Professor Dr. Yousuf M. Islam, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University addressing the conference as the chief guest. Prof. Dr. M. Golam Rahman, Pro- Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University, Dr. Fakrul Alam, Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka and Mr. George Mesthos, Cultual Affairs Officer of the American Center of Embassy of the USA are also seen in the picture.
Speakers at a seminar stressed on the important role of technology in today’s global education and development in innovation, media, language, literature, film, mass communication, arts, culture and over all human progress. The advent of technology permanently impacted creatively as well as profoundly not only on the physical landscape but also on the imaginative landscape of writers, artists and intellectuals. They said these while addressing at the National Conference on ‘The Machine in the Garden: Literature, Language and Technology in English Studies’ held today on September 19, 2015 at Daffodil International University Auditorium.
Speakers also said, Technology itself is a language like English and these two languages are complimentary to each other. Technology has become an inseparable and indispensable part our everyday life and it has secured its place in our class rooms, no matter which discipline we belong to.
‘Connectivity’ and ‘Convergence’- these two words are so closely associated in our life. Because of the advent of new technology and advancement of communication devices, these are in evitable. In the age of ‘Connectivity’ and ‘Convergence’, this is a partial backdrop of the national conference on ‘The Machine in the Garden: Literature, Language and Technology in English Studies’, they added.
A partial view of the distinguished audience attended at the conference
English Department of Daffodil International University organized the national conference. Dr. Fakrul Alam, Professor, Department of English, University of Dhaka shared the keynote speech during the day-long conference. Professor Dr. Yousuf M. Islam, Vice Chancellor, Daffodil International University inaugurated the conference as the chief guest while Prof. Dr. M. Golam Rahman, Pro- Vice Chancellor of Daffodil International University and Mr. George Mesthos, Cultual Affairs Officer of the American Center of Embassy of the USA were present as the special guests. The inaugural session was also addressed by Ms. Umme Kulsum, Conference Convener and Head, Department of English and Professor Dr. Shusil Kumar Das of Daffodil International University.
The panelists of the conference were Professor Claire Bradin Siskin, English Language Specialist of Daffodil International University, Dr. Arifa Rahman, Supernumerary Professor, IMI, University of Dahka, Professor Dr. Khaliquzzaman M Elias of NSU, Dr. Shireen Huq of NSU and Professor Dr. Shamsad Mortuza of University of Dhaka. 33 papers of 42 presenters from 16 different public and private universities were presented in the daylong conference.
