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Research Biography
Professor Mohammad A. Quayum is a full-time researcher and Honorary Professor (with full academic status) in the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, Australia. He has taught previously at International Islamic University Malaysia, the State University of New York at Binghamton, University Putra Malaysia, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), the University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) and the University of Chittagong (Bangladesh). Author, editor and translator of 37 books, Quayum has published more than 130 journal articles, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries in the areas of American literature, Bengali literature and Southeast Asian literature. His recent publications include Reading Malaysian Literature in English: Ethnicity, Gender, Diaspora, and Nationalism (ed; Springer, 2021), Tagore, Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism (ed; Routledge, 2020), Malaysian Literature in English: A Critical Companion (ed; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020), A Feminist Foremother: Critical Essays on Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (ed; Orient Longman, 2017), One Sky, Many Horizons: Critical Essays on Malaysian Literature in English (Marshall Cavendish Asia, 2007, 2014) and Beyond Boundaries: Critical Essays on Rabindranath Tagore (Bangla Academy, 2014). Quayum is also the curator and editor of a Festschrift for the Asian American poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim, "Festschrift: The Poetry and Poetics of Shirley Geok-lin Lim," published in the December 2019 issue (10.2) of the Journal of Transnational American Studies (https://escholarship.org/uc/acgcc_jtas/10/2; Stanford University). He is the Founding Editor and former Editor-in-Chief (2007-20) of Asiatic: An International Journal of Asian Literatures, Cultures and Englishes (indexed in Scopus and WoS), and sits on the advisory board of the Journal of Postcolonial Writing (Taylor and Francis), Interdisciplinary Literary Studies (Penn State UP), Kemanusiaan: The Asian Journal of Humanities (Universiti Sains Malaysia), South Asia Research (Sage), Crossings: A Journal of English Studies (ULAB, Bangladesh) and Transnational Literature (UK, Australia), among others.
Research Interests
American Literature
Bengali Literature
Gender Studies
Postcolonial Studies
South Asian Literature
Southeast Asian Literature
Transnational Literature
Translation Studies
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Saul Bellow in the Emerson-Whitman Tradition: A Study of His Later Novels in the Light of American Transcendentalism, Flinders University
… → 1991
Award Date: 29 Aug 1991
Master of Arts, English and American Literature -- with Distinction, Lakehead University
… → 1984
Award Date: 19 May 1984
Master of Arts, University of Dhaka
… → 1979
Award Date: 9 Feb 1979
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Dhaka
… → 1977
External positions
Adjunct Professor, University of South Australia
2018 → 2021
Professor, International Islamic University Malaysia
2004 → 2020
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Literature
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Begum Rokeya's Journey as an Educator: Vision, Praxis, Challenges
Quayum, M., Jun 2026, Confluence of Words and Worlds: Essays in Honour of Professor Niaz Zaman. Alam, F. & Quayum, M. A. (eds.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: UNIVERSITY PRESS LIMITED, p. 42-68 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Raja Rammohun Roy: An Architect of Asian Cosmopolitan Modernity
Quayum, M., 23 May 2026, The Daily Star Bangladesh 4 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Swing of the pendulum: identity politics and the ideological strife over Rabindranath Tagore and the national anthem in Bangladesh
Quayum, M. A., 6 Jan 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Asian Studies. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unstable Homes in Asian Diasporic Literature
Quayum, M. (Editor) & Mayer, C. Y. (Editor), 2026, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 292 p.Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › peer-review
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Anglophone Literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia: Challenges and Prospects
Quayum, M., May 2025, In: Future Humanities. 3, 1, 13 p., e70011.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Colloquium on Wong Phui Nam: Malayan Letters, World Literature
Quayum, M. (Invited speaker)
22 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Journal of History (Journal)
Quayum, M. (Reviewer)
Mar 2026 → Jun 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication Peer-review
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Rabindranath Tagore's Critique of Nationalism: An Interview with Professor Mohammad A. Quayum
Quayum, M. (Author)
Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Media appearance / interview
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Rabindranath Tagore: A Sectarian or a Cosmopolitan Writer?
Quayum, M. (Speaker)
25 Aug 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Envisioning the Future of Literature in the Age of Globalisation: Bangladesh and Beyond
Quayum, M. (Speaker)
21 Jan 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk