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.

PUBLICATIONS

2023, Khudro Nri-Goshthir Museum in Rangamati: Engagement of Ethnic Communities, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, Vol. 47, No.3, 2023, pp 121-141, Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1682-7422

2023, Museum and the Cultural Representation of Ethnic Communities: A Study of the Khudro Nri-Goshthir Museum in Rangamati,  The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, Vol. 47, No.2, 2023, pp 61-87, Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1682-7422

2023, Archaeological Investigation at Kaliakair Upazila of Gazipur District in Bangladesh, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part C, Vol. XXIII, 2022-2023, pp. 57-66, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Jahangirnagar University, Savar Dhaka. ISSN 2306-3920

2022, Evaluation of Visitor Learning Facilities at Varendra Research Museum in Bangladesh: towards the Development of Museum Education Program using Digital Technology, Pratnatattava 28: pp. 75-82. Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1560-7593

2017, Study on Stone Beads Industry at Khambhat: An Ethnological Approach, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, Vol. XXXVII, 2013, Jahangirnagar University Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1682-7422

2015, Tourists' attitude towards archaeological tourism sites of Bangladesh: A study on Mainamati Boudha Vihar Comilla, The Jahangirnagar Journal of Business Studies Vol. 4, No. 1, Faculty of Business Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh ISSN-22273484 

2014, Egarosindhur of Kishorgonj: An Archaeological Exploration, Pratnatattava 20: pp. 123-133.Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1560-7593

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. ISSN 2306-3920

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. ISSN 0258-0446

2011, The relationship between Museums and their Communities in Bangladesh, Pratnatattava 17: pp. 123-133. Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1560-7593

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. ISSN 2306-3920

2009, An Ethno-archaeological study on ceramics of Wari-Bateshwar, Bangladesh. Pratnatattava 15: 35-44. Journal of the Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka. ISSN 1560-7593

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2010 M S Thesis on “Museums and their communities in Bangladesh” under the supervision of Professor Peter Davis, Professor Newcastle University, UK and Guest Professor Goteborg University, Sweden

2006 M.A. Thesis on “Typo-technological analysis of ceramic assemblage from Wari-Bateshwar” (an Early historic site in Bangladesh).,under the supervision of Professor K Krishnan, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat, India.

 2006 Prehistoric site Exploration at Orsang valley in Gujarat.

2005 Ethnological study on the people of Mahasthangarh village to understand their agriculture and the use of water for their irrigation. (Worked as assistant of Annie Montigny, Social Anthropologist, Curator, Musee de L’Homme, Paris, France.)

2005 Ethno-Archaeological studies on stone beads making industry at Khambhat in Gujarat, India.

2004 Bangladesh Excavation and exploration at Wari-Bateshwar in Narsindhi District

2002 Fieldwork on display method in Bangladesh National museum, Dhaka.

1999An Archaeological investigation at Sripure & Kapasia Thana in Gazipure, Bangladesh.

1998Geo-archaeological investigation at Fulbari thana in Dinajpure District,

2018 An Archaeological Exploration at Sitakundo thana in Chittagong District.

2017 An Archaeological Exploration at Mehendigonj thana in Barisal District.

2016 An Archaeological Exploration at Egarosindhur under Pakundia thana in Kishorgonj

2015 An Archaeological Excavation and Excavation work at Kaliakoir Upzial under Gazipur District in Dhaka Division. 

2013 An Archaeological Field work at Dhamrai thana in Dhaka District

2012 An Archaeological Exploration at Egarosindhur under Pakundia thana in Kishorgonj

2012 An Archaeological exploration to understand the ancient uses of stone for Architectural construction at Munshigonj area, Bangladesh

2011 An Archaeological investigation at Jhikargacha thana in Jessore District

2011 An Archaeological Investigation at Munshigonj District

Research Projects:

“The Development of Archaeological Museums in Bangladesh: History, Collection Management and Community Engagement”

 “Engaging Young People with Archaeological Museums and Heritage Sites in Bangladesh 

“Prototyping cell phone tour for museums that will enrich the learning experience of the museum visitor”

Professional Organizations Membership

Executive Member of the ICOM National Committee (2023-26) Bangladesh 

Member of ICOMOS Bangladesh 

Life Member of The Itihas Academy Dhaka Bangladesh. 

Life Member, Jono-Itihas Chorcha Kendra, Bangladesh

Executive Director and Trustee of The Centre for Heritage Education, Bangladesh

Scientific Activities (Meeting, Conference, Training etc):

1.     International Museum Day-2022 Key note paper on “The Power of Museum” organized by ICOM Bangladesh and Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University Savar Dhaka held on 16 June 10, 2022

2.     Vadnagar International Conference on Promoting Archaeological Heritage and Culture in Gujarat India from 18-20 May, 2022 at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar. 

3.     Paper presented on “The relationship between museums and their communities in Bangladesh: challenges and opportunities” at International Virtual Conference on Museums 2021 organized by ICOM held on 20 May 2021. 

4.     D-Lab workshop on “Participatory Design at Lingnan: Designing with and for the Elderly” organized by Office of Service Learning, Lingnan University and MIT D-Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on 25-26 November 2019.

5.  Paper Presented on “Museums Documentation System, Collections Accessibility and Learning Facilities for Public using New Technology in Bangladesh” at the CIDOC annual Conference at the 25^th General Conference of ICOM from 1-7 September 2019  at  Kyoto in Japan.

6.   Paper presented on “Enhancing Distance Learning of Art, Culture and Heritage Using Digital Technology at Museums in Bangladesh” at the International Conference on Distance Learning: Research and Innovation for a Digital Society, co-organized by Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) and UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) held from 1-3 August 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand.

7.     International Symposium “Wellbeing and Inequality in Digital Age” organized by Centre for Social Policy and Social Change, from January 10-11, 2019 at Amenities Building at Lingnan University.

8.    Academic Writing Enhancement Workshop 2019/20, Lecture 1- Academic Writing and Plagiarism - Types of Academic Writing, Citation Styles, Source Evaluation, Turnitin, and etc, Speaker: Mr Simon Burfoot (MA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics), Senior Instructor, Centre for English and Additional Languages (CEAL), organized by School of Graduate Studies on 16 September 2019.

9.     Academic Writing Enhancement Workshop 2019/20, Lecture 2- Researching and Writing at Postgraduate Level​ - Design, Structure, Language, Style and etc. of Postgraduate Academic Writing, Speaker: Mr Simon Burfoot (MA in TESOL and Applied Linguistics), Senior Instructor, Centre for English and Additional Languages (CEAL), organized by School of Graduate Studies on 23 September 2019.

10.  Panel discussion and interactive workshop on Communities of Practice: Learning to make a difference together with a highly recognized scholar in the prominent field of Communities of Practice (CoPs), Dr Etienne WENGER-TRAYNER and five academics from the four UGC-funded universities in Hong Kong to present their insightful project findings and scholarly works in CoPs in a panel discussion organized by Teaching and Learning Centre, Lingnan University on 26 April 2019.

11.  UOB Behind the Scenes Lecture Series: “Cultural Leadership in Changing Times; Gender, Power and Uncertainty” by Dr Maria Balshaw CBE, Director of Tate at the University of Hong Kong on 28 March 2019.

12.  UOB Behind the Scenes Lecture Series: “The Guggenheims” by Mr Richard Armstrong, Director of Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation at the University of Hong Kong on 25 March 2019.

13.  Visual Studies Seminar: “Art in Hong Kong in the 20th Century” by Dr SHENG Hung at the Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University on 2 April 2019. 

14.  Art History and Curating Seminar Series: “Marketing and Merchandising Treasures in the Museum-land” by Prof. Tzeng Shin-Chieh at the Fong Sum Wood Library, Lingnan University on 1 April 2019.

15.  Art History and Curation Lecture Series: “The Possibility of Impossibility - On Digital Technology and Museum Reproduction” by Professor Kan Fengying at the Fong Sum Wood Library, Lingnan University on 4 April 2019.

16.  Visual Studies Seminar: “‘Utamu wa macho’: Exploring Traditional Craftsmanship and Swahili Culture in East Africa” by Ms Cassandra Chan at the Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University on 25 March 2019.

17.  Visual Studies Seminar "Trading Stories: Euro-Asian Maritime Commerce on Display" by Prof. Gabriel N. Gee at the Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University on 19 February 2019.

18.  Lingnan University and University of Cambridge Two-day workshop organized by Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University ‘Follow the Practice’: Tracing Formations of Culture & Knowledge in Asia, Speaker: Prof. Samita Sen, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, Prof. Tejaswini Niranjana, Prof. Anjeline De Dios, Prof. Du Chunmei,, Prof. Roberto Castillo, Lingnan University and Mr. Ho Tzu Nyen, Artist, Filmmaker and Writer from Singapore, “The Name/The Nameless” Prof. Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Film and cultural theorist, at the University Clubhouse, 2/F, Amenities Building, Lingnan University on 21 - 22 March 2019 

19.  Postgraduate Study Seminar Series organized by Division of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University: Translating an idea to a top journal publication by Professor Alex He Jingwei, The Education University of Hong Kong at AM310, 3/F Amenities Building Lingnan University on 13 March 2019.

20.  Postgraduate Study Seminar Series organized by Division of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University: Poverty, deprivation and health inequalities in Hong Kong by Professor David Gordon, Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research, University of Bristol, at MBG06, G/F Patrick Lee Wan Keung Academic Building, Lingnan University on 28 February 2019.

21.  Postgraduate Study Seminar Series organized by Division of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University: Housing Policy Challenges for the 21st Century by Professor Ray Forrest, Director, Centre for Social Policy and Social Change, Lingnan University, at MBG19, G/F Patrick Lee Wan Keung Academic Building, Lingnan University on 21 February 2019.

22.  Postgraduate Study Seminar Series organized by Division of Graduate Studies, Lingnan University: Fractures in the Education-Economy Relationship: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections by Professor Hugh Lauder, Department of Education, International Centre for Higher Education Management (ICHEM), University of Bath, at MBG19, G/F Patrick Lee Wan Keung Academic Building, Lingnan University on 24 January 2019.

23.  “The Development of Bangladesh Nation Museum and Relationship with Communities” for a poster presentation at Estonian National Museum international conference RELEVANCE from 5-7 may 2020 at Tartu, Estonia

24. “The Challenge and Opportunity of Underwater Archaeology in Bangladesh” paper accepted for presentation at the 4^th Asia- pacific Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage from 23-27 March 2020 at Keelung, Taiwan.

25.   “The relationship between museums and their communities in Bangladesh: challenges and opportunities” paper accepted for presentation at International Conference What Will Be? Strategies, Practices and Performances in Social Arts jointly organized by ICNOVA/ NOVA - FCSH; IHA/NOVA-FCSH; CIEBA/FBAUL; VICARTE – FBAUL (Portugal); AiRS and Skövde Art Museum (Sweden) from 21-22 October 2019 at Lisbon, Portugal  

26.  International Museum Day-2018 Lecture on “Museum Education and Hand on Project” organized by Liberation War Museum Bangladesh.

27.  Workshop on The Application of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention organized by the Department of Archaeology and UNESCO Dhaka office from 2-5 October, 2017

28.  Paper “Recent Archaeological Exploration at Egarosindhur under Pakundia Thana of Kishorgonj using GIS an Remote sensing data” Presented at the International Seminar on Field Archaeology organized by Department of Archaeology, Kerala University from 16-19 January 2017 

29.  International Museum Day-2015 Lecture on “Museum Education and Sustainable Development of Society” organized by ICOM National committee Bangladesh.

30.  International short-term course cum workshop on History, Science & Technology of Stone Beads organized by Archaeological Science Centre, IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat India at August 10-14, 2015

31.  Training workshop for Protection of Cultural Heritage at Dhaka organized by Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO(ACCU) from 11 January to 16 January 2015

32. Alternate Sub Project Manager, Sub-Project: CP-2329 JU: “Improving Research Capabilities in Field Archaeology, Museum Studies & Cultural Heritage Management at Department of Archaeology” under the Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP), University Grants Commission Bangladesh and World Bank. 2012-2014

33.  International Symposium “Protecting Asia’s heritage: Strategies for fighting illicit traffic of cultural property and fostering restitutions” Organized by UNESCO, Kathmandu Office, Nepal, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal on 16 and 17 December 2013 at Hotel Annapurna, Kathmandu, Nepal

34.  Workshops on “Field techniques & documentation” and Seminar on “Issue and challenge of Museum education program” under the sub-project “Improving Research Capabilities in Field Archaeology, Museum Studies & Cultural Heritage Management at Department of Archaeology” held on 10 – 13 December, 2012 at Zahir Raihan Auditorium, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

35.  International Seminar on History and Heritage of Bangladesh organized by Itihas Academy, Dhaka held on 17 February 2012 at Asiatic Society Auditorium, Nimtoli, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

36.  Joint annual conference of Indian Archaeological Society, Indian Society of Prehistory and Quaternary Studies and Indian History and Culture Society and National Seminar on the “Archaeology of Ganga Plain” organized by Directorate of Archaeology, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India on 28-31 December 2004.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Museology, Museum Education, Digital Documentation, Heritage Management. Field Archaeology, Ethnography, Ceramic Studies, Silk Route and Chinese Archaeology.

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