Oliur Rahman Sun

Oliur Sun is a sunyatavadin and a creator of multidisciplinary knowledge in textual and visual forms. He is the co-founder of Bodhichitta, a non-hierarchically run platform that organizes and archives discourses on philosophy in Bangla. He often contributes to national dailies and occasionally writes for socio-politically conscious international media on diverse social, political, and cultural issues when he is not organizing/curating shows, talks, and programs that activate spaces for free speech and challenge the status quo. His work explores decolonial trajectories, intersectionalities, and queerness.

Program Affiliation
Department of English & Humanities (DEH)
Bachelor of Arts in English
Master of Arts in English
Education

MA in Literatures in English and Cultural Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

BA in English, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Areas of Interest

Decoloniality, Aesthetics, Human Rights and Social Organization, Queerness, Cybernetics, and Intersectionality

Research & Scholarship

Current Projects:

  • Sakhiyani, a visual project on the evanescent union of two women
  • The Quest for Relevance

Previous Projects:

  • Behula Bashant, a comparative inter-artistic show based on the Padmapurana and Chukri Pala
  • Tikli, a Daiyar-oriented Interactive and Inter-artistic Show
  • Diasporic Curse or, Cure?: Conceptualising diasporic perspectives of the Rohingya and Khyang
  • 'My heart's calling, Oh my friend': Locating the Diasporic Consciousness in Rohingya Songs

Recent Panels:

  • Intersectionality and Ishq: Exploring Ways to Reconcile Muslim Identities in Subcontinental Activism, April 20, 2023, April 2023, Smith-Buonanno Hall 106, Brown University
  • Tokenizing Marginal Identities, March 7, 2023, Drik, Dhaka
  • The Politics of Sexual Rights in Bangladesh, November 4-5, 2022, Bhaab Boithoki, Tangail

Awards:

  • Merit Scholarship 2016 by the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
  • Academic Scholarship (2013-2016) by Jahangirnagar University
Newspaper & Magazines
  • Sun, O. (2021, September 14). BANGLADESH: at a glance. New Internationalist, pp. 38–39.
  • Sun, O. (2020, September 2). Fascistic tendencies, betrayal and tiktok. New Age.
  • Sun, O. (2017, October 27). The colonial hangover in academia. The Daily Star.