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"Whose biography? How & Why? "

"Whose biography? How & Why? "

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"Whose biography? How & Why? "
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<strong>Centre for the Study of Social Systems School of Social Sciences</strong> <strong>CSSS Colloquium</strong> <strong>Mr. Sudheer Gupta</strong> (Independent Film Maker) a presentation <strong>"Whose biography? How &amp; Why? "</strong> <strong>Date: August 18, 2016</strong> Abstract: "Song of a Painter" 2006/40 mins/ HDV/ Hindi with English subtitles. "Dream of a Painter" 2013/40 mins/ HD/ English with English subtitles. I will be showing two of my short documentary films 40 mins each, about two painters. One, about an Indian painter Manohar Deolalikar and two, about a British painter Robert Ord Page. Both films are biographical. Both the painters are no more with us. These are the only films about them. By showing example certain complexities involved in making of biographical films, the purpose is to Wonder about key question of whose, how and why biographical films. It also ponders about biographical films as a wonderful tool of recording living/lived histories. Bio: Sudheer Gupta is an alumni from CHS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He has been making independent and commissioned documentary films since 1990. His films ar about social realities, developmental dilemma, environment issues, folk-traditions, folk-performers and artists. His films have been shot in India, Germany, UK and USA, and have been exhibited all over the world through various networks.

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.