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Centre of German Studies,
JNU


Organising an International Conference on

 

Literary Translation, Language and Thought 
 

 

Date: 1-2 September, 2022

Centre of German Studies,
JNU


organised a lecture on

 

 Lecture by Dr Léonie de Jonge (Univ. of Groningen)


Politics of Benelux countries

 

Time: 15:30 IST (11:00 CET)
Day: 16 March, 2022

Centre of German Studies,
JNU


organised a lecture on

 

"Language and Identity in view of Austrian German"
 
by Professor Stefan Dollinger
(University of British Columbia)
 
on 2 March at 9AM IST
 
Lecture is in German
 

Centre of German Studies,
JNU


organised a lecture on

 

Transnational Filmmaking and Eurocentrism: A Look at German Productions in the Global South

 

Monica Wahi

Film curator, creative producer and acquisition consultant for young audiences

 
on 22 February 2022 at 3pm
 
 

Centre of German Studies,
JNU


organised a lecture on


An Opera House in Portuguese America: theatre, history and society in the 18th century

 

By Dr. Mariana Mayor

 

19th of January 2022 Wednesday
IST 5:00-7:00 P.M
Google Meet link: meet.google.com/gef-pdjf-jqy

Centre of German Studies,
JNU


organised a special lecture on


European Contributions in the Development of Modern Indian Painting


By Dr. Savita Kumari
8th December 2021
10:00-1:00 p.m.

Google Meet link: meet.google.com/gef-pdjf-jqy

CENTRE OF GERMAN STUDIES
JNU


International Conference (Online)


(17-20 November, 2021)


AESTHETICS ACROSS CULTURES

Abstracts and Programme details

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.