Sikder Md Zulkernine Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Sikder Zulkernine completed his Bachelor's (Hons.) and Master's in Archaeology from Jahangirnagar University, Saver, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has subsequently accomplished two years of research Master's program in Archaeology and Ancient History of India from M S University of Baroda, Gujarat, India from 2004 through 2006 under the ICCR Scholarship. After that, he also completed two years Master Degree in International Museum Studies at Goteborg University in Sweden.
Before joining the Department of Archaeology at Jahangirnagar University as a Lecturer in 2009, he has also served as an intern for the development work of the Exhibition on Bangladesh Archaeology at Musee Guimet in Paris, France in 2007. He has also served as an intern with the Education Department at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC in 2009. He has returned to Washington DC in 2013 as a Research Scholar to work with the Smithsonian Office of Policy and Analysis to learn new techniques for evaluating the effectiveness of exhibitions and education programs.
Later, He has promoted an Assistant Professor at the Department of Archaeology at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2011 where he is still having a permanent faculty position as Associate Professor since 2014. He has been offering various courses at this University such as Principle and History of Archaeology, Practical Museum and Archaeo-Chemistry, Introduction to Museum Studies, and Survey Methods for Archaeology for the Undergraduate and Graduate students.
He was worked as a research fellow at the Department of Visual Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong from 1st January 2019. In that time, he has assisted and conducted two courses in 2019 and 2020 on “Understanding Museums” and “Global Encounter with Chinese Art” as a tutor at the Department of Visual Studies at Lingnan University in Hong Kong. At the time of COVID 19 Pandemic, he has returned to Jahangirnagar University and started his service again as an Associate Professor at the Department of Archaeology.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Museology, Museum Education, Digital Documentation, Heritage Management. Field Archaeology, Ceramic Studies, Silk Route and Chinese Archaeology.
JOURNAL PAPER
Museum, Collection Management and New Technology,2010, Museum, Collection Management and New Technology, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part C, Vol. XX–XXI, 2008-2009 & 2009-2010, pp. 57-66, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka.
The relationship between Museums and their Communities in Bangladesh,2011, The relationship between Museums and their Communities in Bangladesh, Pratnatattava 17: pp. 123-133. Journal of the Department of Archaeology, JahangirnagarUniversity, Savar, Dhaka
On the typology and Petrography of Wari-Batesar Ceramics,2012, On the typology and Petrography of Wari-Batesar Ceramics, Man and Environment XXXVII(I) pp. 42-50, Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies, India.
Museums and Indigenous Society: An attempt to understand the contemporary role of Museums towards their communities,2013, Museums and Indigenous Society: An attempt to understand the contemporary role of Museums towards their communities, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part C, Vol. XXIII, 2011-2012, pp. 57-66, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka
An Archaeological Exploration at Egarosindhur,2014,Egarosindhur of Kishorgonj: An Archaological Exploration, Pratnatattava 20: pp. 123-133.Journal of the Department of Archaeology, JahangirnagarUniversity, Savar, Dhaka.
An Ethno-archaeological study on ceramics of Wari-Bateshwar, Bangladesh,2009, An Ethno-archaeological study on ceramics of Wari-Bateshwar, Bangladesh. Pratnatattava 15: 35-44. Journal of the Department of Archaeology ,JahangirnagarUniversity, Savar, Dhaka.
Tourists' attitude towards archaeological tourism sites of Bangladesh: A study on Mainamati Boudha Vihar Comilla,2015, Tourists' attitude towards archaeological tourism sites of Bangladesh: A study on MainamatiBoudhaViharComilla, The Jahangirnagar Journal of Business Studies Vol. 4, No. 1, Faculty of Business Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh
SEMINAR
Museum Education and Sustainable Development of Society,Lecture on International Museum Day 2015 organized by ICOM Bangladesh
Issue and challenge of Museum education program in Bangladesh,Seminar on “Improving Research Capabilities in Field Archaeology, Museum Studies & Cultural Heritage Management at Department of Archaeology” held on 13 December, 2012 at ZahirRaihan Auditorium, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
WORKSHOP
Field Techniques & Documentation,Workshops organized under the HEQEP sub-project “Improving Research Capabilities in Field Archaeology, Museum Studies & Cultural Heritage Management at Department of Archaeology” held on 10 December, 2012 at ZahirRaihan Auditorium, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
OTHER
Prototyping a Cell Phone Tour for Museums that will Enrich the Learning Experience of Public,Report on Baseline Survey at Varendra Research Museum Bangladesh
Academic Info
Period: 1998 t0 2008
Master of Science:
M.S. in International Museum Studies from Goteborg University, Sweden, in 2006-2008
Master of Arts:
M.A. in Archaeology and Ancient History of India from M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, Indian in 2004-2006
Master of Social Science:
M.S.S. in Archaeology from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, in 2004
Bachelor of Social Science:
B.S.S. in Archaeology from Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, in 2002
Experience
Position: Associate Professor
Period: 15 Sep 2014 till now
Associate Professor at Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 11 Sep 2011 to 14 Sep 2014
Assistant professor at Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar Univeristy
Position: Lecturer
Period: 13 July 2009 to 10 Sep 2011
Lecturer at Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar Univeristy, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Position: Research Scholar
Period: Nov 2008 to April 2009
Worked as research scholar and Education Intern at Imagine Asia Family Program, FSG, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA
Position: Intern
Period: Sept 2007 to Dec 2007
Worked as Intern at Musee Guimet, Paris, France for the development work of exhibition on “Bangladesh Archaeology”
Activity
Position: Provost, AFM Kamaluddin Hall
Period: 09-04-2017 till now
Provost of AFM Kamaluddin Hall
Position: Assistant Proctor
Period: 2014
Assistant Proctor of Jahangirnagar University
Position: Executive Director
Period: 2014-till now
The Centre for Heritage Education Bangladesh trust was established in August, 2014 with motto of an independent, non-profit, non-government, non-political, secular, research and education-based organization.
Contact
Sikder Md Zulkernine
Associate Professor
Department of Archaeology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801740977954
Email: zulkernines@juniv.edu
, kernine2003@yahoo.com, zulkernines@gmail.com, zulkernines@yahoo.com
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