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Full Time Faculty PhD. in Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium (ongoing) M.Sc. In Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden, 2010 Phone: +8801932929639
Curriculum Vitae |
Muhammad Asiful Basar is a young academic who has completed his studies in the field of history. He has eight years of teaching experience and joined North South University (NSU) in December 2015. Currently, he serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy.
Mr. Basar has completed both his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the University of Dhaka. He then joined BRAC University, where he taught undergraduate students. After working for one and a half years at BRAC University, he moved to Sweden to pursue a second master's degree in Asian Studies.
After completing his studies, he worked as an intern for a few months at the Swedish NGO Svalorna. During this time, he also learned the Swedish language and took additional courses at Lund and Malmö universities. Notably, one of these courses was a Ph.D. course on Contemporary Water Governance.
Mr. Basar possesses a strong command of both the Swedish and Danish languages, and he demonstrates high proficiency in computer literacy. His career aspiration is to pursue doctoral studies at a prestigious institution and subsequently continue his teaching career at the university level. Additionally, he aims to engage in community development initiatives focused on health, environmental sustainability, and education.
Mr. Basar is currently pursuing his PhD in Development Policy at the University of Antwerp in Belgium. His dissertation is titled Politics of Disaster in a Divided Nation: Post-Disaster Conflict Transformation in East Pakistan (1970). Upon completing his project, he plans to continue his teaching and research position at NSU.
Mr. Basar's academic credentials can be accessed at the following link: orcid.org
Books
Climate Change, Man-made destructions and the Loss of Rural Livelihood: A Story from Coastal Bangladesh (2011), VDM Verlag Dr. Müller GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN Number: 978-3-639-32829-5
Book Chapter
“Friendship to all, malice to none”: An Analysis of Bangabandhu’s Foreign Policy, book chapter in the book Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman- The Making of a Nation (June, 2021) edited by Dr. Sharifuddin Ahmed, UPL, Dhaka.
Articles
Disasters as ‘tipping points’? How the deadly Bhola Cyclone influenced East Pakistan’s 1970 electoral outcomes and what this means for disaster politics.(2024)
The final straw? Bhola cyclone, 1970 election, disaster politics, and the making of Bangladesh. (2023)
The Challenges to Food Security in Asia: Solutions for the Future? (2010)
Water Security in Coastal Region of Bangladesh: Would Desalination be a Solution to the Vulnerable Communities of the Sundarbans?, Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology. Volume 9, Number 2. 2012.
SUPRA scholarship, 2009, NIAS (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies) Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ali Ahmed Gold Medal, 2005, M.A examination of department of History, University of Dhaka.
Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Doctoral Candidate, from November 2022 till present. The project title is "The Politics of Disaster in a Divided Nation: Post-Disaster Conflict Transformation in East Pakistan (1970)". The project is expected to be finished by March 2026.
Centre for East and South-east Asian Studies, Lund University, Sweden.
MSc in Asian Studies, June 2010. The program is interdisciplinary and provides an advanced knowledge on contemporary issues in Asia together with the analytical and methodological skills to assess social, economic and political developments in the region.
Department of History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
BA (Honors) and MA in History, September 2003 and October 2005 respectively. The program covers wide ranging contents of ancient, medieval and contemporary world history along with interdisciplinary courses on Principle of Economics, Political Theories, Social Science and International Relations.
Course on Project Management and Organizational Development at Malmö University (from September 1, 2010 to present).
The course deals with models and strategies for organizing projects and working with organizational development and challenges of sustainable development. So far I have completed 12 credits and planning to finish rest of the credits in due time.
PhD course on Water Governance organized by Lund university Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID), (from 20th of September 2010 to 23rd October 2010).
The course contains 7.5 academic credits and at the end of the course an essay was written on Desalination Prospect of Bangladesh.
Disaster History, Economic History, South Asian Studies in General, Climate & Environmental discourse etc.