Successful Faculty presentation by Dr. Elham Hossain

The Department of English organized a Faculty presentation on “Organic Pedagogy: Man-Machine Collaboration, Dehumanization and Re-humanization of ‘Self’” by Dr. Elham Hossain on May 06, 2025 (Tuesday), at 11:00 am at A-302. We had approximately 130 student participants in the program. Also, Mr. Md. Samiul Islam, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and a few faculty members from CLCS joined the program.

Dr. Elham Hossain is a widely acclaimed academic, essayist, translator, researcher and literary critic in the field of literature in English. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor of the Department of English at Green University of Bangladesh. His expertise is showcased through his contribution of 7 book chapters with international publishers and more than 34 research articles published in national and international journals with a very good impact factor.

The program started with the welcome speech by Mr. Mohammad Golam Mohiuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Green University of Bangladesh.

Afterwards, Dr. Elham Hossain began his presentation. At first, he defined ‘organic pedagogy’ and why it is called organic pedagogy. He mentioned that this term has been coined from Antonio Gramsci’s ‘organic intellectual’ which implies that the teaching-learning process makes both the teachers and the learners work simultaneously. Organic Pedagogy Puts emphasis on the process of teaching-learning through experiencing on the basis of past experiences. It aims to ensure literacy to the learners, accomplished through action, interaction, values, not only in people’s heads but also in activities or performances. The era of digitalization and AI promotes man-machine collaboration in the pedagogy to cater to the job market-oriented dimension of learning. His presentation demonstrated how man-machine collaboration prepares the future generation for the ever-changing job market and how it simultaneously is causing displacement to the paradigm of the ‘self’ in terms of tradition and history.

Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Shorif Uddin, Green University of Bangladesh, graced the program as the chief guest. He shared the necessity of man-machine collaboration to ensure the challenges of today;s world and also he thanked the presenter for presenting a significant phenomenon. 

Honorable Pro Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Khawza Iftekhar Uddin Ahmed, Green University of Bangladesh, joined us as a special guest. He thanked the presenter for bringing such an important topic for discussion. He also talks about OBE and how it helps processing new information and ideas to maximize learning capabilities.

Honorable Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor, Department of English, Prof. Dr. M. Shahidullah, joined us as a special guest. He focused on the collaboration of man-machine in terms of learning to solve the problems of this era and be prepared for the job market which will create more employability for them in future. 

Honorable Chairperson, Department of English, Green University of Bangladesh, Dr. Md. Shamim Mondol, chaired the session. He made concluding remarks by thanking the presenter, organizing team and participants for making the program a great success.