Shamsul Alam

PRESENTATIONS   

 

“'Civilizing Mission' and the US foreign Policy” SOU Faculty Workshop. March 2003.

“Post-Colonialism and the Writings of History” Social Science Lecture Series. Southern Oregon University. January 2003

“Tragedies in US and the future of US Foreign Policy in the Middle East” Talk and Discussion.  University of Nairobi. October 2001

 “Civil Society, Multi-ethnicity, Democracy “ Talk and Discussion.  University of Zanzibar, Zanzibar. May 2001.

  “Tolerance and Development” Talk and Discussion. Palm Beach Inn, Zanzibar, May 2001.

 “Islam in the USA.” Talk and Discussion. University of Dar-es-Salam. Dar-es-Salam, Tanzania. March 2001.

                 “Mullti-enthnicity and the Discourse of Democracy” Talk and Discussion. Institute of Foreign Relations.  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Tanzania. March 2001.

               “Religion in a Democratic Society” Talk and Discussion.  Sultan’s Place Museum. Zanzibar. March 2001.   

               "Colonial Govermentality and Education: A Post-Colonial Perspective." Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March: 2000. 

 "Development as Hegemony: A Subalternist Perspective." Paper  Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA April: 1995

 

           "Towards a Subaltern Approach to Development." Paper Presented at    the XIII World Congress of the International Sociological Association.  Belefield, Germany: July 1994. 

             

            "Future Prospects in Bangladesh Democracy."  Paper Presented    at the American Sociological Association Annual Conference.  Los    Angles, CA.  August 1994.

 

            “Modernism, Counter-modernism and the Crisis of Development Theory.”  Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Sociological Association.  Miami Beach,  Florida:  August 1993.         

                     

            “When Will the Subaltern Speak?  Central Issues in Historical Sociology of South Asia.”   Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Sociological Association.   Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania: August 1992.

             

            “Language as a Political Articulation: East Bengal in 1952.”  At the Annual Conference of  the American Association for Asian Studies.  Chicago, Illinois: March 1990.

 

            “Islam, Ideology and the Military Regime in Bangladesh.”  At the IX World Congress of the  International Sociological Association. Madrid, Spain: July 1990.

 

            “Foreign Aid, Military Regime and Class Formation Process in Bangladesh.”  At the XII   World Congress of the International  Sociological Association.  Madrid, Spain: July 1990.

 

            “The Military Regime and the Crisis of Hegemony in Bangladesh.”    At the Annual South   Asia Conference.  University of California at     Berkeley: February 1990.

 

            “The State and Peripheral Capitalism in Bangladesh: 1971-1990.”  At the Annual   Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association                 Spokane, Washington: April 1990.

                  “The State and Economic Development in Peripheral Societies: Some  Theoretical Observations." At the Annual Conference of the Bangladesh  Sociological Association. Rajshahi, Bangladesh: November, 1987.  

 

            “Class Struggle and the Post Colonial Sate: An Analysis of Michael  Kalecki’s Theory of the Intermediate Regime.”  At the Annual                           Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association. Eugene, Oregon: April 1987.

                   

                  “The Political Economy of the Community Development Programs in  Bangladesh Bangladesh.”  At the Annual Conference of the Canadian  Association for Asian Studies.  Ottawa, Canada: June 1982.

 

            “Sociology of Bangladesh: Some Methodological Issues.”  At the Annual Conference of the Bangladesh Sociological                                   Association.  Dhaka, Bangladesh: January 1980