
: Introductory Sociology,
Research Methodology
Sociological Theory, Criminology, Family and Population, Sociology of
Development.
Ph.D.
Thesis Supervision : "Peripheral Capitalism and Problems of the Third
World" (in Progress)
"Gender Sensitive Technology Transfer: A Study of
Institutionalization Process of Technology Transfer" (in progress).
Departmental
Responsibilities :
Member
:
Coordination and Development Committee
1986 to present
Teacher-in-charge
: Guidance and Counseling,
1982 to 1992
Seminar Library, 1982 to 1992.
Sports and Cultural Activities, 1986 to 1994
Member/Chair : Various examination committees, 1983 to present
Editorial
Responsibilities
:
Editor : Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, September 2003 to present
Editor
:
Bangladesh Journal of
American Studies
March 1999 to 2002
Member,
Editorial Board :
Social Science Review
1998 to 2000
Member,
Editorial Board :
The Journal of Social Studies
1983 to 1984.
Member,
Editorial Board :
Politics Administration and
Change
1983 to 1990.
Member Secretary : Sociology and Development: Bangladesh Perspectives Editorial Board Bangladesh Sociological Association, 1989-90.
Reviewer
:
The Dhaka University Studies
1985 to present.
Journal of the Asiatic
Society of Bangladesh,
1985 to present.
The Chittagong University
Studies
1986 to present.
Bangladesh Development
Studies
1987 to present.
University Press Limited, Dhaka
1989 to present.
Other
Responsibilities
:
Member
:
Faculty Committee, Faculty of the Social Sciences
University of Dhaka
1991 to present.
Member
:
Academic Council, University of Dhaka
1991 to present.
Member
:
Advance Studies Committee, University of Dhaka
1991 to present.
Expert
:
Selection Committee, Department of Sociology Shahjalal University
of Science and Technology Sylhet, Bangladesh
1990 to 1996.
External Examiner : University of Rajshahi, University of Chittagong Shahjalal University of Science and Technology.
Curriculum
Development :
Member
:
Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Sociology,
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. !990 to present.
Member
:
Curriculum Development Committee, University of Dhaka. 1995-96.
Chair
:
Curriculum Development Committee, Department of Sociology,
University of Dhaka. 1994-97.
Member
:
Curriculum Development Committee, Institute of Humanities and the
Social Sciences, National University. 1997-1998
Coordinator
of courses :
Department of Sociology, Institute of Humanities and the Social
Sciences, National University. 1997-2001
Coordinator
:
Changeover to the Semester System, Department of Sociology,
University of Dhaka. 2002.
Chair
:
Curriculum Development Committee for Sociology (Four Year
Programme), National University. 2002.
Expert Advisor : University Grants Commission of Bangladesh 2005.
Honors
and Memberships in Academic Societies
Convener : Steering Committee for the formation of South Asian Sociological Association. 2005.
President : Bangladesh Sociological Society, September 2003 to present
President
:
Bangladesh Association for American Studies (BAAS)
1991 to 1996 (Two terms).
Treasurer
:
Bangladesh Association for American Studies
1986 to 1988.
General
Secretary
:
Bangladesh Sociological Association
1988 to 1993.
General
Secretary
:
Bangladesh Association for American Studies
1989 to 1991.
Joint
Secretary
:
Bangladesh Sociological Association
1986 to 1988.
Member : Executive Committee, Bangladesh Sociological Association, 1993 to present.
Member : Executive Committee, Bangladesh Association for American Studies, 1996 - 2004
Fellowships
and Scholarships:
Fulbright Research Fellow : Syracuse University, July 1996 to January 1997.
Received prizes and scholarships for standing First in the First Class in B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. Examinations of the University of Dhaka.
Research
Projects
:
Research
Assistant
:
Department of Sociology, Syracuse
University Syracuse, N.Y. September 1980 to August 1981
Health Studies Program, Syracuse University
May 1979 to August 1980.
Project
Director
:
Diffusion of Innovations in Birth Control Devices:
A Study in Rural-Urban Contrast.
University Grants Commission of Bangladesh
January 1976 to August 1976.
List
of Publications and Research Papers:
A)
Publication- Books
1. Karl Marx and Max Weber: Perspectives on Theory and Domination. with B.K. Jahangir and S.I. Khan (eds.). Dhaka: Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences, University of Dhaka, 1988.
2. The American City. with F. Alam (eds.). Dhaka: Bangladesh Association for American Studies. 1990.
3. Sociology, Health, Women And Environment. Editor. Dhaka: Bangladesh Sociological Association. 1999.
4. Culture, Patrimonialism and Religion: Revisiting Max Weber. Editor. Dhaka: Goethe-Institut. 2004.
5.
End of Sociological Theory and Other Essays in Sociological Theory
and Research. (In press)
B)
Publication-
Reviews and
Articles
1. Book Review: "Bangladesh: Equitable Growth?" Journal of Political and Military Sociology. 8.1.1980.
2. Book Review: "The Creation of World Poverty: An Alternative View of the Brandt Report." The Journal of Social Studies. 18 (October) 1982, Pp. 161-163.
3. Article: "Direct Foreign Investment in the Third World: A Reappraisal". The Journal of Social Studies. 19 (January) 1983. Pp. 73-102.
4. Review Article: "The State, Industrialization and Class Formation in India". The Journal of Social Studies. 20 (April) 1983. Pp. 134-152.
5. Article: "Phenomenology, Sociology and Phenomenological Sociology". Sociological Bulletin. 32 (September). 1983. Pp. 134-152.
6. Book Review: "Statistics are for the People". The Journal of Social Studies. 24 (April) 1984. Pp. 112-115.
7. Article: "Religiosity of the Sociology Students of Dhaka University". The Dhaka University Studies. 40 (June) 1984. Pp. 60-89.
8. Article: "The Paradigmatic Status of Sociology". Social Science Review. 1 (December) 1984. Pp. 130-157.
9. Chapter: "Hypothesis" (With S. Rahman) in National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) Monograph, Basic Methods of Evaluative and Action Research. Dhaka: NIPORT. 1984. Pp. 22-30.
10. Article: "Theories of Alienation: Marx, Weber and Mannheim in Comparative Perspective". The Dhaka University Studies. 42 (June) 1984.
11. Comments: "Changing Pattern of Social Structure in Rural Bangladesh". Bangladesh Studies. Edited by M.M. Khan and S.A. Hussain. Dhaka: Center for Administrative Studies. 1985, Pp. 89.
12. Article: "On the Question of Validation in Qualitative Methodology". Social Science Review. 3 (June) 1, 1986. Pp. 16-31.
13. Book Review: "Bangladesher Krishak Shamaj O Unnayan (the Agrarian Structure, Peasant Society and Development)". Asian Affairs. 9.2. 1987. Pp. 92-96.
14. Article: "American Sociology: Crisis in Isolation". Bangladesh Journal of American Studies. 1 (Winter) 1987. Pp. 67-71.
15. Article: "Defining Intellectuals in a Peripheral Society", in B.M. Chowdhury and S.Z. Sadeque edited Bangladesh: Social Structure and Development. Dhaka: Bangladesh Sociological Association. 1988. Pp. 28-39.
16. Article: "Crisis of Intellectuals in a Peripheral Society: The Case of Bangladesh-1947 to 1981". With S.A. Islam in B.K. Jahangir edited Social Science Perspective. Dhaka: Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences, University of Dhaka. 1988. Pp. 133-199.
17. Article: "From Ideal Type to Pure Type: Weber's Transition from History to Sociology", in B.K. Jahangir, N. Islam and S.I. Khan edited Karl Marx and Max Weber: Perspectives on Theory and Domination. Dhaka: Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences, University of Dhaka. 1988. Pp. 93-110.
18. Article: "Early Sociological and Marxist Positivism", in B.K. Jahangir, N. Islam and S.I. Khan edited Karl Marx and Max Weber: Perspectives on Theory and Domination. Dhaka: Center for Advanced Research in Social Sciences, University of Dhaka. 1988. Pp. 1-15.
19. Article: "Sociology of Development: In Need of Fresh Paradigm?" Sociology and Development: Bangladesh Perspectives. Edited by K.A.M. Saaduddin and Board of Editors. Dhaka: Bangladesh Sociological Association. 1990. Pp. 33-52.
20. Article: "A Dissenter's Note on the Population Problem", Sociology and Development: Bangladesh Perspectives. Edited by K.A.M. Saaduddin and Board of Editors. Dhaka: Bangladesh Sociological Association. 1990. Pp. 249-255.
21. Keynote Paper: "Migration, Migrants, and the U.S.A.", in N. Zaman and K.U. Ahmed edited Migration, Migrants and the United States. Dhaka: Bangladesh Association for American Studies. 1992. Pp. 1-6.
22. Article: "America, the Final Frontier: A Re-examination of F.J. Turner's Thesis of the Frontier". in N. Zaman and K.U. Ahmed ed. Migration, Migrants, and the United States. Dhaka: Bangladesh Association for American Studies. 1992. Pp. 51-63.
23. Article: "Family Theory and Family in the United States". with S. Aminul Islam in F. Alam, S.I. Khan and N. Zaman edited Proceedings of the 1993 BAAS-USIS Regional American Studis Conference. Dhaka: BAAS: USIS 1995. Pp. 125-142.
24. Article: "Defining Pop-Culture". Bangladesh Journal of American Studies. Vols. 9-10. 1996. Pp. 1-4.
25. Article: "Sociology in Bangladesh", with S. Aminul Islam in Contemporary Sociology. Vol. 26. No. 5 (September), 1997. Pp. 566-568.
26. Article: "Social Inequality in the U.S." in M. Abdul Halim and Tahmina Ahmed ed. Markin Juktorashtro: Shamaj O Shangskriti (U.S. Society and Culture). No. 7, 1998. Pp. 37-45.
27. Article: "New York, New York", in M. Imdadul Haque and M. Nazrul Islam eds. Markin Juktorashtro: Shomaj O Shagskriti (U.S. Society and Culture). No. 8 1999. Pp. 18-35.
28. Article: "End of Sociological Theory: Implications and Lessons for Bangladesh". with M. Imdadul Haque in Nazrul Islam edited Sociology, Health, Women and Environment. Dhaka: Bangladesh Sociological Association. 1999. Pp. 9-19.
29. Article: “Protestant Ethic and the Not-so-Sociology of World Religions”. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology Vol. 1. No. 1 (Winter) January 2004.
30. Article: "Sociology in the 21st Century: Facing a Dead End". Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Vol. 1. No. 2.(Summer) July 2004.
31. Article: “World Bank Data of Poverty and Poverty of World Bank Data.” Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Vol. 2. No. 1 (Winter) January 2005.
32. Book Review: “Shifting Paradigms of Development”. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Vol. 2. No. 1 (Winter) January 2005.
C)
Papers Accepted for
Publication
1. "Regional Inequalities in the US", to be published by BAAS as a part of the proceedings of the BAAS-USIS conference.
D)
Unpublished Papers
1. "Diffusion of Innovations in Birth Control Devices - A Study in Rural-Urban Contrast". Report presented to the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh. 1976.
2. "Weber and the Two Ideal Types". 1976.
3. "The Colonial Bureaucracy in India: A modification of the Ideal Type". Incomplete M.A. Thesis. 1976.
4. "Aliention in Max Weber's Theory". 1977.
5. "A Cross-Cultural Application of the Faulkner and DeJong Scale of Religiosity". 1977.
6. "Influence of Sex, Religion, Siblings and Year of Schooling on the Fertility Desires of the Students of Syracuse University". 1977.
7. "Personal Space in a Cafeteria Setting". 1978.
8. "The Emergence and the Decline of a Bengali Entrepreneurial Class". 1979.
9. "Labor Force Participation of U.S. Women: A Review of Literature". 1979.
10. "Asiatic or the Lumpen Mode of Production". 1990.
Seminar Papers, Conference
and Workshop Participations:
1. "Trends in Bangladesh Urbanization". Sociology Promotion Center, Dhaka. January 1976.
2. "Sociology: The State of the Art". Center for Social Studies. Dhaka. February 1983.
3. "Paradigmatic Status of Sociology". Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science. Dhaka. March 1984.
4. "On the Question of Validation in Qualitative Methodology". Center for Social Studies. Dhaka. April 1984.
5. Discussant: Conference of the Bangladesh Political Science Association. Dhaka. May 1984.
6. Discussant: Workshop on Bangladesh Studies. Center for Administrative Studies. Dhaka. September 1984.
7. Lecturer: "Basic Concepts of Research Methodology". Workshop on Research Methodology. Women for Women, Dhaka. January 1986.
8. "Crisis of Intellectuals in a Peripheral Society: The Case of Bangladesh 1947 to 1981" with A. Aminul Islam. Working Paper presented at the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Dhaka. May 1986.
9. "Defining Intellectuals in a Peripheral Society". National Sociological Conference, University of Rajshahi. Rajshahi, Bangladesh. July 1986.
10. "Crisis of Intellectuals in Peripheral Society: The Case of Bangladesh 1947 to 1981." XI World Congress of Sociology. New Delhi, India. August 1986.
11. Lecturer: Workshop on Research Methodology, The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Dhaka. October 1986; October 1987; August 1988.
12. Principal Resource Person: Training on Research Methodology. Bangladesh Fertility Research Program. Dhaka. May 14 to July 2, 1987; January 25 to March 31, 1988.
13. "Keynote Address". Colloquium on Karl Marx and Max Weber. German Cultural Center, Dhaka. October 1987.
14. "From Ideal Type to Pure Type: Weber's Transition from History to Sociology". Colloquium on Karl Marx and Max Weber. German Cultural Center, Dhaka. October 1987.
15. "Early Sociological and Marxist Positivism". Colloquium on Karl Marx and Max Weber. German Cultural Center, Dhaka. October 1987.
16. "Sociology of Development: In Need of a Fresh Paradigm?" Second Annual Conference of Bangladesh Sociological Association, Dhaka. April 1988.
17. "A Dissenter's Note on the Population Problem". Second Annual Conference of Bangladesh Sociological Association, Dhaka. April 1988.
18. Delegate: Workshop on American Studies. Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.A. October 26 to 30, 1988.
19. "International Visitor" to various U.S. universities. October 21 to November 20, 1988. Sponsored by US Information Agency, Washington, DC.
20. "Keynote Address". Conference on “The American City.” Bangladesh Association for American Studies. Dhaka. February 3-4, 1989.
21. "Keynote Address". Conference on Marx, Weber and the Third World. German Cultural Center, Dhaka. March 5-6, 1990.
22. "Asiatic or the Lumpen Mode of Production", Conference on Marx, Weber and the Third World. German Cultural Center, Dhaka. March 5-6, 1990.
23. Presided over Six-Nation Regional Conference on American Studies, Bangladesh Association for American Studies (BAAS) and US Information Service (USIS) Dhaka. November 1993.
24. Presided over yearly conference on "U.S. Society and Culture", BAAS-USIS, Dhaka. 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
25. Presided over the American Studies Conference on "American Popular Culture". BAAS-USIS, Dhaka. May 1996.
26. "Keynote Address", Seminar on American Popular Culture, BAAS-USIS, Dhaka. May 1996.
27. "Asimov's Empire: A Reading of American Science Fiction". Seminar on American Popular Culture. BAAS-USIS, Dhaka. May 1996.
28. "Social Inequality in the U.S.", BAAS-USIS Conference on "U.S. Society and Culture". Dhaka. 1997.
29. Seminar Secretary, First International and Biennial Conference of Bangladesh Sociological Association, Dhaka. November 1997.
30. "End of Sociological Theory" (with M. Imdadul Haque), paper presented at the First International Conference and Biennial National Conference of Bangladesh Sociological Association, Dhaka. November 1997.
31. "New York, New York", paper presented at the BAAS-USIS Conference on "U.S. Society and Culture", Dhaka, 1998.
32. "Regional Inequalities in the U.S." paper presented at the BAAS-USIS Regional Conference on American Studies. Gazipur, March 1999.
33.
“Sociology in the 21st Century: Facing a Dead End.”
Paper presented at the BAAS Conference on “America in the 21st
Century.” Gazipur, November 2000.
34.
“Population and Ethnicity in the US.” Resource person, BAAS
workshop on ‘US Society and Culture’. Dhaka, August 2002.
35.
Chair: Working Session II: “Bangladesh Experience”.
International Seminar on Poverty, Gender and Development. Department of
Sociology, University of Dhaka. Dhaka, March 2003.
36.
Chair and Organizer three day seminar on “Culture, Patrimonialism
and Religion: Revisiting Max Weber”. Goethe Institute, Dhaka and
University of Dhaka. Dhaka. December 2003.
37.
“Presidential Address” Seminar on Migration. University of
Dhaka. 2003.
38.
“Presidential Address”. Seminar on Exploring the Sociological
Perspective of Poverty. Bangladesh Sociological Society and Research
Initiative of Bangladesh. University of Dhaka, Dhaka. May 2004
39.
Chairperson: Session 2. “Problem Areas of Sociological Research
in South Asia: Neglected / Priority Areas of research.” South Asia
Workshop on State of Sociology: Issues of Relevance and Rigour. Surujkund,
Haryana, India. February 23-25, 2005.
40.
Panelist: Panel Discussion on “Peace, Conflict and Development: Sociological Perspectives”. South Asia Workshop on State of
Sociology: Issues of Relevance and Rigour. Surujkund, Haryana, India.
February 23-25, 2005.
Current Projects:
Book
nearing completion: Intellectuals In Bangladesh. With S. Aminul
Islam.
“Intellectuals and Their Political Ideology in the Global
Setting”
Textbook
on Research Methodology.
Referees:
Professor Richard G. Braungart Professor K.A.M. Saaduddin
Department of Sociology
Department of Sociology
Syracuse University
University of Dhaka
Syracuse, NY. USA
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.