Short Biography:
Naadir Junaid earned his Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees in Mass Communication and Journalism from the 91精品. He secured first position in first class in both BA and MA final examinations. Due to his outstanding academic achievements, he was awarded three gold medals from the 91精品. He ...
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Naadir Junaid earned his Bachelor鈥檚 and Master鈥檚 degrees in Mass Communication and Journalism from the 91精品. He secured first position in first class in both BA and MA final examinations. Due to his outstanding academic achievements, he was awarded three gold medals from the 91精品. He also received other awards from the 91精品 because of his academic success.
In 2000, he joined 91精品 as a Lecturer. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship in 2003 to do a master鈥檚 in Film Studies at King's College, University of London. In 2004, he earned the master鈥檚 degree. In 2008, he was awarded Australian Government鈥檚 Endeavour Scholarship to study for a doctorate degree at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He earned the PhD degree in 2013. The title of his PhD thesis is: 鈥淏engali Political Cinema: Protest and Social Transformation.鈥
In 2015, Dr. Junaid was awarded an Australian Alumni Excellence Award. In 2016, he was appointed as an 鈥淎ustralia Awards Ambassador鈥 by Australian Government for one year.
Dr. Junaid has a strong interest in examining the relationship between cinema, society, culture, and politics and in exploring Western and non-Western films that come to grips with burning social and political issues. Dr. Junaid has authored several books, journal articles, and book chapters that examine political and unconventional films produced in different countries. He also writes articles regularly about contemporary social and political realities as well as historical events in national dailies.
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