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CAAS, SLL&CS organises The World Arabic Day Celebration

CAAS, SLL&CS organises The World Arabic Day Celebration

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The Centre of Arabic and African Studies, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi &

The Embassy of the State of Kuwait, New Delhi

 

Cordially invite to

 

THE WORLD ARABIC DAY CELEBRATIONS

 

Chief Guest, H.E. Jasem I. Al-Najem,

Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to India

 

Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar

  Vice Chancellor, JNU

 will chair the Session

 

Auditorium II, JNU Convention Centre on Thursday, 17th of January 2019 at 11.00 am

 

Detailed program:

Introductory Remarks:                     Prof A Basheer Ahmad, Chairperson, Centre of Arabic and

11.00-11.10 am                                    African Studies, JNU

Welcome:                                           Prof. Rajendra Dengle, Dean School of Language, Literature

11.10-11.20 am                                    &Culture Studies, JNU

Medal Distribution:                           H.E Jasem I. Al-Najem, will present God Medal of   

11.20-11.30 am                                    Excellence to Two Toppers of B.A & M.A

Book Release                                     : Dignitaries will release new books by the Centre Faculty

11.30-11.45 am

Address of the Chief Guest:              H.E. Jasem I. Al-Najem, The Ambassador of the State of Kuwait

11.45am -12.00pm

Presidential Remark:                        Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar, the Vice Chancellor JNU.

12.00-12.15 pm

Vote of Thanks:                                 Prof. Mujeebur Rahman

12.15-12.20pm

Tea Break: 12.20pm

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.