Professor Maswood Akhter, Chairperson, Department of English, Rajshahi University along with the participants of the workshop.

The sixth workshop on “Cultural Studies Perspective of Reading Texts” was held on April 10 at the Digital Classroom, Level 4, Daffodil Tower, Sobhanbag as a part of the ongoing quality assurance process implemented at Daffodil International University by the Department of English in collaboration with Institutional Quality Assurance Cell. The facilitator of the session was Professor Maswood Akhter, Chairperson, Department of English, Rajshahi University.
After the introduction of the resource person by Afroza Akhter Tina, senior Lecturer, the workshop started with the welcome speech of Mr. Abdul Kader Arefin, Associate Professor and Additional Director, IQAC.
The facilitator in his speech mentioned that Cultural Studies stipulates a space for scholarly dialogues that draw on theory and methods from several disciplines.He opined that Cultural Studies in fact broadens the academic domain as well as redefines text and signals a paradigm shift in the analysis of text.
A fair number of faculty members from DIU as well as other universities were present in the session. Students from DIU were also present in the session. The session ended with the vote of thanks by Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of English, Mr. Md. Rakibul Hasan Khan.