Education
M.A. in English Literature
University of Dhaka
Passing year: 2018
B.A in English
University of Dhaka
Passing year: 2017
Experiences
| SN | Title | Organization | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lecturer | Kishoreganj University | August 28, 2024 | Till date |
| 2 | Assistant Upazila Election Officer | Bangladesh Election Commission | January 1, 2024 | August 27, 2024 |
| 3 | Lecturer | University of Asia Pacific | June 24, 2020 | December 31, 2023 |
| 4 | Adjunct Faculty | University of Asia Pacific | July 9, 2019 | October 29, 2019 |
Other Experiences
| [1] Panel Moderator in the session “Bangladesh in World Literature: From Translations to Anglophone Expressions”, held at UAP Literature Fest on October 8, 2025. |
| [2] Third Place, BUP Litfest Quiz 2018, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). |
| [3] 7th position, World Quizzing Championship 2015 (Region: Bangladesh), International Quizzing Association. |
| [4] Paid official visits to the Headquarters of Scania, Eriksson, Arla, AB&B in June, 2017 as winner of the Nobel Memorial Quiz. |
| [5] Paid official visits to Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Swedish Academy in June, 2017 as winner of the Nobel Memorial Quiz. |
| [6] Champion, Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016, Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka. |
| [7] Second Runners-up, Nobel Memorial Quiz 2015, Embassy of Sweden in Dhaka. |
| [8] Third Place, IUB Inter College Math and Science Olympiad 2011, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). |
| [9] Conducted a workshop on translation at UAP-UPL Literary and Book Fest, a collaboration between University of Asia Pacific (UAP) and the University Press Limited (UPL) on November 5, 2024. |
| [10] Adviser of History and Heritage Club (Central), University of Asia Pacific. From October 2021 to January 3, 2024. |
| [11] Assistant Proctor, The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) held at University of Asia Pacific, Dhaka on December 3, 2023. |
| [12] Sub-editor of Reflections, a literary magazine of the Department of English, University of Asia Pacific. From October 2021 to December 2023. |
Research
Research Interests
Research Profiles
| [1] Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=W5Z2kiUAAAAJ |
| [2] ORCID Profile: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9031-5322 |
| [3] Academia Profile: https://uap-bd.academia.edu/WahidKaisar |
| [4] ResearchGate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wahid-Kaiser |
Publications
Journal Article
[1] Asadul Al Galif, & Wahid Kaiser. (2026). The Politics of Representation in Hemingway’s "Cat in the Rain". SGGSWU International Journal of English Studies, 1(2 July-December), 17–29. Retrieved from https://sggswujournals.org/index.php/englishjournal/article/view/26
[2] Kaiser, W., Siam, M. M. R., Jasi, M. M., & Orpa, S. H. (2026). Whose Footnotes are These? The Use of Schizoid Texts in HM Naqvi’s The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack. Journal of Contemporary Trends in Linguistic and Literary Studies, 3(1), 01-13. https:// 10.71258/jctlls.v3i1.5119
[3] Al Galif, A., Ferdous, T. F., Kaiser, W., & Haque, M. Z. (2026). Intersecting Margins: Representations of Black Disability and Economic Precarity in Contemporary American Literature: Persinggungan Marginalisasi: Representasi Disabilitas Kulit Hitam dan Kerentanan Ekonomi dalam Sastra Amerika Kontemporer. SiRad: Pelita Wawasan, 169-182. https://doi.org/10.64728/sirad.v2i2.art1
[4] Ahmad, Z., Prattay, S. R., Kaiser, W., Rahim, S. & Shoshi, S. J. (2024). Role of AI on Creativity of Aspiring Writers in Bangladesh. Rupkatha Journal 16:3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n3.03 [Web of Science Indexed]
[5] Ahmad, Z., Ehsan, T., Kaiser, W. & Rahim, S. (2024). Anxiety Level of Students Pursuing Tertiary Level Studies in a Compulsory Second Language. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 8(5), pages 9-22, May, 2024.
[6] Ahmad, Z., Kaiser, W. & Rahim, S. (2023). Hallucinations in ChatGPT: An Unreliable Tool for Learning. Rupkatha Journal 15:4. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v15n4.17 [Web of Scinece Indexed]
Published Books
[1] Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo. Dhaka: Upokotha, 2025.
[2] Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski. Dhaka: Baatighar, 2025.
[3] Minor Detail by Adania Shibli. Dhaka: Oitijjhya, 2025. ((Jointly with Fayequzzaman Fahad)
[4] ‘’I Remain in Darkness’’ by Annie Ernaux. Dhaka: Onubad Prokashoni, 2024.
[5] Filmmakerder Kobita (An anthology of translated poems written by Jean Cocteau, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jonas Mekas and Abbas Kiarostami). Dhaka: Upokotha, 2024.
[6] The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera, Dhaka: Upokotha, 2024.
[7] The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera, Dhaka: Pendulum Publishers, 2021.
Other Publications
[1] Rajiv Gandhi was the person who banned The Satanic Verses Before the Fatwa: An Interview of Salman Rushdie. Bangla Tribune. June 19, 2026. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/interviews/952636/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7
[2] Within Novels We Confess: An Interview of Ibrahim Nasrallah. Bangla Tribune Eid Issue. April 8, 2026. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/special-edition/939555/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE
[3] Poems of Juan Gelman. Bangla Tribune. November 25, 2025. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/poetry/924210/%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE
[4] A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East (Chapter XVII and Chapter XVIII) by László Krasznahorkai. Bangla Tribune. October 13, 2025.
[5] Two Poems of Upal Talukder (Collected Prose of a Rainflower & Packets of Chips). Balestra Magazine. Abroad (Balestra’s Fifth Edition). Dublin, Ireland. November 11, 2025. https://balestramagazine.substack.com/p/abroad
[6] The Gentlemen by Shahrnush Parsipur. Nokolkhana. Issue III. October, 2025.
[7] “Maybe I’m a Psychiatric Case.” An Interview of László Krasznahorkai. Bangla Stream. October 10, 2025. https://banglastream.net/feature/interview/bsk90nkwswjq
[8] How to Start a Pharmaceutical Business by Leonora Carrington. Bangla Tribune. July 18, 2025. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/short-stories/907396/%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F
[9] Pasolini Khuner Ponchash Bochor Por (Fifty Years after the Assassination of Pasolini). Daily Jugantor (Print and online version). November 7, 2025. https://www.jugantor.com/literature-others/1025746
[10] Talking to Mist by Amy Neilson Smith. Bangla Tribune. January 20, 2025. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/poetry/882321/%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%A8...%E0%A5%A4%E0%A5%A4-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A5
[11] Filistin Ebong Islam Proshonge: Said-Beauvoir-Sartre Bitorko (In Context of Palestine and Islam: Said-Beauvoir-Sartre Debate). Daily Jugantor (Print and online version). October 11, 2024. https://www.jugantor.com/tp-literature-magazine/863723
[12] Ei Bochorer Nobel Purushkar Niye Jolpona-Kolpona (Speculations About This Year’s Nobel Prize in LIterature). Daily Jugantor (Print and online version). September 27, 2024. https://www.jugantor.com/tp-literature-magazine/857617
[13] The Oval Lady by Leonara Carrington. Bangla Tribune. October 29, 2024. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/short-stories/870396/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A5%A4%E0%A5%A4-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%A8
[14] Prottek Lekhok Uttor Khojen Ja Tader Jana Nei: Han Kang’s Interview (Every Writer is Seeking Answers and They Don’t Have Any Conclusions). Bangla Tribune. October 10, 2024. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/interviews/867384/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%87-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%96%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%87
[15] The Other Side of Moon by Alberto Moravia. Bangla Tribune, Bangla Tribune Eid Issue. April 2, 2024. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/special-edition/842244/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A5%A4%E0%A5%A4-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE
[16] Ruush Shongshkritir Mul Shotru Tar Regime (The Main Enemy of Russian Culture is the Russian Regime: An Interview of Mikhail Shishkin). Srijon. January 4, 2024.
[17] Poems of Abbas Kiarostami. Bangla Tribune. December 21, 2023. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/poetry/829319/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE
[18] Ruush Itihas Abar Tar Leje Kamor Debe (Russian History Will Bite Its Tail Again: An Interview of Mikhail Shishkin). Daily Jugantor (Print and online version). December 1, 2023. https://www.jugantor.com/book-discussion/746339
[19] Four Poems of Jean Cocteau (The Poet at Thirty, The Secret of Blue, Love, Testament). Bangla Tribune. November 25, 2023. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/poetry/825585/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%81-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE
[20] The Philosophical Cobbler and Others (Flash fictions of Scott Russell Sanders, Sheila Barry, Mark Strand, Gordon Lish), Bangla Tribune, Bangla Tribune Eid Issue. April 18, 2023. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/special-edition/795075/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF
[21] 10 Flash Fictions from 6 Writers (Lydia Davis, Heinrich Böll, Julio Cortázar, Michael Oppenheimer, John Updike, Kelly Cherry), Bangla Tribune, Bangla Tribune Eid Issue. April 24, 2022. https://www.banglatribune.com/literature/special-edition/739719/%E0%A7%AC-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%A6%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B6-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%A8