Sayeed Noman, PhD

Dr. Sayeed Noman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English and Humanities at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). He holds a PhD from Temple University, where he studied under the distinguished Afrocentric scholar Professor Molefi Kete Asante. As a Fulbright scholar, he also earned a second master’s degree in African American Studies at Temple University. His earlier master’s work at Jahangirnagar University examined the intersections of social unrest and class discrimination in 19th-century France through the poetry of Charles Baudelaire.

With more than twenty years of university teaching experience—including positions at BRAC University and Temple University—Dr. Noman specializes in African American literature and postcolonial studies. His scholarship bridges European, postcolonial, and African American literary traditions, with a particular focus on critical issues of identity, culture, and power. His research appears in peer-reviewed articles and book chapters that engage deeply with these intersecting fields.

PhD: Temple University, USA, (Specializations: Literature, African American Studies)
MA: Temple University, USA, (Specializations: Literature, African American Studies)
MA: Jahangirnagar University, First Class First, (Specializations: Literature, Cultural Studies)
BA: Jahangirnagar University, Second Class First

Postcolonial, Postmodern American Fiction, African American Literature, and European Literature in English Translation.

Fulbright Scholarship: 2011-2013
Molefi Kete Asante Award: 2014

1. Molefi Kete Asante’s An Afrocentric Manifesto: Addressing the Pedagogical Crises in Post-colonial Studies. Panini: North South University. January 2013.
2. “Baudelaire’s ‘Tableaux Parisiens’: Multitude, Metropolis, and the Market.” Eastern University Journal: Eastern University Press. December 2009.
3. “The Flowers of Evil: Baudelaire’s Poetics of Protest.” Harvest: Jahangirnagar University Press. 2009.

1. “From Orientalism to Afrocentricity: Navigating the Postcolonial Pedagogical Crisis in Light of Asante and Said” in Afrocentricity: Generations of Theory in Practice, edited by Aaron Smith, Universal Rights Publications, 2025.

1. “Demystifying Postcolonial Hybridity and Mimicry: Application of Afrocentric Locational Theory.” 29th Annual Cheikh Anta Diop International Conference, Philadelphia, 2017.
2. “Said, Bhabha, and Spivak Through Afrocentric Lens: Divergence Between Theory and Praxis.” Department of African American Studies, Temple University, 2016.
3. “Postcolonial Dislocation and Amnesia: An Afrocentric Analysis”. NCBS Conference: Los Angeles. March 13, 2015
4. “Postcolonialism: A De-radicalized Terrain.” Nommo: An Afrocentric Intellectual Forum. Organized by the Department of African American Studies, Temple University. March 30, 2014.
5. “Remapping the Lost Postcolonial: Theoretical Politics of Conformity.”