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Full-Time Faculty M.Phil., University of Delhi, India Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6166 Curriculum Vitae |
Samila Nowshin is a full-time Lecturer in History at North South University (NSU), where she has been employed since 2023. She earned her MPhil degree in 2022 from the University of Delhi, India, specialising in the syncretistic traditions of the Bengal region from the 3rd century BCE to the 12th century CE. Her research interests and expertise encompass South Asian history in general, with a particular focus on the history, culture, and heritage of Bengal and Bangladesh.
Ms Nowshin aims to bridge the past and present by understanding the individuality of the land and its people, concentrating on the historical and cultural changes and continuities in Bengal and Bangladesh. She has co-authored an article examining the state formation of the Bengal/Bangladesh region from ancient times to the present. Currently, she is researching the geographical factors influencing the culture of the Bengal region.
She completed both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the Department of History, University of Dhaka. She has received several prestigious awards throughout her academic career, including the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) scholarship for her MPhil studies.
ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations) Scholarship for MPhil degree from 2019-2022
Dhaka University Merit Scholarships in 2016 & 2017, University of Dhaka
Merit Scholarship in 2016, Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree Hall, University of Dhaka
Maitree Foundation Scholarship in 2015 & 2017, Bangladesh-Kuwait Maitree
Hall, University of Dhaka
Master of Philosophy in History, Department of History, University of Delhi, India
Topic- “Aspects of Syncretistic Tradition in Regional Bengal as Reflected in Copperplate Inscriptions from 5th to 13th Century CE”
Master of Arts in History (Group ‘A’: South Asia in Ancient and Medieval Period with Special Emphasis on Bengal), Department of History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017
Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
Lecturer, North South University, 2023-Present
Bangladesh History and Culture, HIS 101
The Emergence of Bangladesh, HIS 103
Member, ICSBA (International Centre for Study of Bengal Art)
Member, Delhi University History Association
Member, Jana-Itihas Charcha Kendra, Bangladesh
Member, Research and Development Collective
Socio-Cultural Changes in Regional Bengal
Syncretistic Traditions
Geographical Factors in History
History of South Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
History of Ancient Bengal
Religious History