Rehnuma Sazzad

Dr. Rehnuma Sazzad is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, and an Associate Tutor at the University of East Anglia. Her research focuses on Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures, Decolonization, and British Cultural Studies, framed through her original concept of 'Postcolonial Ontology.' She serves as Associate Editor and Reviews Editor for the Journal of Postcolonial Writing, an Editorial Advisory Board Member for English: Journal of the English Association, and co-editor of The Journal of Historical Fictions.

• Research Keywords: Critical Theory, Colonial and Postcolonial Literatures, Decolonization, British Cultural Studies, Global Modernism, Transcultural Memory Studies, Indigenous Literatures, Popular Cultures, Literary History, World Cinema

Her academic contributions include two monographs: Edward Said’s Concept of Exile: Identity and Cultural Migration in the Middle East (2017) and the forthcoming Dynamics among Mother Language, Motherland, and Liberation Struggle: Decolonization of South Asia in Perspective. She is currently editing collections such as Decolonizing the Curriculum: Teaching Race and Developing Knowledge about Indigenous Literature for Vernon Press and a volume on Édouard Glissant for Liverpool University Press.

Her recent publications span postcolonial analyses of works by Edward Said, Mahmoud Darwish, Naguib Mahfouz, and Jhumpa Lahiri, alongside explorations of language rights in South Asia and cinematic anti-colonial narratives. She actively participates in global conferences, including keynote roles at events like 'Fanon at 100' (2025) and the 'Race & Resistance 2025' conference.