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EXTERNAL PROFILES
Professor
Dr. Shirin Akter Popy
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English
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Shirin Akter, an erudite scholar and distinguished academic, serves as a Professor of English at Noakhali Science and Technology University whose intellectual rigor and eloquence illuminate the realms of literature and feminist criticism. A proud alumna of the University of Chittagong, she further honed her scholarly acumen by earning a Ph.D. from Osmania University, India, under the esteemed ICCR Fellowship. Her scholarly pursuits traverse the intricate terrains of American literature, feminist thought, and autobiographical discourse, rendering her a formidable voice in contemporary literary criticism. With a portfolio of eloquent and impactful publications, Dr. Akter seamlessly melds critical depth with literary grace, illuminating the nuanced intersections of identity, gender, and diaspora. Since joining NSTU in 2013, she has exemplified academic excellence, nurturing generations of students with profound insight and unwavering dedication.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
2017 - 2021
PhD
English
Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
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2017-10-24
Affirmation of Female Strength in Selected Literary Works from Postcolonial India, Africa (Nigeria) and Australia
Description: Held at Department of English, Mangalore University, India n
Organization: Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), Ministry of Education, India
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
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Commonwealth Fellowship Scheme
Indian Council for Cultural Relations, India
Description: PhD in English at Osmania University, Hyderabad2025
Journal
Sexual subject and textual braid: Autobiographical politics of emancipation in Audre Lorde’s Zami
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter and Khandakar Ashraful Islam
Journal: ES Review:Spanish Journal of English Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24197/8j6vqs85
2025
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Elusive Verses: Adrienne Rich’s Ecofeminist Critique of War and Nuclearism
Authors: Mitul, Golam Zilani and Shirin Akter Popy
Journal: NSTU Journal of Arts, Social Science and Education (NAJSE)
2025
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Black Female as the “Transient Woman”: Anzalduan and Bhabhaian Construction of Subjectivity in Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Kadın/Woman 2000, Journal for Women’s Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33831/jws.v26i1.529
2025
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Body as “Leased out” Land: Land-Women Embodiment in Devi’s and Huq’s Selected Stories
Authors: Akter, Maknun and Shirin Akter Popy
Journal: Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31436/asiatic.v19i1.3643
2023
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Recuperating Father (s) and Retracing “I” in Maxine Hong Kingston’s China Men
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Overtones: Ege Journal of English Studies
2022
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Identity, Resistance, and Body: Reading The Cancer Journals as “Manifesto”
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Dialogue: A Journal Devoted to Literary Appreciation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30949/dajdtla.v18i1.9
2022
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From Difference to Differences: Reviewing Theories of Women’s Autobiography and Contextualizing the Concept of Métissage
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Overtones: Ege Journal of English Studies
2021
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A politics of métissage: Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15290/CR.2021.35.4.02
2021
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Audre Lorde’s Zami: The Power of the Erotic
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Studies in Language and Literature
2020
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‘Things can change in a day’: Rereading Arundhati Roy’s Novels in the Dichotomy of ‘Change’
Authors: Islam, Khandakar Ashraful and Shirin Akter Popy
Journal: Crossings: A Journal of English Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v11i.47
2018
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Reading Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084 in the Dichotomy of Death
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: The Commonwealth Review
2015
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Divergence of Third World Women in Diaspora: Reading Lahiri’s Antipodal Female Protagonists Ashima and Gauri
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies
2014
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Distant Ties and Troubled Bonds in Trans-cultural Family Relations: A Reading of Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Unaccustomed Earth” and “Hell-Heaven"
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter
Journal: Crossings: A Journal of English Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59817/cjes.v4i.244
2018
Conference
“… who was living is now dead/ … who were living are now dying”: Rereading Mother of 1084 in the Dichotomy of Death
Authors: Popy, Shirin Akter2017
Conference
(De)constructing the Psyche in the Age of Capitalist Supremacy
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SOCIAL PROFILES
Department
English
Noakhali Science and Technology University