Faculty

Imamur Hossain

Assistant Professor

Department of Architecture

Address

147/I, Green Road, Panthapath, Tejgaon, Dhaka

SU ID

SU1401241003

Personal Information

Biography: Imamur Hossain is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at Sonargaon University (SU), Dhaka, having joined the faculty in November 2017. He holds an M.Arch. from the University of Leicester with Distinction, awarded in 2021, and a B.Arch. from BUET with First Division, completed in 2013. He also achieved A+ grades in both his HSC (Bir Shreshtha Nur Mohammad Rifles Public College, 2006) and SSC (Dhanmondi Government Boys' High School, 2004). Mr. Hossain began his career at Sonargaon University as a Lecturer in 2014 and was promoted to Assistant Professor in 2022, a position he currently holds.

Academic Qualification

Training Experience

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Teaching Experiences

Architectural Conservation
Heritage Documentation
Critical Heritage Studies
Postcolonial Urbanism
Photogrammetry
Virtual Reconstruction and Technology based Heritage Interpretation. Community-based Participatory Development focusing Cultural Preservation.

Publication

1.Mughal Forts in Bangladesh. Book. 2023.
2.Decolonizing the Digital: Virtual Heritage Interpretation as a Site of Marginalized Narratives. Heritage and Its Dimensions, Copal Publishers, India. Book Chapter. 2023.
3.Megacity Kaleidoscope: Navigating Urban Dynamics in the Global South of the 2020s, Global Built Environment Review, Book Chapter, 2023.
4.Interpreting the Heritage of Dissonance Beyond Materiality: The Contested Context of the Politically Stranded ‘Bihari’ Community at Geneva
Camp, Dhaka. Published in Dissonant Heritage and Diaspora, Pantomath: Global Migration in Practice, Durham University, Chapter, 2021.
5.‘Whose Heritage is it Anyway?’: Evaluating Consequences of Authorised Heritage Discourse. Book, 2024.
6.A Study on the Unique Architectural Significances of Khelaram Data Temple, IJSER, 2021 (Awarded best researcher by IAB, 2022).
7.Reconstructing Faith as Social Capital at Disaster-Prone Coastal Communities in Bangladesh, JIDPUS-BUET Conference, 2019.
8.Mughal Mosques in Bangladesh. Research on updating the UNESCO World Heritage List of Bangladesh. Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Bangladesh- Jointly with UNESCO. 2021. pp.70-77.
9.Space, Place, and Heritage: Can the Conventional Heritage Paradigm in Bangladesh Accommodate Plurality and Heterogeneous Representations? Green University Review of Social Science, 2021

Paper Presentation

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Research

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Award & Scholarship

1.‘Exploring Heritage Beyond Materiality’. Expert Session at ‘Alaap’ (a platform of discourse) as an invited guest at the Department of Architecture, BUET. August 2022.
2.‘The unique heritage context: evaluation of authenticity and integrity of the Mughal Mosques in Bangladesh’ : Presented research findings organised by UNESCO-Dhaka on Updating UNESCO World Heritage List. 2021.
3.‘Achieving Peace and Reconciliation through Heritage Interpretation’. As a panelist invited by WHIPIC- UNESCO. 2021.
4.‘Shouting Out Loud: How Bangladesh is richly endowed with diverse cultural heritages’ at University of Leicester. 2020.
5.Exploring ‘Heritage’ as the Building Blocks for the Future. As an Invited Expert Speaker. Southeast University. 2022.
6.From Enclave to Metropol: Negotiations of hegemonic and subaltern heritage discourses in the collective cultural performances of the urban-ethnic ‘Bihari’ communities in Bangladesh, presentation at Green University. 2023.
7.Phenomena around Megacities of the Global South in the 2020s. Invited Speaker, Research Methodology, Department of Architecture, BRAC University. 2024.

Membership

1.Member and Coordinator, Association of Critical Heritage Studies.
2.Member, Commonwealth Scholars Alumni Association.
3.Member, HERITAGE Asia – Pacific (heritAP).
4.Member, University of Leicester Alumni Association, UK.
5.Associate Member, ICOMOS- Bangladesh.
6.Associate Member, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh (IAB).
7.Member, Architect Meer Mobassher Ali Foundation.
8.Member, Heritance- Heritage Research Cell of Department of Architecture, BUET.

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