ICCTASS 2025

About the Conference

Organized by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, American International University-Bangladesh.

In today’s rapidly evolving world, addressing complex global challenges demands innovative approaches that integrate sustainability, creativity, and ethics across multiple disciplines. The intersection of these elements offers transformative potential for shaping practices and policies that are socially responsible, environmentally sound, and culturally inclusive.

This conference aims to explore new directions and insights in interdisciplinary research and practice that advance sustainability, creativity, and ethics. It seeks to foster dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to share innovative ideas, methodologies, and case studies that highlight effective collaborations and ethical considerations in diverse fields.

Objectives

To identify emerging trends and challenges in sustainability and ethics across disciplines
To showcase creative solutions and practices promoting sustainable development
To encourage interdisciplinary collaboration and ethical reflection in research and practice
To inspire actionable strategies for integrating ethics and sustainability into creative processes

Expected Outcomes

The conference will generate new knowledge, establish networks for ongoing collaboration, and provide practical recommendations for embedding sustainability, creativity and ethics in interdisciplinary frameworks.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Lilian W. Mina

Associate Professor of English and
Director of First-year Composition Program,
University of Alabama, at Birmingham.

Dr. Lilian Mina is an Associate Professor of English and Director of the First-Year Composition program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She specializes in digital writing, multimodality, writing transfer, writing program administration, and the integration of generative AI in policy, pedagogy, and assessment. Her research has been published in prestigious journals and edited volumes from leading university presses. Recently appointed as Director of Institutional Assessment at the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis (IEA), Dr. Mina leads university-wide assessment work, provides training for faculty and program directors on enhancing assessment practices, and investigates the role of AI in institutional assessment.

Prof. Dr. Zhen (Peter) Ye

Chair Professor, Xiamen University’s School of Economics and
Associate Professor, Bartlett, UCL.

Prof. Dr. Zhen (Peter) Ye is an Associate Professor in Infrastructure Economics & Finance at UCL's Bartlett School, and a research associate with UCL's Infrastructure Systems Institute. He holds a Chair Professorship in Finance in Xiamen University.

Prof. Dr. Shaila Sultana

Director and Professor of BRAC Institute of Language (BIL), BRAC University.
Professor (on leave) and former Head of the Department of English Language,
Institute of Modern Languages,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor Shaila Sultana is the Director of the BRAC Institute of Languages at BRAC University and Professor (on leave) at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, where she previously served as Head of the Department of English Language. Educated at Jahangirnagar University, Monash University, King’s College London, and the University of Technology Sydney, she works across critical and posthumanist applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language and nationalism, gender, popular culture, and decolonisation of English education. She co-edited the first Routledge handbooks on English language education and sociolinguistics in Bangladesh and has over 90 publications in top-tier journals. Her recent works include Popular Culture, Voice and Linguistic Diversity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and several forthcoming volumes. Recognised globally, she has received multiple research awards, including the Indigenous Scholar Award and the Curtin Global South Award. Since 2021, she has been ranked the most cited Bangladeshi scholar in Linguistics and Literature by the AD Scientific Index.

Prof. Hayward Derrick Horton

Professor
Department of Sociology
College of Integrated Health Sciences
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
University at Albany (State University of New York)
Former President of Association of Black Sociologists, USA.

Dr. Hayward Derrick Horton is Professor of Sociology and the School of Public Health at the State University of New York in Albany. He holds a BA in Sociology from Norfolk State University, and an MA and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. A past President of the Association of Black Sociologists, he is recognized internationally as the “Father of Critical Demography.” Professor Horton introduced the first sociological model of black community development, the Black Organizational Autonomy (BOA) Model. His most recent co-edited book is Race, Ethnicity and the COVID-19 Pandemic. Professor Horton’s personal philosophy is that sociologists have an obligation to apply their knowledge-- to make a difference in society.

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi

Associate Professor
Director of DigiCamp at the National University of Singapore
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025-26)
Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics

Dr Taberez Ahmed Neyazi is an Associate Professor of New Media and Political Communication and Principal Investigator at the Centre for Trusted Internet and Community. He directs the DigiCamp Research Lab, which explores digital political campaigns and computational political communication across Asia and beyond. His research combines qualitative and quantitative computational methods, focusing on media content, sentiment analysis, and public opinion. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics and sits on the editorial boards of several leading journals. Dr Neyazi has led multi-country projects, including Artificial Intelligence, Disinformation and the Public Good, and has secured multiple research grants exceeding $1.4 million. He has been selected as a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025–2026). His publications include Political Communication and Mobilisation: The Hindi Media in India (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and Democratic Transformation and the Vernacular Public Arena in India (Routledge, 2014).

International Conference on
Challenges and Trends in Arts and Social Sciences
(ICCTASS 2025)

About the Conference

Objectives

Expected Outcomes

Important Dates

Patrons

Professor Dr. Saiful Islam

Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna

General Chair

Prof. Dr. Tazul Islam

Organizing Chair

Prof. Dr. Asif Kamal

Organizing Secretary

Dr. Faria Sultana

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Lilian W. Mina

Associate Professor of English and
Director of First-year Composition Program,
University of Alabama, at Birmingham.

Prof. Dr. Zhen (Peter) Ye

Chair Professor, Xiamen University’s School of Economics and
Associate Professor, Bartlett, UCL.

Prof. Dr. Shaila Sultana

Director and Professor of BRAC Institute of Language (BIL), BRAC University.
Professor (on leave) and former Head of the Department of English Language,
Institute of Modern Languages,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof. Hayward Derrick Horton

Professor
Department of Sociology
College of Integrated Health Sciences
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
University at Albany (State University of New York)
Former President of Association of Black Sociologists, USA.

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi

Associate Professor
Director of DigiCamp at the National University of Singapore
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025-26)
Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics

Publisher of the Proceedings

Co-Organizers

INTI

UTU

UNIRAZAK

Event Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

About the Conference

Objectives

Expected Outcomes

Important Dates

Patrons

Professor Dr. Saiful Islam

Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna

General Chair

Prof. Dr. Tazul Islam

Organizing Chair

Prof. Dr. Asif Kamal

Organizing Secretary

Dr. Faria Sultana

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Lilian W. Mina

Associate Professor of English and Director of First-year Composition Program, University of Alabama, at Birmingham.

Prof. Dr. Zhen (Peter) Ye

Chair Professor, Xiamen University’s School of Economics and Associate Professor, Bartlett, UCL.

Prof. Dr. Shaila Sultana

Director and Professor of BRAC Institute of Language (BIL), BRAC University. Professor (on leave) and former Head of the Department of English Language,Institute of Modern Languages,University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Prof. Hayward Derrick Horton

ProfessorDepartment of Sociology College of Integrated Health Sciences Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior University at Albany (State University of New York) Former President of Association of Black Sociologists, USA.

Taberez Ahmed Neyazi

Associate Professor Director of DigiCamp at the National University of Singapore Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025-26) Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics

Publisher of the Proceedings

Co-Organizers

INTI

UTU

UNIRAZAK

Event Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Associate Professor of English and
Director of First-year Composition Program,
University of Alabama, at Birmingham.

Chair Professor, Xiamen University’s School of Economics and
Associate Professor, Bartlett, UCL.

Director and Professor of BRAC Institute of Language (BIL), BRAC University.
Professor (on leave) and former Head of the Department of English Language,
Institute of Modern Languages,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor
Department of Sociology
College of Integrated Health Sciences
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
University at Albany (State University of New York)
Former President of Association of Black Sociologists, USA.

Associate Professor
Director of DigiCamp at the National University of Singapore
Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (2025-26)
Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Press/Politics