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Malba and Mandirs The politics of divine resurgence in Delhi, 1911 - 1940
Pharmaceuticals and Personal care products: a new entrant in the world of waste
AGENDA 2030, THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: EU RESPONSE
Homer and Austin: A Genealogy of Performative
Environmental Sustainability: a key element in climate change adaptation
A CASE OF SINGAPORE POLITICAL REFLUX
Mapping Sexuality and Political Economy in India: Methods and Means
Translation and Relativism
The Use and Abuse of History in Conflicts
Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in University Governance
Organised a seminar on Information & Communication Technology (ICT) in University Governance
CESP-EXIM Bank Seminar
China and India in International Politics: The New Dynamics
an interpretation of contemporary Indian poetry through theatre, music and movement
Subalternity and Resistance in the Bhil Heartland: Historical Trajectories, Contemporary Scenarios
Shaping Cultures of Prediction: Knowledge, Authority and the Construction of Climate Change
Lively Commodities, Nonhuman Labour, Encounter Value
From Physical Organic to Quantum Phases and Phase Transitions in Two-Dimensional Highly Correlated Metals at Oxide Interfaces
Reductions of Galois Representations of Small Slopes
Energy-Climate Nexus Balancing India's Energy and Climate Policy Challenges
Myths, Markets and Panics: Speculating About the Proto-Cinematic Historical Significance of the Popularity of Two Parsi Theatre Plays at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Trademark and Trade Dress Protection: Impact on International Trade
Reviewing the Republic, Renewing the Republic
Rituparno Ghosh: Cinema, Gender and Art
Temporality, Space and Sexuality in the Indian City
China's "Indian Ocean Strategy" Under Xi Jinping's Regime: A Taiwanese's Perspective
SBT SEMINAR SERIES
Stokes Phenomenon and Interpolating Functions
The Life and Works of Al-Biruni Filtered through the Prefaces of His Major Works
"Economic Interactions: Behavior or Structure". on Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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.