Cultural Dialogues in Text Exploring Chinese and Indian Philosophical, Medical and Literary Intersections

Dr. Nazrul Islam is an Associate Professor of Digital Social Science at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, China. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Hong Kong and an MSc in Community Health and Health Management from Heidelberg University, Germany. His research spans traditional medicine, food studies, gender, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With over twenty years of experience in teaching, research, and academia, Dr. Islam has worked across Asia, Europe, Canada, and Australia. He is the author of a monograph published by Springer (2017) and editor of six books, including four with Springer (2024, 2023, 2019, 2016), one with Routledge (2026), and one with Palgrave Macmillan (2021). Dr. Islam has also published numerous high-impact articles in SSCI journals such as Current Sociology (by Sage), Health Sociology Review (by Routledge), Asian Journal of Social Sciences (by Elsevier), Social Theory & Health (by Springer), and Food & Foodways (by Routledge), South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies (by Routledge), Indian Journal of Gender Studies (by Sage), and so on with over three hundred fifty citations. Dr. Islam has held visiting positions at esteemed institutions, including the University of Sydney, Australia (2024), the University of British Columbia, Canada (2016), the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR (2008–2011), and Ateneo de Manila University, the Philippines (2003). He has been awarded the prestigious German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship, United Nations University (UNU) Fellowship, and the University of Hong Kong Postgraduate Studentship. Additionally, Dr. Islam has been recognized as a Guangdong Provincial High-Level Talent in China (since 2019) and a Global Talent in Australia (since 2021).