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Areas of Interest<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As a transnational scholar, I am invested in postsecondary research and teaching for more than fourteen years in Canada, Bangladesh, and Belgium. My creative and musical experience integrates into interdisciplinary and community-based research. I practice holistic research approaches that address various disciplines in humanities and social sciences. My research, therefore, intersects the disciplines of literature, ethnomusicology, religion, and cultural studies. I am more dedicated to investigating societal issues through literature, music, and spirituality and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and decolonization in academic endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My SSHRC-funded PhD project examines the literature and music of Bauls, the heterogeneous group of itinerant minstrels in Bangladesh. The study investigates the influence of commodification, consumer capitalism, and agency in the changes of Baul literature, music, and spiritual beliefs in urban and rural areas of the country. I am trained in Baul and Bengali folk music and Indian classical music and have been involved in experiential learning with Baul communities since my childhood. I also received the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Action II scholarship to study in Belgium, where my literary research involved the studies in race, class, and gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking into the issues of diversity and decolonization, my upcoming book chapter titled \u201cSpiritual Lyrics and Folklore: From Bhakti to Bauls,\u201d discusses the importance of subaltern and marginalized communities in the mainstream artistic traditions in Bangladesh. Also, examining the nature-centered philosophy in South Asia, another forthcoming book chapter, \u201cEcocriticism and Bauls: Lalon and Radharaman\u2019s Meditative Activism,\u201d investigates the environmental activism and eco-centric philosophy of subaltern communities that challenge the colonial and anthropocentric environmental discourses and practices. The greater scope of my research includes hemispheric trajectories of political and intercultural traditions, including asymmetrical exchanges between the Canadian contexts and their \u201cothers.\u201d My upcoming project brings musical spirituality in Canadian contexts, investigating how the music of various belief systems play a role in first-generation migrants\u2019 adaptation to Canadian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Music, Spirituality, and Society
\nEquity, Diversity, and Inclusion
\nSouth Asia and Popular Culture
\nRepresentation in Film and Media
\nPostcolonial Studies and Decolonization
\nWestern and non-Western Literature
\nEnglish Language Teaching<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses at Carleton University <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

ANTH 3215A\/MUSI 3301A Music and Religion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiscrimination in \u2018the City\u2019: Race, Class, and Gender in Toni Morrison\u2019s Jazz<\/em><\/a>.\u201c Advances in Language and Literary Studies<\/em>, Volume 10, Issue 05, 2019. Australian International Academic Centre, Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHeterogeneity and Baul Spirituality: The Songs of Baul Taskir Ali in Bangladesh<\/a>.\u201d Contemporary Media Arts Journal<\/em>, Issue 6, 2019. Simon Fraser University, Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen the Subaltern Screams: Pedophilia and Patriarchy in Humayun Ahmed\u2019s Pleasure Boy K\u00f4mola<\/em>.\u201d Reconstruction Vol. 16, No: 02 (2016): Regionalism, Regional Identity and Queer Asian Cinema<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the Light of What We Know\u2019: A Novel of Its Time.\u201d Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies<\/em>. Volume 6. 2015. 263-265. ISSN 2071-1107 (book review).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDarwin, Cognition and Literary Evocations of the Mind: The Case of Requiem for a Nun<\/em>.\u201d Crossings ULAB Journal of English Studies<\/em>. Volume 3 and 4. 2014. 21-28. ISSN 2071-1107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMedia and Peeping Tom Culture: Violating Familial Privacy and Communal Responsibility in the Evolution of Voyeurism\u201d. Journalism and Mass Communication: David Publishing Company<\/em>. Volume 3, Number 5, May 2013. 304-312. ISSN 2160-6579.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGender Hegemony in Feminist Film: \u2018Woman-hero\u2019 and Identity Politics in Rudaali<\/em>\u201d. Harvest. Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature<\/em>. Volume 27, 2011-12. ISSN 1729-8326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDecentering the Hegemonic \u2018Centre\u2019: \u2018Palabras Liminares\u2019 and Ruben Dario\u2019s Poetic Identity\u201d. Harvest. Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature<\/em>. Volume 26, 2010-11. ISSN 1729-8326<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReality TV or Voyeur TV: Television Shows Instigating Voyeurism.\u201d Nrvijnana Patrika<\/em>. Journal of Anthropology: Jahangirnagar University. Volume 16, 2011. ISSN 1680-0621<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Quest for Wording the Word: Communication Crisis and Alienation of Language in Wole Soyinka\u2019s The Road<\/em>\u201d. Harvest. Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature<\/em>. Volume 25, 2009-10. ISSN 1729-8326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStage within Stage: Naturalism and Spatial Dimensions in August Strindberg\u2019s Miss Julie.”<\/em> Harvest. Jahangirnagar Studies in Language and Literature<\/em>. Volume 24, 2008-09. ISSN 1729-8326.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStaging the Stage: The Expressionist Manifestation of Spatial Discourse and Colour in August Strindberg\u2019s Ett Dromspel<\/em> (A Dream Play<\/em>).\u201d Eastern University Journal<\/em>. Volume 01, No: 02, July 2009. ISSN 1998-7889.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15682,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Golam","cu_people_last_name":"Rabbani","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[45],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-15681","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-contract-instructor"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Contract Instructor","cu_people_degree":"PhD in Cultural Studies (Queen\u2019s University), MA (University of Antwerp, Belgium), MA (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh), BA Honours (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"golam.rabbani@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/golam-rabbani-2a855988\/","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"https:\/\/twitter.com\/golam_rabbani1","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"www.golamrabbani.ca","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/15681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/15681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19638,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/15681\/revisions\/19638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=15681"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=15681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}