Anisuzzaman (philosopher)
Anisuzzaman | |
|---|---|
আনিসুজ্জামান | |
| Vice Chancellor of Global University Bangladesh | |
| In office May 2019 – December 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 March 1951 Gopalganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | University of Wales |
| Occupation | Professor, university administrator |
Anisuzzaman (born 1951) is a Bangladeshi philosopher and university administrator. He was the first vice-chancellor of Global University Bangladesh, serving from 2019 to 2024. Most of his career was spent at Dhaka University as a professor of philosophy.
Biography
Anisuzzaman was born on March 1, 1951, in Gopalganj, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to Shahida Begam and Abul Hossain Molla.[1]
He finished his BA and MA degrees in philosophy from Dhaka University in 1972 and 1973, respectively. In October 1977, he joined the faculty at the University of Chittagong as a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy. After a little more than two years there, he returned to Dhaka, where he completed a MPhil degree from Dhaka University in 1981. The next year he became an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy there.[1]
Anisuzzaman received a Commonwealth Scholarship to study philosophical anthropology at the University of Wales in the UK.[1][2] There he earned a PhD in 1988 for his dissertation, The Concept of Man: Dualism and the Western Tradition.[1][3]
That year, Dhaka University promoted him to associate professor, and to professor in 1993.[1] He carried out postdoctoral research in comparative theology at Andrews University in the US in 1994.[2] Back at Dhaka University, he served as chair of the philosophy department for two months in 1997. He left on a Commonwealth Fellowship for King's College London.[1] There he conducted further research on comparative religion and philosophical anthropology.[2] In 1998, he returned to Dhaka University, where he continued to chair the philosophy department until 2000. He directed two centers within the department: the Dev Centre for Philosophical Studies from 2001 to 2005 and the Moral Development Centre from 2010 to 2013.[1]
Anisuzzaman was appointed vice-chancellor of Global University Bangladesh, a private university in Barisal, in 2019. He was their first vice-chancellor.[4][5] In 2023, he was reappointed for a second four-year term.[6] He resigned on December 8, 2024.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "A Short Bio Data of Professor Dr. Anisuzzaman" (PDF). Bangladesh University of Professionals. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 1, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির নতুন ভিসি অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান [The new VC of Global University is professor Anisuzzaman]. Dainik Shiksha (in Bengali). May 29, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "NLW Catalogue - The Concept of Man: Dualism and the Western Tradition". The University of Wales Library Catalog.
- ^ বরিশাল গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির ভিসি ড. আনিসুজ্জামান [Barisal Global University VC Dr. Anisuzzaman]. The Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). May 29, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ^ গ্লোবাল ভার্সিটির ভিসি প্রফেসর আনিসুজ্জামান [VC of Global University Professor Anisuzzaman]. Jugantor (in Bengali). May 31, 2019. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021.
- ^ ফের গ্লোবাল ইউনিভার্সিটির উপাচার্য অধ্যাপক আনিসুজ্জামান [Professor Anisuzzaman returns as Vice Chancellor of Global University]. thedailycampus.com (in Bengali). October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ^ Palash, S. N. (December 10, 2024). শিক্ষকদের দলাদলিতে উপাচার্যের পদত্যাগ [Vice-Chancellor resigns amid teachers' factionalism]. Jugantor.