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Conference Archive

SL. No Schools/Centers Title Confrence End Date Conference Venue
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Centre of German Studies, SLL&CS

Neue Horizonte der Literatur‐und Kulturwissenschaft: Deutsche und indische Perspektiven 19/09/2018 JNU
22

School of International Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University

All India International and Area Studies Convention 01/02/2019 Convention Centre & SIS,JNU
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School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

International Conference on Environmental and Biomedical Nanotechnology (ICEBN 2018) 15/09/2018
24

Centre for Chinese & Southeast Asian Studies, SLL&CS, JNU

 

CC&SEAS organises 3-Day International Conference 28/04/2018 Convention Centre, JNU
25

Centre For Philosophy

School of Social Sciences

Rethinking Religious Pluralism and the Relationship between Religions 11/04/2018 Committee Hall, Convention Centre
26

School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi -110067 

National Conference on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture and Plant Productivity 24/03/2018
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School of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST DBT SPONSORED TRAINING PROGRAM IN SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY 31/05/2019
28

Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal

Nehru University, New Delhi

National Conference on Role and Challenges of Women’s Participation in Environment Sustainability and Innovation Policy 23/03/2018
29

School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (NCRAES-2018) 22/03/2018
30

School of Life Sciences

10th Conference on Yeast Biology 11/02/2018 Convention Centre, JNU and Amity University, Gurgaon

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.