Shamsad Mortuza
Shamsad Mortuza is a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, academic, and the former pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He worked as a journalist for The Daily Star.
Early life and education
Moruza completed his master's in English language at Jahangirnagar University in 1991. has a master's in American Indian studies from the University of Arizona. He completed his PhD at the Birkbeck, University of London. His thesis, The Figure of the Shaman in Contemporary British Poetry, was published by the Cambridge Scholars Publishers. He was a Fulbright postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles.Career
Mortuza joined Jahangirnagar University on 8 March 1994. He worked as a journalist for The Daily Star. He was the chairman of the Department of English at Jahangirnagar University from 2005 to 2008. He left Jahangirnagar University on 30 May 2011.Mortuza joined the University of Dhaka as an associate professor on 5 June 2011. He was promoted to professor in June 2015. On 1 August 2016, he took leave from the University of Dhaka and joined the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh as the head of the Department of English and Humanities. In September 2018, he was appointed the pro-vice chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
In 2021, Moruza was the acting vice-chancellor of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He launched ULAB Literary Salon in 2022 with his daughter Arshi Mortuza where they both recited poetry. He was the project lead for Climate Strategies and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. He is a special advisor to the Board of Trustees of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.