Muhammad Ullah Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
I have born and grew up in a quiet and calm green village in Sherpur, a northern district of Bangladesh. I studied philosophy at Dhaka University. I did an undergraduate, four-year Bachelor of Arts with honors in 2009, and a graduate, one-year Master of Arts in 2010 from the Department of Philosophy. In 2011, I started a lecturership in the Department of Philosophy at Jahangirnagar University and served till 2017. In the same year, my position has been upgraded. Since then, I have been serving an assistant professorship with a new pursuit in the continuum of my unending academic journey. Besides, I have been working as a Director of the Tanvir Mokammel Centre for Partition and Liberation War Studies and contributing as Founder-Advisor of the Geo-Cultural Identity Theory Studies Forum (GCITSF).
RESEARCH INTEREST
Western Philosophy and Ethics
Oriental Studies
Epistemology and Philosophy of Science
Education
Deep Ecology
Geo-Cultural Studies
Political Philosophy and International Relations
Islamic Philosophy
Critical Thinking
Philosophy of Film, Literature and Culture
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-1009-8892
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LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muhammad-ullah-2a764839/
JOURNAL PAPER
Muhammad Ullah, Revisiting Partition in Tanvir Mokammel's Films in the Light of Geo-Cultural Identity Theory, The Outlook: Journal of English Studies, 14, pp.83-99, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/ojes.v14i1.56660A Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Journal; Indexed in NepJOL] ISSN: 2565-4748 (Print); ISSN: 2773-8124 (Online); JPPS Star-Ranked JournalPublished by Department of English, Prithvi Narayan CampusTribhuvan University, Pokhara, Nepal, https://www.researchgate.net
Muhammad Ullah, Evaluation of International Collaboration of Jahangirnagar University Regarding Higher Education and Research, Abstract Presentation of Research Project 2022-2023 Funded by Jahangirnagar University in Faculty Seminar, 1, pp.161-162, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Jahangirnagar University, 14th June, 2023. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26500.50567https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371856403
Farhadur Reza, Muhammad Ullah, Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Languages of Ethnic Minorities in Bangladesh: A Strategic Planning Framework, Prithvi Academic Journal, Volume 6, pp.120-135, May 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/paj.v6i1.54665[A Peer-Reviewed, Open Access Multidisciplinary Journal] Indexed in NepJOL with JPPS Star Ranking ISSN 2631-200X(Print); ISSN 2631-2352(Online) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370771841
Muhammad Ullah [মোহাম্মদ উল্লাহ], তানভীর মোকাম্মেলের প্রামাণ্যচিত্রে দেশভাগ: একটি সমকালীন রাজনৈতিক দার্শনিক পর্যালোচনা, উড়ালচিত্র: তানভীর মোকাম্মেলের প্রামাণ্যচিত্রের ৩০ বছর, বিশেষ সংখ্যা, pp.৪০-৫৬, মার্চ, ২০২৩.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370133308
Muhammad Ullah [মোহাম্মদ উল্লাহ], A Bengali Translation (বাংলা অনুবাদ): মুনির হোসেন তালুকদার প্রণীত Nature and Life: Essays on Deep Ecology and Applied Ethics গ্রন্থের মুখবন্ধ, Anwesan, XIX,, December 2020,.Translated from: Md. Munir Hossain Talukder, Nature and Life Essays on Deep Ecology and Applied Ethics, Preface, Holmes Rolston, pp vii-x, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Uk, 2018.
Muhammad Ullah [মোহাম্মদ উল্লাহ], A Bengali Translation (বাংলা অনুবাদ): আত্মসত্তা, প্রকৃতি ও সাংস্কৃতিক মূল্য, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part-C, XXX, pp.1-24, 2019.Translated From: Md. Munir Hossain Talukder, "Self, Nature and Cultural Values" In Nature and Life: Essays on Deep Ecology and Applied Ethics, 3rd Chapter, pp 30-47, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2018. Available at: https://www.juniv.edu/journal/11225, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356557319
Muhammad Ullah, Farhadur Reza, AzizurRahman, Mariam Akter, Modified Fuzzy Forecasting Approach for Student Enrollment Series, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Volume, 106, Issue, 2, pp.9-18, 2017. doi: https://doi.org/10.3126/paj.v6i1.54665ISSN: 2005-4238 IJAST, Copyright ⓒ 2017 SERSC Australia. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320382778
Muhammad Ullah, Higher Education Policy in Bangladesh: An Analysis, Jahangirnagar University Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXXII, pp.195-213, June 2015.Copula: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XXXII, June 2015, Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/370026238
CONFERENCE PAPER
Muhammad Ullah, International Collaboration in Higher Education: A Regional Approach for South Asia, Theveli International Conference 2023 Research for Informed Policy Decisions, The Maldives National University, Male’, Maldives, 21st to 22nd August 2023.Muhammad Ullah, Revisiting Partition in Tanvir Mokammel's Films in the Light of Geo-Cultural Identity Theory, International Conference on Natural and Cultural Heritage in South Asia, Pukahara, Nepal, 2022.
International Conference on Natural and Cultural Heritage in South Asia Jointly Organized by Department of English, Tribhuvan University Prithvi Narayan Campus and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences held on 16-17 June 2022, in Pokhara; Nepal.
Muhammad Ullah, Geo-Cultural Basis of Bystander Responsibility in International Relations: A South Asian Perspective, INCoIRe International Conference on “International Relations and the Bystander Effects”, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka,Held on 21st - 22nd November 2020, organized by the Department of International Relations, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Muhammad Ullah, Searching Common Ground for Asian African Identity in the Light of Geo-Cultural Identity Theory, Joint Session of Asian-African Philosophy Congress (AAPCA) and Indian Philosophical Congress (IPC), Shillong, Meghalaya, India,Joint Session of Asian-African Philosophy Congress (AAPC) (4th Session: March 7th-8th, 2020) and Indian Philosophical Congress (IPC) (94th Session: March 9th -11th, 2020, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya 793022, India.
BOOK
Muhammad Ullah, State, Identity and Diaspora in Tanvir Mokammel's Films, pp.232, May, 2022.About the Book:
The book is a result of the research on refugee diaspora depicted in two films by Tanvir Mokammel ‘The Border Line’ (Seemantorekha) and ‘The promised Land’ (Swapnabhumi). The research was conducted under the Bangladesh Film Archive fellowship 2020-2021. The vulnerability of the diasporic situation presented in these two documentaries is analyzed by contemporary political philosophical theory. The issues of statelessness, identity crisis, and diasporic condition of the displaced people as visualized in the films are also the major concerns in contemporary global politics. Due to the partition in 1947 many people had to leave their homeland under cruel violence and massacres. A huge number of the Bengali Hindu population left the then East Bengal and took refuge in many places in India. Similarly, many Biharis and Bengali Muslims migrated from India and came to the then East Pakistan which is Bangladesh now. Seventy years have passed since then. How are these people now? And how the political boundaries of barbed ware have affected people’s lives and relations? All these have been presented in these two films. The book attempts to understand the eternal human relationship with one's motherland under the new structure of political identity as depicted by the state boundaries.
Published By: Bangladesh Film Archive, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, F-5, Agargaon Administrative Area, Sher-e- Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207. ISBN: 978-984-95330-4-7
THESIS SUPERVISION
Master's Research Supervision,Academic Session: 2019-2020
Research Project: Flexible Linguistic Approach: A Road to Mysticism
Researcher's Name: Md. Nazmul Hasan
Academic Session: 2018-2019
Research Project: A Geo-Cultural Analysis of Contemporary Politics in India and Bangladesh
Researcher's Name: Fazlul Haque Maruf
Bachelor's Research Supervision,
Academic Session: 2020-2021
Researcher's Name: Choity Rani Mondol
Researcher's Name: Anamika Sarker Mim
Academic Session: 2015-2016
Researcher's Name: Meher Afroze
Researcher's Name: Polash Pervez
Researcher's Name: Hasibur Rahman Oli
Researcher's Name: Sazzad Hossen Mozumdar
SEMINAR
Muhammad Ullah, In the Quest of Non-Western Philosophical System: Justification for Geo-Cultural Approach in Regional Context, Invited as distinguished speaker in Two Days International Seminar on "Comparative and Critical Study of the Philosophical System/Movements and Religions” held in Midnapore College (Autonomous), Midnapore, West Bengal, India,Organized by Department of Philosophy, Midnapore College on 19.03.2024 - 20.03.2024.
Muhammad Ullah, Ethics in South-Asian Context: Principles and Practices, Invited as Distinguished Speaker at International Level A Seven Day Certificate Course On ETHICS IN PRACTICE (14.06.2023 to 22.06.2023 Blended Mode), Y. S. Palpara Mahavidyalaya, Palpara, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India, 17th June, 2023.Organized by the Dept. of Philosophy In collaboration with IQAC , Y. S. Palpara Mahavidyalaya, Palpara, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India
Muhammad Ullah, Uniqueness in Indian Value System and Resilient Culture: A Demand for Contemporary World, One Day International Webinar on Need of Value Oriented Approach to the Present Society: Indian and Western Perspective , West Bengal, India.,Invited as a distinguished speaker in One Day International Webinar on Need of Value Oriented Approach to the Present Society: Indian and Western Perspective organized by Department of Philosophy (In Association with IQAC). The Lecture was delivered on Wednesday, September 02, 2020, in the Department of Philosophy, Panchmura Mahavidyalaya, Panchmura, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
Muhammad Ullah, Understanding Human-World Relationship in Solving Ecological Crisis from Deep Ecological Perspective, National Symposium on Philosophy and the Calling of Global Responsibility New Initiatives in Justice, Ecology and Peace, Meghalaya, India.,Invited to deliver a lecture in the Symposium organised by the Department of Philosophy, Lady Keane College. The Lecture was delivered on Thursday, March 12, 2020, in the Department of Philosophy, Lady Keane College, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Muhammad Ullah, Geo-cultural Understanding of National Anthem of Bangladesh in the Construction of Bengalee Identity, International Seminar on Literature, Culture and Society: Interrelations and the Search for Identity, West Bengal, India.,International Seminar on Literature, Culture and Society: Interrelations and the Search for Identity, 14th & 15th February 2020, Berhampur Girls' College, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India.
WORKSHOP
"Script Writing Workshop",- Attended and passed a six-day long workshop on the "Script Writing" conducted by Tanvir Mokamel and organized by Bangladesh Film Institute (BFI) from 15th to 20th February 2022
- Attended a three-day Training Workshop on “TERTIARY PEDAGOGY”, March, 12-14, 2017 jointly organized by the Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Jahangirnagar University (CETL-JU) and the Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC).
Research Project
Grants Received from Bangladesh Film Archive, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Worked as Research Fellow at Bangladesh Film Archive, Session: 2020-2021,Research Project Title: Diaspora in Tanvir Mokammel’s Two Documentaries “Border Line” and “The Promised Land”: An Explanation from the Perspective of Geo-Cultural Identity Theory
Research Project Funded by Jahangirnagar University,
- Year: 2023-2024 Function and Structure of Higher Educational Activities in University-Affiliated Colleges: A Comparative Study Between India and Bangladesh (Current research)
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2022-2023 Evaluation of International Collaboration of Jahangirnagar University Regarding Higher Education and Research
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2021-2022 A Study of Diversities and Current Trends of Advance Research in Philosophy at Jahangirnagar University
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2020-2021 Considering an Alternative Model of Traditional Peer Evaluation System: Possibilities and Challenges
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2018-2019 Justification of Peer Evaluation System and the Validity of Third Examination
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2017-2018 Admission Test for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities: Quality Question versus Unit and Department Dispute
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2016-2017 An Exposition of Russell’s View on University Education
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2015-2016 Measuring Students’ Attitude to Undergraduate Research in Philosophy: A Study in the Department of Philosophy at Jahangirnagar University
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2014-2015 An Evaluation of Student’s Response to Philosophy Teaching: A Case Study in the Department of Philosophy at Jahangirnagar University
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2013-2014 An Analysis of Philosophical Foundation of National Education Policy 2010
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2012-2013 Efficacy of Arts Learning: Apprehending the Gap between Facts and Goal
Duration: 1 Year
- Year: 2019-2020 Assessing Library Support for the Study Materials of Philosophy: A Study in the University Library at Jahangirnagar University
Duration 1 Year - Year: 2018-2019 Encouraging Undergraduate Students to Reading Philosophical Texts
Duration 1 Year - Year: 2017-2018 A Comparative Syllabus Study of Undergraduate Program in Philosophy at Two Public Universities in Bangladesh
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2016-2017 Necessity of Critical Thinking as a Course in University: Some Suggestions
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2015-2016 Predicting student enrollment at Philosophy department in Jahangirnagar University-A Case study for the Period of 2001-2014
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2014-2015 Understanding Student’s Approach to Critical Thinking: A Study on the First Year Students in the Department of Philosophy at JU
Duration: 1 Year - Year: 2013-2014 Development of Quality in Teaching and Learning: Study area JU campus
Duration: 1 Year
Teaching
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
|---|---|---|
| Phil. 503 | Asian Philosophy | M.A. || 2020 || Batch 45th |
| Phil. 506 | Contemporary Trends in Islamic Thought | M.A. || 2016| 2017 || Batch 40th |41st |
| Phil. 522 | Derrida and Habermas | M.A. || 2014 || Batch 38th |
| Phil. 529 | Contemporary Trends in Islamic Thought | M.A. || 2020 || Batch 45th |
| Phil. 539 | Contemporary Trends in Islamic Thought | M. A || 2018 || Batch || 42nd |
| Phil. 401 | Anglo-American and Continental Philosophy | B. A (Hons.) 4th Year || 2015 |2016 || Batch 41st|42nd |
| Phil. 403 | Philosophy of Mind | B. A (Hons.) 4th Year || 2013 |2014 || Batch 39th|40th |
| Phil. 407 | Social and Political Philosophy | B. A (Hons.) 4th Year|| 2017|2018|2019|2020|2021 || Batch 43rd|44th|45th|46th|47th |
| Phil. 201 | History of Western Philosophy (Modern Period) | B. A (Hons.) 2nd Year || 2012|2013|2014 || Batch 40th|41st|42nd |
| Phil. 206 | Muslim Philosophy | B. A (Hons.) 2nd Year || 2017|2018|2019 || Batch 45th|46th|47th |
| Phil. 207 | Critical Thinking and Recent Issues | B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year || 2023 || Batch 51st |
| Bangla-207 | Philosophy | B. A (Hons.) 2nd Year || Department of Bangla || 2021 ||2022|| Batch 49th|50th |
| Hist. 208 | History of Philosophical Thought- Selected Themes | B. A (Hons.) 2nd Year || Department of History || 2016 || Batch 44th |
| CLC. 210 | Philosophy, Literature and Culture of Bengal | B. A (Hons.) 2nd Year || Bangabandhu Institute of Comparative Literature and Culture || 2019 || Batch 47th |
| Phil. 102 | History of Western Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval Period) | B. A (Hons.) 1st Year || 2016|2018|2019|2020 || Batch 45th|47th|48th|49th |
| Phil. 105 | Critical Thinking | B. A (Hons.) 1st Year || 2014|2015|2016 || Batch 43rd|44th|45th |
Academic Info
Period: 1998-2000
Dakhil
Result: First Division
Period: 2000-2002
Alim
Result: First Division
Period: 2004-2008
Bachelors of Arts
Result: First Class First Position
Period: 2008-2009
Masters of Arts
Result: First Class First Position
Experience
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 30th January 2017 - Present
Full Time Faculty Position
Position: Lecturer
Period: 17th December 2011- 30th January 2017
Full Time Faculty Position
Position: Lecturer
Period: May 2011- September 2011
Part time Faculty Position
Activity
Position: Founder Director
Period: May 2022
Position: Founder-Advisor
Period: From March 2020
জিওকালচারাল আইডেনটিটি থিওরিজ স্টাডিজ ফোরাম (জিসিআইটিএসএফ)
Geo-Cultural Identity Theory Studies Forum (GCITSF) (ভূ-সাংস্কৃতিক পরিচিতি তত্ত্ব অধ্যয়ন ফোরাম )
প্রেক্ষাপট ও লক্ষ্য:
রাষ্ট্রদর্শন ও সংস্কৃতি বিষয়ে অতিসম্প্রতি উদ্ভাবিত “ভূ-সাংস্কৃতিক পরিচিতি তত্ত্ব” (Geo-Cultural Identity Theory) আন্তর্জাতিক একাডেমিক পরিমণ্ডলে গবেষণার বিষয়বস্তু হয়ে দাড়িয়েছে। মূলত ‘বহু সংস্কৃতিবাদের’ (multiculturalism) ত্রুটি নির্দেশ করে এ তত্ত্বের উদ্ভব। এ তত্ত্বকে ভিত্তি করে কানাডার লাভাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে সঙ্গীত বিষয়ে একটি একটি পি এইচ ডি গবেষণা সম্পাদিত হয়। এ তত্ত্বের দার্শনিক ভিত্তি খুবই শক্তিশালী বলে প্রতীয়মান হয় যখন এ তত্ত্বের প্রয়োগ, রাষ্ট্রদর্শন ও সংস্কৃতির সীমা ছাড়িয়ে সাহিত্য, সমাজ, রাজনীতি এমনকি নীতিনির্ধারণেও ব্যাপক ভূমিকা রাখার গভীর সম্ভাবনা তৈরি করে। আশ্চর্যজনক হলেও সত্য ও আনন্দের ব্যাপার এ তত্ত্বের প্রবক্তা হলেন প্রাচ্যের, পাশ্চাত্যে যিনি পরিবেশ দার্শনিক ও গভীর বাস্তুবিদ হিসেবে ব্যাপক ভাবে পরিচিত। আরো সুনির্দিষ্টভাবে বললে তিনি বাংলাদেশের এবং বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম শীর্ষস্থানীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় জাহাঙ্গীরনগরের দর্শন বিভাগের অধ্যাপক ড. মো. মুনির হোসেন তালুকদার। বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, বাংলাদেশ ও প্রাচ্যে উন্নত চিন্তার বিকাশ এবং বিশ্বপরিমণ্ডলে প্রাচ্যচিন্তা পরিচিত করানোর ক্ষেত্রে অধ্যাপক তালুকদারের এ অবদান অসামান্য। জ্ঞানের জগতে নবদিক উন্মোচনকারী তাঁর এমন গুরুত্ত্বপূর্ণ অবদান কে জাহাঙ্গীরনগর বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় গভীর ভাবে ধারণ করে। তাঁর এ তত্ত্বের আলোকেই গঠিত Geo-Cultural Identity Theory Studies Forum (GCITSF) (জিও-কালচারাল আইডেনটিটি থিওরিজ স্টাডিজ ফোরাম)। গুরুত্ত্বপূর্ণ এ তত্ত্ব অধ্যয়নের মধ্য দিয়ে জিও-কালচারাল আইডেনটিটি থিওরিজ স্টাডিজ ফোরাম সমকালীন রাষ্ট্র ও রাজনৈতিক দর্শনের বিভিন্ন তত্ত্বের তুলনামূলক বিচার, সংস্কৃতির তাত্ত্বিক ভিত্তি অনুসন্ধান, ক্ষুদ্রতম থেকে শুরু করে যেকোন জনগোষ্টির সংস্কৃতি সুরক্ষার পেছনের দার্শনিক ও তাত্ত্বিক প্রয়োজনীয়তা ও পলিসি নির্ধারণে এর গুরুত্ত্ব তুলে ধরবে বলে আশা করে।
বৈশিষ্ট্য:
এ ফোরাম সম্পূর্ণ অরাজনৈতিক, অসাম্প্রদায়িক, অলাভজনক এবং পূর্ণরূপে শিক্ষা, সংস্কৃতি ও গবেষণাধর্মী প্র্রতিষ্ঠান।
Geo-Cultural Identity Theories Studies Forum (GCITSF)
Backgrounds and Aims:
Geo-Cultural Identity Theory is a more recently developed theory in the field of culture and political philosophy. In the meantime, it has been a rapidly growing field of research in international academic arena. Indeed, this theory has come into appearance in 2013 indicating the shortcomings of a well-known theory “multiculturalism” through the publication of the article “In Defence of Geo-Cultural Identity: An Argument Against Kymlicka’s view of Multiculturalism and Minority Rights” which was published by Central European University (CEU) Political Science Journal. Soon after, a PhD research degree has been awarded on that topic in Laval University, Canada applying this theory in music. The philosophical foundation of this theory is seemed very strong when the application of this theory paves the way of keeping great contributions beyond the boundaries of political philosophy and culture to the fields of literature, society, politics and more promisingly in policy making. Though it is a matter of surprise, but true that the exponent of this theory is of the East, well-known in the West as an environmental philosopher, a political philosopher, a cultural theorist, and a deep ecologist. More specifically he is a native Bangladeshi and from one of the best public universities in Bangladesh, Jahangirnagar University. He is Md. Munir Hossain Talukder, Professor of Philosophy. In producing original thought in the university, in Bangladesh, and in the East, as well as, advancing eastern thought in the global sphere, Professor Talukder’s contribution is profound. In flourishing new dimensions in the world of knowledge, Jahangirnagar University warmly welcome such a great contribution and achievement of him and expresses firm determination to promote this milestone work. Through the study of this theory, Geo-Cultural Identity Theories Studies Forum (GCITSF) expect to apprehend the comparative analysis of different theories of contemporary state-system and of contemporary political philosophy, and to find out the theoretical foundation of culture, and raise the issue of the philosophical and theoretical necessity of preserving culture of the smallest community like indigenous and ethnic people as well as of any other communities whose life and culture is in need of attention, and to uphold the importance of the theory in determining policy at national, regional, and international level.
Characteristics:
This forum is completely apolitical, non-communal, non-profitable and utterly educational, cultural and research based institution. It aims to collaborate advanced research in the fields of political philosophy, culture, ethnic studies and policy issues both national and international levels.
Contact
Muhammad Ullah
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801922640376
Email: muhammad@juniv.edu
, muhammadullah.du@gmail.com
