Dr. Kazi Md. Siful Aspea

Associate Professor
Department of English

E-mail: kaspea@ciu.edu.bd

Office Address: 6th Floor, School of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Chittagong Independent University
Education
  • PhD 2025, University of Chittagong
    Dissertation: “The Dynamics of Territorial and Psychological Displacement: War, Riot, and Nationalism in The Glass Palace and Ice-Candy-Man.”
  •  M.Phil. 2012, University of Chittagong
    Dissertation: “Postcolonialism in Amitav Ghosh’s Novels.”
  •  Master of Arts in English 2000, University of Chittagong
    •  Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in English 1999, University of Chittagong
Academic Positions
  • Head of the Department
    Department of English Chittagong Independent University, Bangladesh
    July 2022 to June 2024
  • Chair
    Program Self-Assessment Committee, Department of English Chittagong Independent University, Bangladesh
    July 2022 to June 2024
  • Member
    Program Self-Assessment Committee, Department of English Chittagong Independent University, Bangladesh
    July 2022 to till date
  • Assistant Proctor
    Metropolitan University, Bangladesh
    July 2010 to August 2012
Publications
  • Distressing Ethnic Dissection: A Study of the Hazaras in The Kite Runner CIU Journal Vol. 7 No. 1. 2025
  • Limitations of Drawing Borders: An Analysis of the Indian Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 in the Light of The Shadow Lines and Cracking India. Journal of Underrepresented & Minority Progress (JUMP) Vol. 8 No. SI (1), 2024
  • Marginalized Minority Voice in the Partition of India: A Study of Ice-Candy-Man. CIU Journal Vol. 5 No. 1, 2023
  • Negotiating Diasporic Situation in The Glass Palace. Ideas, Vol. 4 No. 1. 2018-2019
  • Voice of the Voiceless: A Subaltern Study of The Hungry TideMetropolitan University Journal. Vol. 3 No. 1. 2010
Book Chapter
  • Prachyer Bhabdharay Usul-e-Sab’a (Usul-e-Sab’a in the Eastern Ideological Tradition) in Usul-e-Sab’a (a book on self-purification and spirituality), 2020
Conference and Seminars
  • Presented paper titled “Ecology of Spirituality: An Inquiry of Coexistence in Sayed Ahmad Ullah’s Maizbhandari Philosophy” in The International Conference on Sufism and World Religions at Visva – Bharati, Santiniketan, India, February 2025
  • Chaired a session titled ‘Regional Currents of Sufi Practices’ in the “International Conference on Sufi philosophy and Cultural Practices for perfected Humanity” at the University of Dhaka, April 2025
  • Chaired a session in the “International Conference on Sufism and world Religions” (ICSWR 2025) at Visva – Bharati, Santiniketan, India, February 2025
  • International Conference on Sociology of Sufism, Perfected Humanity and Divine Quest for Social Harmony (ICSSPHDQSH) at the University of Dhaka, 2023
  • International Conference on Sufi Psychology, Perfected Humanity and Divine Inspiration (ICSPPHDI), in Chittagong. 2022
  • International Conference on Sufi Music, Perfected Humanity and Divine Love (ICSMPHDL), in Chittagong, 2021
  • International Conference on Sufism, Perfected Humanity and Divine Communion (ICSPHDC), in Chittagong, 2020
Editorial Position
  • Executive Editor
    Darul Irfan Research Journal (ISSN: 2710-3595)
    Volume: 1, Volume: 2, & Volume: 3
Current Research Interests
  • Global South, Postcolonial Diversity, Diaspora and Displacement, Colonial Oceanic Trade Route, Sufism and Eco-Spirituality
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor
    Department of English, Chittagong Independent University, Bangladesh
    September 2019 to till date
  • Assistant Professor
    Department of English Language and Translation, King Khalid University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    August 2012 to June 2019
  • Assistant Professor
    Department of English, Metropolitan University, Bangladesh
    July 2011 to August 2012
  • Senior Lecturer & Lecturer
    Department of English, Metropolitan University, Bangladesh
    May 2008 to July 2011