In line with its Curriculum Integration Program for Spring Semester 2013, the first forum entitled “Documenting me …the Bangladeshi” was organized by the Media Studies and Journalism Department on February 14, 2013. Associate Prof. Mr. Sumon Rahman  discussed  the document theory and its complications while lecturer Mahabubul Haque Osmani  talked about Zainul Abedin’s depiction of Bangladeshi famine in his portraits.

The theme for this semester highlights the document theory pioneered by Otlet but modified and re-introduced by Winfeld Lund.  Lund (2010) defines documents as “any results of human efforts to tell, instruct, teach or produce . . .by using some means in some ways.” According to Lund, the process of documentation can be seen as constituted by four elements, producers, instruments, modes and documents. You have always at least one human being as the producer of a document. You never have a document without a human being involved. Besides a human person you need some kind of instrument to make the document. You can use your body as an instrument by using your organ of speech or your fingers etc., but you cannot make a document without using a minimum of means, of instruments. Next, the persons producing the document are always using the means, the instruments, in certain ways. These ways are very often turned into certain traditions for making specific kinds of documents. Finally, when you have some human beings using some instruments in some specific ways, you can have a result of this activity, a document.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh organized a seminar on "Real Time Scheduling Algorithm" on 14th February, 2013 (Thursday). The seminar was conducted by Mr. Rashedul Islam, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, ULAB.

In line with its Curriculum Integration Program for Spring Semester 2013, the Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB, http://www.ulab.edu.bd ) will hold its second forum entitled “Documenting me …the Bangladeshi ”on February 28, 10:00 am to 12:00 nn, at the ULAB Auditorium. This time Senior Lecturer Shazzad Hossian will discuss the beauty of Bangladesh as documented in  tourism photographs, Assistant Prof. Dr. Firoz Mahmud will talk about  SM Sultan’s depiction of Bangladeshis’ Inner Strength and lecturer Mahabbul Haque Osmani will discuss the use of aocial media  for documentation purpose.

The first forum on the topic was held on February 14, 2013 with associate Prof. Mr. Sumon Rahman discussed the document theory and its complications while lecturer Mahabubul Haque Osmani  talked about Zainul Abedin’s depiction of Bangladeshi famine in his portraits.

There are 11 courses under the Curriculum Integration Program –Electronic Journalism (Anis Alamgir), Propaganda, Persuasion & Public Discourses ( Afroza), Convergence Communication 1( Firoz Mahmud), Film History ( Naila), Visual Communication ( Firoz Mahmud), Mass Communication ( Marium), Public Relations (  Rizwan), Introduction to Photograph (Shazzad),, Convergence Communication 2 ( Shazzad), Advertising (Osmani), and Communication and Technology (Kader).

Debesh Roy, one of the greatest living exponents of Bangla fiction, wrote a positive review of Good Night, Mr. Kissinger, by ULAB VP Dr. Kazi Anis Ahmed, in Prothom Alo, February 8, 2013. Titled "ইংরেজিতে লিখুন, বাংলাতেও" (Writing in English, is the spirit of Bangla), Debesh Roy wrote, "...most Indians, writing in English, use the language to take our events to outsiders. Ahmed has shown how to take the language to the events, and beyond."

Click here for the link to the article:
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-02-08/news/327619 (full 3000-word article)
http://eprothomalo.com/index.php?opt=view&page=29&date=2013-02-08 (excerpt)

Ahmed's book is available in bookstores throughout Dhaka, and in a Kindle version online at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ANWK94W

As part of the Chobi Mela 2013, ULAB hosted a talk on "Nike, Apple, Samsung and Beyond: The Changing Nature of Global Brands" by Chris Riley, Strategic Planning Consultant, on Thursday, February 7, 2013.

Chris Riley is one of the world's leading strategic thinkers on brand and communications. Chris Riley has worked as a strategist and researcher in advertising, design and marketing since 1983. He led the worldwide strategic planning function of advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy from 1991 to 2002.

Chris Riley left W+K to run his own strategic planning consulting practice, Studioriley, between 2002 and 2005 working out of Portland, Munich, Helsinki and Singapore.Between 2005 and 2010 he was head of Strategic Planning in Apple Inc’s Graphic Design and Marketing Communication Group in Cupertino, California.

The Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department and Center for Sustainable Development (CSD)-ULAB held a Seminar on “Human Trafficking, Sex Workers and their Children in Bangladesh” on February 7, 2013, where there was a presentation of the research findings of the study.

Two research findings were presented:

• Exploring Vulnerability of the Children of sex workers: Potential Risks in the Mainstreaming Process of NGO Interventions, by Rafeya Azad.
• Steroid Use, sexual risk and violence among brothel based sex workers in Doulatdia, Bangladesh by Zakir Hossin.