Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Khadiza Naznin Huda

Full-Time Faculty
Lecturer 


Master of Arts in English Literature, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Arts in English, North South University, Bangladesh

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6144
Email: khadiza.huda01@northsouth.edu
Office

 

Journal Article

Mabin, M., Roy, S., Huda, K. N. & Mabin, M. (accepted with corrections). Producing Publishable
Research Papers: Challenges and Strategies among Tertiary EFL Students. World Journal
of English Language.                                   

Creative Writing

Huda, Khadiza Naznin. (2017). "A Thought", Poets Collide, edited by Amias Davies, Vol I, (North Carolina: Lulu Press), p.104.

Recipient of sponsorship from Embassy of China in Bangladesh and Confucius Institute Headquaters (Hanban) for Chinese language and culture immersion program in 2018, organized by Yunnan University.

Recipient of Best Leadership Award as a part of a team, for outstanding performance in collaborative poster creation and demonstrating excellence in China-South Asia youth dialogue (October 2025)

Recipient of the Ibn Battuta Honorary Award 2023 by Bangladesh Poets Club.

Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University (July 2024 - Present)

Associate Editor, NSU News (January 2025 - Present)

Coordnator, DEML Discourse Series Events (September 2025 - Present)

Coordinator, DEML Colloquium Series Events (January 2025 - Present)

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University (Spring 2023 - Spring 2024)

ENG 220: Introduction to Fiction

ENG 230: Introduction to Poetry

ENG 216: Research Methodology for Humanities

ENG 115: Introduction to Literature

ENG 111: Public Speaking

 

EAP (English for Academic Purpose Courses)

ENG 105: Advanced Composition

ENG 103: Intermediate Composition

Memberships:

  • Member, British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS), United Kingdom
  • Member, The D.H. Lawrence Society, Great Britain 
  • Life Member, Association of Teachers of Literatures in English, Bangladesh
  • Member, British Association of Decandence Studies

Conference Presentations:

  • Paper Presentation titled "River Gypsies of Bengal: Deconstructing the Literary Representations of Nomads on Water" under the panel  Eco-conciousness, Myths and Legends at the International Conference on Teaching English and Interdisciplinarity, 28-29 July, 2023.
  • Paper Presentation titled "India Through the Female Gaze: A Critical Study of Selected Writings of Emma Roberts and Sarojini Naidu" under the panel Dualisms and Differences: Heroes, Misfits and the Gaze at the International Conference Ruptures and Resiliance: English Studies in the Now organized by DEML, 4-5 November, 2022.  Relevant link of conference and research news published in University of Nottingham's School of English "Research Newsletter": https://sway.office.com/lW16cGpP1n9IFO5M?ref=Link&loc=play     
  • Presented a paper on ‘The Formation of Identity Through Clothing and Fashion in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable and Susanna Moore One Last Look’ during the English Showcase at the University of Nottingham (UK), 15 June, 2022. Relevant link to the showcase: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/documents/english-showcase/english-showcase-final-programme-2022.pdf 

University and Community Services:

  • Associate Editor, NSU News (January 2025 - Present)
  • Coordinator, Department of English and Modern Languages Colloquium Series Events (January 2025 - Present)
  • Coordinator, Department of English and Modern Languages Discourse Series Events (September 2025 - Present)
  • Member, EAP Curriculum and Textbook Revision Committee, Department of English & Modern Languages (May 2025 - Present)
  • Member, NSU 26th Convocation Brochure and Publication Committee
  • Member, Admission Sub-committee, North South University Undergraduate Admission Test (Summer 2025 - Present)
  • Adjudicator, “Bakeman's International Language League” organised by the Department of English & Modern Language, North South University (October 2023 - February 2024)
  • Adjudicator, Impromptu Public Speaking Competition, jointly organised by Department of English & Modern Languages and Centerfor Peace Studies      
  • Examiner, North South University Undergraduate Admission Test (Spring 2024 - Present)
  • Invigilator, North South University Undergraduate Admission Test (Summer 2024 - Spring 2025)
  • Advisor for newly admitted undergraduate students of the Department of English & Modern Languages, North South  University (Summer 2024 - Present)
  • Organising Committee Member, DEML Winter Fest (10 -11 December, 2025)
  • Coordinated the National Conference on “Empowering Bangladesh: Pathways to Leadership, Unity and Growth”, jointly organized by North South University and Bangladesh Empowered (April 19, 2025)
  • Organising Committee Member, BELTA-NSU International Conference on Re/envisioning Paradigms in English Language Education (December, 2024)
  • Moderated the panel  discussion titled "Films from the Margins", involving the panelists Mr. Amit Rudra, Mr. Mohammad Touqir Islam and Mr. Mohammad Nuruzzamam.
  • Co-hosted the Closing Ceremony of "DEML Winter Fest 2025" organised by the Department of English & Modern Languages, North South University (11 December, 2025)
  • Assisted in the digitalization and launching of the official website of the doble blinded peer-reviewed journal Panini: NSU Studies in Language and Literature
  • Designed the cover image for the website of the journal and official social media page (Summer 2024)
  • Participant, China-South Asia Young Envoy Program, Yunnan University, China (October 20 - November 02)
  • Rappouteur, International Conference on Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions, jointly organized by UNHCR (United Nations High Comissioner for Refugees) and North South University, 27 - 28 July, 2019. 

DEML Colloquium and Discourse Series Events:

  • Coordinated and organized a Discourse Series lecture on "Patriachal logics: Religiosity, secularism and gender inequality" by Dr. Andrea Priori (January 27, 2026)
  • Coordinated  and organized a Discourse Series lecture on "Academic versus Non-Academic Language: A propaganda for the sake of the industry" by Professor Manosh Chowdhury (November 10, 2025)
  • Coordinated and organized a Colloquium Series session on "Jesters and Princes: The Illusion of Power in Machiavelli 's La Mandragola" by Ms. Kashfia Arif (June 24, 2025)
  • Coordinated and organized a Colloquium Seies Session on "Reading Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment: Exploring some minor issues of a major novel" by Professor Halimur Rashid Khan (April 9, 2025)
  • Coordinated and organized a Colloquium Series Session on "An Afternoon of Writing and Poetry" by Writer Amreeta Lethe Chowdhury and the Poet Sayeeda T Ahmad. (February 26, 2025)

Workshops and Trainings:

  • Attended the Faculty Training Workshop on Addressing Disruptive Issues in the Classroom: Strategies for Students and Faculty' at North South University and assisted IQAC by peparing notes-based summary of the discussions (04 March, 2025)
  • Attended IQAC Faculty Training Workshop on Student Assessment at North South University (17 October, 2024)
  • Participated in Faculty Orientation & Development Workshop Summer 2024 at North South University (4, 7 & 8 July, 2025)
  • Participated in the workshop on Teaching “Virginia Woolf” organized by ATLEB  (15 January, 2024)

 

  • Postcolonial Theory
  • British India
  • Deconstructing Gaze
  • Literature and Culture of Romantic, Victorian and Modernism Era
  • Adaptation of Shakesperean Tragedies
  • Affect Theory
  • Interdisciplinary Research in Humanities

Other research interest includes the writings of Jibanananda Das, D.H. Lawrence, Emma Roberts and Sarojini Naidu.