Mohammed Zaki Rezwan has over five years of experience in teaching a diverse range of courses, including visual art and culture, film, media, communication, critical writing, critical theory, literary theory, postcolonial theory, and literatures in English. He curated the exhibition Unveiling in 2019 at Centre A, the Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. He is now the Assistant Editor of Crossings: A Journal of English Studies. Prior to that, he was an editor of the Comparative Media Arts (CMA) Journal.
MA in Comparative Media Arts, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
MA in Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
BA in English, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.
South Asian Arts, Aesthetics, Film, and Visual Culture
Travel and Minor Research Award, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2019)
SFU Service Award, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2019)
Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University, Canada (2018)
Merit Scholarship, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (2010)
2021 - Present | Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Department of English and Humanities (DEH), ULAB
Rezwan, M. Z. (2020). A Space of One’s Own: Spatial Experience of Playing with Fire: Ceramics of the Extraordinary. tba: Journal of Art, Media, and Visual Culture, 2 (1), 22-32.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2019). A Critical Apprehension of Marking the Infinite: Contemporary Women Artists from Aboriginal Australia. Comparative Media Arts Journal (5), 1-8.
Hossain, M. S., & Rezwan, M. Z. (2017). To Touch or T̶o̶ ̶T̶o̶u̶c̶h̶: Towards a Tactile Reading. Anekaant: A Journal of Polysemic Thought (5), 103-112.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2015). From an Ecofeminist Eye into Witch and Witchcraft in Popular Film. Bangladesh Film Archive Journal (9), 26-31.
Rezwan, M. Z., & Taslim, I. (2014). The Commodification of the Feminine Disgust in Visual Media. In R. Bari (Ed.), Visualization of Women in Literature, Media and Science (pp. 59-64). Prasaranga.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2020, April). Rongbaaz, Rickshaw, Revival. Showcase Magazine BD.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2019). A Reflection on Cedric Bomford’s Mountain Embassy. Reflection, SFU Galleries.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2016). Types of Questions You Come Across in Class. Shout, The Daily Star.
“Devotion in Motion: The Image of Islam in Rickshaw Art of Bangladesh,” South Asian Art History Student Symposium, 2022, The University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada.
“Locating Voices from the Margin in Ecofeminist Art of Bangladesh,” 109th CAA Annual Conference, 2021, New York City, USA.
“The Art of Resistance: Exploring Rickshaw Art through the Mapping of Individual Film Reception in Bangladesh,” South Asia Graduate Student Conference (SAGSC-XVII), 2020, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
“A Counterpublic Discourse in the Making: Vehicular Art of Bangladesh and Beyond,” South Asia Conference of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN) 2020, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Rezwan, M. Z. (2017). Bo-shadhinota. In Q. A. Rahman (Ed.), Golpokotha 2.0 (pp. 48). EMK Center.
Rezwan, M. Z. (2016). Aesop’s Shepherd and Fallen Democracy. In F. Alam, S. M. Islam, & K. H. Haq (Eds.), Golpokotha: An Anthology of Young Bangladeshi Writers (pp. 21). EMK Center.
Tayeba Begum Lipi: Unveiling, Centre A: Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Vancouver, Canada, November 15 - December 14, 2019.
Graduate
Supervisor, Rabeya Begum Panna. MA in English Literature and Cultural Studies. “Power in Madness: The Representation of Madwomen in Contemporary Bangladeshi Web Series and Films.” Defended in September 2022.
Supervisor, Neha Ghose. MA in English Literature and Cultural Studies. “The East in the Bengal: The Influence of Japanese Manga and Korean Webtoon in Bangladeshi Manga.” Defended in February 2022.
Undergraduate
Supervisor, Debjani Das. BA in English. "Charulata (1964): Satyajit Ray's Feminist Adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore’s “Nastanirh”". Defended in January 2023.
Supervisor, Sadia Mukarrama. "Traumatic Impact on Eleven for the Capitalist Exploitation in Stranger Things". Defended in January 2023.
Supervisor, Tasfia Ahmed. "The Great War’s Postmodern Aftermaths: Trauma of the Anti-Hero and Struggle of Power in Peaky Blinders". Defended in January 2023.
Supervisor, Shahneela Tazrin Hossain. BA in English. "A Writer's Role in Understanding Internal and External Communication Writing Styles". Defended in September 2022.
Supervisor, Benozir Alam Aishee. BA in English. "The De-racialization of Milwaukee Cannibal in The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)". Defended in June 2022.
Supervisor, Tasnim Hassan. BA in English. "The Impact of Sexual Orientation on Behavioral Changes and Mental Health in Sex Education". Defended in June 2022.
