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Professor Mohammad A. Quayum is a full-time Researcher and Honorary Professor (with Full Academic Status) in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, Australia. He has previously taught at International Islamic University Malaysia, the State University of New York at Binghamton, University Putra Malaysia, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), University of Dhaka (Bangladesh), and University of Chittagong (Bangladesh).
His educational background includes:
- PhD in English and American Literature from Flinders University (1991)
- MA (First Class and Distinction) in English and American Literature from Lakehead University, Canada (1984)
- MA from University of Dhaka (1979)
- BA (Honours) from University of Dhaka (1977)
Professor Quayum is an internationally recognized scholar specializing in American literature, Bengali literature, and Southeast Asian literature. His research spans multiple disciplines including Gender Studies, Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Literature, Southeast Asian Literature, Transnational Literature, and Translation Studies. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of Rabindranath Tagore's works, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain's feminist writings, and the development of Malaysian and Bangladeshi literature in English. His interdisciplinary approach connects literary studies with cultural theory, postcolonial perspectives, and educational philosophy, particularly in examining how literature reflects and shapes national identities in postcolonial contexts.
Professor Quayum's recent publications demonstrate a continued focus on postcolonial literary traditions across South and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to questions of nationalism, cosmopolitanism, gender, and linguistic identity. His work shows a consistent trajectory of exploring the intersections between literature, cultural identity, and political consciousness in the Asian context, with increasing attention to contemporary developments in Anglophone writing from Bangladesh and Malaysia.
Professor Quayum has received numerous honors throughout his distinguished career:
- Visiting Professor at University of South Australia (2018)
- Visiting Professor at Jadavpur University, India (2016)
- Visiting Fellow at Singapore Management University (2009, 2011)
- Visiting Professor at Flinders University (2009)
- Visiting Professor at SUNY Binghamton (2003-04)
- Visiting Fellow at Flinders University (CRNLE) (1996)
- USIS Regionalization Fellow (awarded by USIS, Singapore) (1995)
- Flinders University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (1986-1990)
- Lakehead University Teaching Assistantship and Special University Scholarship (1982-1984)
As an academic leader, Professor Quayum has served as the Founding Editor and former Editor-in-Chief (2007-2020) of Asiatic: An International Journal of Asian Literatures, Cultures and Englishes (indexed in Scopus and WoS). He currently sits on the Advisory Boards of several prestigious journals including the Journal of Postcolonial Writing (Taylor and Francis, UK), Interdisciplinary Literary Studies (Penn State UP, USA), South Asia Research (Sage/University of London), and Transnational Literature (Bath Spa University, UK). He has supervised numerous postgraduate students and has been instrumental in developing academic networks across Asia, Australia, and North America that promote the study of Asian literatures in global contexts.
