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Md. Shamsul Islam
Chairman
shamsul.jcms@sub.edu.bd
BA (Hons), MA (1st Class 1st), Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka. MA, International Communications, University of Leeds, UK. Visiting Fellow, Media Law and Policy, University of Oxford, UK.
Books
Gonomadhyam O Gyanbhittik Somaj (Mass Media and Knowledge-Based Society), in Bangla, Odommo Prokash, January 2023
Articles/Book Chapters
Enhancing Media Education and Industry Relevance in Bangladesh: A Reconstruction of the Curriculum for the Digital Age co-authored with Rifat Sultana (2024), Journal of Communication and Management, 3(3), 192-199. DOI: 10.58966/JCM2024331
Narratives on
Digital Bangladesh: Shared Meanings: Shared Concerns co-authored
with Jude W. Genilo and Marium Akhterin Brian Shoesmith and Jude William (eds) Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to MarketForces(2013) Bristol, UK and Chicago Intellect. The book link is:
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/B/bo12321267.html
Political
violence in Bangladesh (book chapter,
single author) in Dr. Chris Fair and Dr.
Ali Riaz (eds) Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh (Routledge
October, 2010). The book project was initially sponsored by the United States
Institute of Peace (USIP).
The book
link is:
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415576734/
Combating Terrorism in South Asia: Challenges and Prospects (book chapter) in Dev Raj Dahal and Nishchal N. Pandey (eds) New Life Within SAARC, Institute of Foreign Affairs and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Nepal, November 2005
Future of Clash of Civilisations, BIISS Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1, January 2005.
Media's Role in South Asian Security: A Case Study,Regional Studies, Autumn 2001, Vol. XIX, No. 4.
Bangladesh Foreign Policy in the Information Age, Journal of International Affairs, Volume 5, Number 3, January 1999-2001.
Change of Government in Israel and the Middle East Peace Process, BIISS Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, October, 1996.
Recent
Trends in International Communication: A Third World Perspective,
BIISS Journal Vol. 16, No. 1,
January, 1995, Dhaka.
Dissertations
Media's Role in South Asian Security: A Case Study, M.A dissertation, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK, 2000.
Media Use of Senior School Students in Dhaka
City, M.A thesis, Department of Mass
Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1993.
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SEMINAR/CONFERENCE/PRESENTATION
Speaker at the Panel “Ethical Considerations of New Journalism Education at the 9th CJEN Bangladesh Networking Conference 2024 on Breaking Boundaries: Gen-Z, Digital Transformation and New Journalism Education Approaches. The conference will be held on 26-27 November 2024 at Syndicate Hall jointly organized by MCJ, North South University and DW Akademie.
Speaker at the Panel "Are we there yet? The challenges and opportunities of journalism education in South Asia during the social media age" a virtual panel hosted International Communication Division (ICD) of the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), October 12, 2022.
Attended an online roundtable as a speaker on ‘Global South Perspectives on International Migration, Diasporas and Mobility in the Post-digital Era,’ organised by IAMCR’s Diaspora and Media Working Group, 27 June, 2022.
Relational Dialectics in Contemporary Bangladeshi Familiesa presentation at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) organised by the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, ULAB on October 22, 2009
Face Negotiation Theory: Reflections on Bangladeshi Society a presentation at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh organised by the Department of Media Studies and Journalism, ULAB on June 11, 2009
Combating Terrorism in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges, paper presented at the Regional Conference on “New Life Within SAARC” organised by the Institute of Foreign Affairs, Nepal, Kathmandu during July 15-16, 2005.
Working of Democracy in Bangladesh, paper (co-authored) presented at a seminar on State of Democracy in Bangladesh organised by Centre for Alternatives, University of Dhaka, 30 Sept. 2004.
The Clash of Civilisations: What Next?, paper presented at an international conference on “Europe and the Muslim World: The Role of Dialogue”, organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, October 7-8, 2004.
Representing 9-11 in the Bangladesh Media: Conflicting Interests and Dilemmas, paper presented at an international conference on Media Representation of Islamic Societies and War, organised by the IR and Politics and Media Studies Subject Groups of the University of Sussex, Brighton, England on 1-2 July, 2002.
South Asian Politics: Reinventing Media’s Role, paper presented at the National Conference on Reinventing SAARC and South Asian Politics, organised by the International Studies Association, Bangladesh (ISAB), Department of International Relations, Dhaka on 29 March, 2002.
Bangladesh Foreign Policy: Issues in the Information Age paper presented at the Seminar on Bangladesh Foreign Policy: Traditional and Non-traditional Issues organised by the BIISS, Dhaka on 27 November 2000.
Youth Vision of Politics in 2025, (co-authored) paper presented at the BIISS Young Scholar’s Seminar on Youth Vision of Bangladesh 2025, August 26, 1997, Dhaka.
Newspaper op-eds in Bangla (Selected)
Future Studies o Bangladesh (Future Studies and Bangladesh), in Bangla, Banglatribune, 15
June, 2025
Link: ফিউচার স্টাডিজ ও বাংলাদেশ
Bharat Bangladesh Information
Warfare (India Bangladesh Information Warfare), in Bangla,
Banglatribune , 20 December, 2024
Link: ভারত-বাংলাদেশ ইনফরমেশন ওয়ারফেয়ার
Ḍigital
yug o media liṭarecyr apariharyata (The Digital Age and
the Imperative of Media Literacy), in Bangla, Banglatribune, 5 July,
2024
Link: ডিজিটাল যুগ ও মিডিয়া লিটারেসির অপরিহার্যতা (banglatribune.com)
Naitikata
Sikṣadan: Bhinna paddhatira sandhane (Teaching ethics: In
search of a different approach), in Bangla, Banglatribune, 24 June, 2024
Link: নৈতিকতা শিক্ষাদান: ভিন্ন পদ্ধতির সন্ধানে (banglatribune.com)
Sofṭ power: Turaska o Dakṣiṇ Koriyar abhijnata (Soft Power: Experiences of Turkey and South Korea) in Bangla, Banglatribune,
11 June, 2024.
Link: সফট পাওয়ার: তুরস্ক ও দক্ষিণ কোরিয়ার অভিজ্ঞতা (banglatribune.com)
Solution journalism: Pratyasa o Prapti (Solutions Journalism: Expectations and Achievements) in Bangla, Banglatribune, 02 June, 2024.
Link: সলিউশন জার্নালিজম: প্রত্যাশা ও প্রাপ্তি (banglatribune.com)
Gig economy o parabarti prajanma (The gig economy and the next generation) in Bangla, Banglatribune, 23 May, 2024.
Link: গিগ ইকোনমি ও পরবর্তী প্রজন্ম (banglatribune.com)
The art of storytelling (The art of storytelling) in Bangla, Banglatribune, 15 May, 2024.
Link: ‘দ্য আর্ট অব স্টোরিটেলিং’ (banglatribune.com)
Shapla Chatwar o Shahbager Duratwa (Distance between Shapla Chatwar and Shahbagh ) in Bangla, Banglatribune, 5 May, 2024
Link: শাপলা চত্বর ও শাহবাগের দূরত্ব (banglatribune.com)
Uccasikhsar sampratik prabaṇata (Recent Trends in Higher Education), in Bangla, in Bangla, Banglatribune, 27 April, 2024
Link: উচ্চশিক্ষার সাম্প্রতিক প্রবণতা (banglatribune.com)
Newspaper op-eds in English (Selected)
Between journalism
and research: Dhaka Tribune, August
23, 2020
OP-ED: Between journalism and research | Dhaka Tribune
The role of press in
the pandemic:Dhaka Tribune, August
11, 2020
OP-ED: The role of the press in a pandemic | Dhaka Tribune
Better communication strategies for the pandemic: Dhaka
Tribune, August
4, 2020
What Humayun Ahmed can teach us about communication: Dhaka
Tribune,
July 24, 2020
What makes a public intellectual?: Dhaka
Tribune,
July
14, 2020
https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/op-ed/2020/07/14/op-ed-what-makes-a-public-intellectual
Campus politics may lead to educational inequality: Bangla Tribune, October 24, 2019
http://en.banglatribune.com/opinion/opinion/79977/Campus-politics-may-lead-to-educational-inequality
Looking Back: How the Bangladesh Media Covered 9/11: Bangla Tribune, September 11, 2019
http://en.banglatribune.com/opinion/opinion/71909/Looking-back-How-the-Bangladesh-media-covered
Contrasting media coverage of Ershad’s death: Bangla Tribune, August
08, 2019
http://en.banglatribune.com/opinion/opinion/65457/Contrasting-media-coverage-of-Ershad’s-death
The real heroes around us: Prothom Alo (English online), August 21,
2018
https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/182033/The-real-heroes-around-us
Improving employability skills among our youth: ProthomAlo (English online), August 09,
2018
https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/181308/Improving-employability-skills-among-our-youth
Reviving values: fighting corruption: Prothom
Alo ( English online), July 28, 2018
https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/180610/Reviving-values-fighting-corruption
Let’s hear more from parliament less from other actors: Prothom Alo (English online), July 21,
2018
https://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/180164/Let’s-hear-more-from-parliament-less-from-other
Linking education to employment in Bangladesh:: Prothom Alo (English online), July 14,
2018
http://en.prothomalo.com/opinion/news/179726/Linking-education-to-employment-in-Bangladesh
The political economy of world cup football: Daily Our Time, June 21, 2018
Education system in disarray:Daily Our Time, June 12, 2018
Media coverage of war on drugs: Daily Our Time, June 05, 2018
PM’s India Visit: Beyond Public Diplomacy: Daily Our Time, May 31, 2018
Teaching Moral to Generation Z: Daily Our Time, May 27, 2018
Of extremism and our new jihadists: Daily Our Time, May 24, 2018
Towards and effective examination policy: Daily Our Time, May 21, 2018
Why do we neglect future studies:Daily Our Time, May 20, 2018
Traffic fatalities: No end in sight: Daily Our Time, May 19, 2018
Rejuvenating our spirituality in Ramadan: Daily Our Time, May 18, 2018
Many more tears awaiting rohingyas:Daily Our Time, May17, 2018
Anti-quota movement is only a sideshow: Daily Our Time, May 16, 2018
Why we need media watch groups: Daily Our Time, May 15, 2018
Developing Bangladesh’s soft power: Daily Our Time, May 14, 2018
My Vision of an Ideal
University, The Asian Age, December
19, 2017
https://dailyasianage.com/ep/2017/12/19/?page=6
Future of Higher
Education in Bangladesh, The Daily Star, February 3, 2016
Combating Terrorism
in South Asia: Prospects and Challenges, The
Daily Star,
November 12, 2005
http://archive.thedailystar.net/suppliments/2005/saarcsummit/security.htm#01
The first Information War, The Daily Star, February 2, 2001.
Other Short Write ups (Selected)
Japanese Prime Minister's Visit to South Asia, Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 6, No. 3, July-September, 2000.
Bangladesh on Terrorism, Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 4, No 3, July-September 1998, Dhaka.
Information Technology in Bangladesh: Opportunities and Imperatives, Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 4, No 1, January 1998, Dhaka.
Bangladesh at the OIC Summit in Islamabad, Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 3, No. 1, January 1997, Dhaka.
Review of SAARC Activities, Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1996, Dhaka.
Recent Trends in Bangladesh-EU Trade Relations,Quarterly Bangladesh Foreign Policy Survey, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1996, Dhaka.
US
Presidential Election: The Role of Television Campaign, (in
Bengali), Monthly NIRIKSHA, January,
1991
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SEMINAR/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION (SELECTED)
Attended a Seminar and Workshop on Education2020: Quality Learning Spaces Organized by the Graduate School of Education, Assumption University Thailand, Graduate Program Higher Education, Seton Hall University, USA and Faculty of Education, Saint John’s University, Thailand, Bangkok, 6 January, 2014.
Attended Asia Media Conclave Organised by the Asia Media Forum, Bangkok, 25 – 27 March, 2009
Attended a course entitled Ethics on the Frontiers of Science: Religion – Help or Hindrance? Organised by the Faraday Institute, University of Cambridge, 11 April-13 April, 2008, Cambridge, UK.
Senior Editors' Conference 2007, Media Reporting: Armed Conflict and Violence, jointly organised by the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB), 28-29 October, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh
International Workshop on Democracy, Governance and Security Reforms, jointly organisedby the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) and Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), 12-13 August, 2007, Dhaka, Bangladesh
International Humanitarian Law Teachers’ Training Workshop, organised by the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, University of Dhaka and International Committee of the Red Cross, 27-29 July 2006, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Workshop on “Strengthening Co-operation and Security in South Asia-post 9/11”, organised by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute, 1-2 July 2003, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Workshop on “Conflict Management and Peace-Building”, organised by the Bangladesh Institute of International and strategic Studies and conducted by the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, Clingendael, 26-28 August 2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Eighth International Conference, World Association of Press Councils (WAPC), 19-21st February, 2001, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Young Scholars’ Seminar on “Economic Liberalisation and Youth Force in Bangladesh: Chandabaji VS. Entreprenuership”, Organised by the BIISS, Sept 17, 1998. Discussant of the paper, “Economic Liberalisation and Gender Perspective: The Views of Young Female Entrepreneurs and Professionals”, Dhaka.
The Thomson Foundation Workshop on Investigative Reporting, sponsored by the British Council, Dhaka and The Commonwealth Media Development Fund, November 16-27, 1997, Dhaka.
International Workshop on Electoral Law Reform, Organised by FEMA and Study Research Group of Manabik Shahajya Sangstha, October 16-17, 1997, Dhaka.
Research Methodology Course, organized by the Centre for Advanced Studies on Humanities, University of Dhaka, 24 Feb- 03 March, 1997, University of Dhaka, Dhaka.
American Studies conference on “Religion in the United States” co-sponsored by the United States Information Service (USIS) and the Bangladesh Association for American Studies (BAAS), December 4-5, 1996,Razendrapur , Dhaka.
Foundation Course on Economic Reporting, organised by the Press Institute of Bangladesh (PIB) 6-12 September 1993, Dhaka.Awarded a
full bursary to attend a course at the Faraday Institute, St. Edmund’s College,
University of Cambridge, UK, 11
April-13 April, 2008.
Awarded a
three-month Visiting Fellowship by
the Programme in Comparative Media, Law and Policy at the Centre for
Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University
of Oxford, UK, July-September, 2002.
Awarded a Chevening Scholarship, offered by the
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to undertake post-graduate studies
(session 1999-00) in International Communications at the Institute of
Communications Studies, University of
Leeds, UK
Awarded Masud Khan Gold Medal from Dhaka University
for MA final examination result.
