Shahla Shahreen (Study Leave) :: Faculty Profile

Biography

Shahla Shahreen has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka since November 29, 2021. She has joined the aforementioned department as a Lecturer on July 13, 2017. In the meantime, she has completed her second Master's in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Manchester (with Merit) as a Commonwealth ...

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Masters	Commonwealth Master's in Peace and Conflict Studies	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	2021
Masters	World Religions and Culture	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2016
Bachelor	World Religions and Culture	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2014
H.S.C	Science	Dhaka Board	Bangladesh	2009
S.S.C	Science	Dhaka Board	Bangladesh	2007

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
No experience is found

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Radicalization, Religious Extremism, Religious Violence, Interfaith Dialogue, Gender and Religion

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
No project/research supervision is found

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
Social Science	Female Radicalization in Bangladesh: An Investigation of its Scope, Extent and Key Motivators behind	Centennial Research Grant (CRG), University of Dhaka	18-05-2022	31-01-2023	The Ministry of Education of the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Philosophy	Religious Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore: A Critical Analysis of Kabiguru's Selected Essays	University Grants Commission, Bangladesh.	10-09-2019	10-09-2020	N/A
Human Rights	Violations of Religious Freedom in Bangladesh: 2012 Ramu Violence	University Grants Commission, Bangladesh.	02-07-2018	31-07-2019	N/A

Invited Talk

SL	Invited Talk
1	Oxford Symposium on Religious Studies, Oxford, UK, “Interfaith Dialogue to Counter Radicalization in Bangladesh: An Approach to Move from Extremism to Pluralism”, 23-24 March 2021. [Virtual conference]
2	International Conference on Religion and Culture in Conflict and Peace: Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in South Asia, Lumbini, Nepal, “Interfaith Dialogue to Counter Radicalization in Bangladesh: An Approach to Move from Extremism to Pluralism”, 26-27 March 2019.

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	American Academy of Religion	AAR Student Membership	2025	2026

Journal Article
1	Shahla Shahreen : Veiled Threats: Women and Global Jihad: by Mia Bloom, New York, Cornell University Press, 2025, 228 pp., $145.00 (USA) (hardcover), ISBN: 9781501777813., Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (impact factor:1.5) Taylor & Francis Online , pp.1-2 , 2026 . View More
2	Shahla Shahreen : Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation by Elizabeth Pearson, London, Hurst Publishers, 2023, 280 pp., Hardback £45 (UK), ISBN: 9781787389465, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression (impact factor:1.6, Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile) , vol.18 , no.1 Taylor & Francis Online , pp.121-123 , 2025 . View More
3	Shahla Shahreen : Homeland Insecurity: The Rise and Rise of Global Anti-Terrorism Law: by Conor Gearty, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2024, 267 pp., Hardcover $29.95 (USA), ISBN: 9781509553716, Critical Studies on Terrorism (impact factor:1.9) , vol.18 , no.3 Taylor & Francis Online , pp.796-798 , 2025 . View More
4	Shahla Shahreen : Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right by John Horgan, New York, Columbia University Press, 2024, 248 pp., £25.00 (UK), ISBN 9780231198394, Critical Studies on Terrorism (impact factor:1.9) , vol.18 , no.2 Taylor & Francis Online , pp.617-618 , 2025 . View More
5	Shahla Shahreen and Shafi Md Mostofa : Female radicalisation in Bangladesh: an investigation of its scope, extent and key motivations behind, Critical Studies on Terrorism , vol.17 , no.2 Taylor & Francis Online , pp.153-175 , 2024 . View More
6	Shahla Shahreen : Interfaith Dialogue to Counter Radicalization in Bangladesh: An Approach to Move from Extremism to Pluralism, Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D) , vol.40 , no.1 , pp.165-184 , 2023 . View More
7	Shahla Shahreen : Violations of Religious Freedom in Bangladesh: A Case Study of 2012 Violence in Ramu and Ukhiya, Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D) , vol.37 , no.1 , pp.211-230 , 2020 . View More
8	Shahla Shahreen : Religious Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore: A Critical Analysis of the Poet’s Selected Literatures, Perspectives in Social Science , vol.15 , pp.31-52 , 2019 . View More
9	Saber A. Chowdhury and Shahla Shahreen : Rohingya Crisis and "Clash of Civilizations", Journal of Sociology , vol.1 , no.3 , pp.57-70 , 2018 . View More

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
National	E. P. Adler Award (2026)	2026	United States	This prestigious scholarship is awarded by the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, University of Iowa in recognition of academic excellence demonstrated during AY 2025-26.
National	M. Willard Lampe Scholarship (2025)	2025	United States	This prestigious scholarship is awarded by the Department of Religious Studies, University of Iowa for academic excellence in scholarship that engages the public in ways that recognize and acknowledge diverse religious beliefs, and fosters religious tolerance.
International	Commonwealth Master's Scholarship in the UK	2020	United Kingdom	https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships/commonwealth-masters-scholarships/

Name & designation Shahla Shahreen (Study Leave) Assistant Professor

Department Department of World Religions and Culture Faculty of Arts

Email shahla.shahreen.wrc@du.ac.bd

Phone +8801671062777