UAP English department secures 2nd position in the inter-university student conference

 

The Department of English, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), took part in the 4th Inter-University Student Conference organized by the Department of English and Humanities, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) on 20th and 21st April, 2018. UAP team participated both in the academic performances and in the cultural presentations of the conference which was organized to celebrate 200 years of the Bronte siblings, namely Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte.

Nabila Ahmed, one of our 4th year 1st semester students presented a paper titled ‘Rethinking Bronte: Women Emancipation in Jane Eyre’ on the 1st day of the conference which was highly appreciated by the panel of judges comprising Professor Razia Sultana and Professor Kashinath Roy and the honoured guests.

In the cultural presentation on the 2nd day of the conference secured second position defeating most other participating universities such as Jahangirnagar University, North South University, BRAC University, East West University, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh etc. The independent panel of judges of this segment included eminent theatre personalities Mr. Ataur Rahman, Ms. Afsana Mimi and Ms. Bonna Mirza. The team from Department of English, University of Dhaka secured the top position in the competition.