About

I am pursuing a PhD in Cultural Policy Studies, funded by Warwick’s Chancellor’s International Scholarship. I completed my MA in Arts, Enterprise and Development with distinction at the Centre. I also hold a Master’s and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research project

My research focuses on the changes in how migrants experience happiness in a new cultural setting, specifically investigating how these experiences are influenced by the values and rituals that were inculcated in the culture they are from. The ongoing work concentrates on the activities, social mechanisms, and environmental contexts that create happiness-inducing cultural practices, symbols, and value systems of Bangladeshis living in the UK.

My research project is supervised by Dr Lee Martin and Dr Heidi Ashton.

Teaching

I am an Associate Tutor at the centre, co-teaching two MA modules: International Cultural Policy and Project Management for Cultural Enterprise.

I am also a Senior Lecturer – currently on study leave – at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

Awards

Winner of Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence (WATE) 2023 for Postgraduates who teach in Arts faculty

Winner of the CCMPS Award for the best overall marks among all PGT courses in 2016-17

Publications

Khan, T. I. (2018) The Implicit Cultural Policies of US Late-night Comedy Shows. Crossings: ULAB Journal of English Studies, 9(1), 57-67.

Conferences and presentations

'The happiness scaffolding for migrants', Happiness in Turbulent Times: Latest Developments in Wellbeing Research. Organised by British Sociological Association Happiness Study Group, 12 July 2023.

‘Mobility of happiness’, China-UK Humanities Alliance Conference. Organised by Exeter University, 20 May 2021.

‘Cultural consequences of crossing borders’, International Conference on Refugees in the Public Imagination: Discourse on (Dis)location and (Dis)placement. Organised by University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, 23 December 2018.