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CSSS organises a panel discussion on Towards a Sociology of Elections

CSSS organises a panel discussion on Towards a Sociology of Elections

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CSSS organises a panel discussion on Towards a Sociology of Elections
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Centre for the Study of Social Systems
School of Social Sciences
 
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Towards a Sociology of Elections
 
Panel Discussion
 
Speakers
 
Prof. Surinder. S. Jodhka
 
Prof. Vivek Kumar
 
Dr. A. Bimol Akoijam
 
Dr. Tanweer Fazal
 
Date & Time:
 
April 11th, 2019 (Thursday), 3.00 pm
 
 
Venue:
 
 Room No: 103, Floor I, SSS-II
 
 
 
How to make sense of elections from sociological perspectives? There is a growing onslaught of the media on creating multiple and often contradicting views into the discourses of elections, which mystify the common observer as well as the social scientists about the nuances and micro-political aspects in the making of elections. It will be informative and critically insightful in the understanding of structures and processes beyond the methods and analyses of psephologists and media houses, which often tend to opaque the entire event by dropping it into a dialogue of numbers and statistics. The debate hopes to open up the domain of elections within the complex structures and processes through which they unfold the socio-cultural underpinnings at both the micro and macro levels of political and social transactions that absorb into the making of elections in India.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.