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Guest Lecture Series (CSMCH) Modernity in post-independence Indian Literature.

Guest Lecture Series (CSMCH) Modernity in post-independence Indian Literature.

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CENTRE OF SOCIAL MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES (BLDG. II)

Guest Lecture Series (CSMCH)
19th 2.30 pm. Room no- 206, SSS- II, JNU

Guest Lecture by 
By Prof. Roger Jeffery

(Roger Jeffery is a Professor in Sociology in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Areas of research Health policy, Emerging economies and global health, Health systems and global health, Political Economy of India, The Sociology of Scotland. Published books and many peer reviewed papers.

Books
2010: Craig Jeffrey, Patricia Jeffery & Roger Jeffery, Education, Masculinities and Unemployment in north India (New Delhi: Social Science Press).
2016: Hugo Gorringe, Suryakant Waghmore & Roger Jeffery (eds), From the Margins to the Mainstream (New Delhi, Sage)
2014: Roger Jeffery, Craig Jeffrey and Jens Lerche (eds): Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh, (New Delhi: Sage).
2010: Anthony Heath & Roger Jeffery: Change and Diversity: Economics, Politics and Society in Contemporary India. (Proceedings of the British Academy No. 159, Oxford: Oxford University Press for the British Academy).

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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.

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