Two Dhaka University teacher allegedly copied from eminent French philosopher Michel Foucault’s writings and used in their article without proper citation.
The editor of the Chicago Journal in a recent letter to the university authorities alleged that associate professor of mass communication and journalism department Samia Rahman and lecturer of criminology department Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan copied from the journal’s articles.
Both the teachers in a recent article they co-authored in Dhaka University Social Science Journal titled ‘A new dimension of colonialism and pop culture: a case study of the cultural imperialism’ had copied without proper citations from French philosopher Michel Foucault’s article titled “The Subject and Power”.
The 19-page article by Foucault was published in University of Chicago Press’s journal Critical Inquiry’s Volume 8, Number 4, in 1982.
Samia and Mahfujul, however, denied the allegation and blamed each other for the publication. They refused to say anything more since probe bodies were formed over the matter.
Allegations of plagiarism were also brought against three assistant professors Bodruzzaman Bhuiyan, Nusrat Jahan and her husband Ruhul Amin of tourism and hospitality management department.
Meanwhile, Dhaka University authorities formed two committees to probe into allegations of plagiarism brought against the teachers.
The committee was made at a meeting of the university’s syndicate headed by the university VC, Akhtaruzzaman, on Wednesday.
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