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Event End Date Event Title
CISLS organises "Two Week Capacity Building Programme on Research Methodology and Academic Writings for Faculty members in Social Science disciplines"
JNU Placement Cell and LEC orgainses a workshop
CHS organises a lecture by Dr Martin O'Donoghue
SIS organises a distinguished Lecture by Prof. Pushpesh Pant
ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Emmanuelle Le Pichon-Vorstman
CSMCH organises a guest lecture by Hasan Reza
ICC organises a workshop on "Prevention through Education: Increasing Awareness of Sexual Harassment at Workplace"
SCSNEI organises a seminar by K.B. Veio Pou
SES organises a talk by Dr. Marine de Guglielmo Weber
CAS, SIS organises Young Scholars Conference
SES organises Cleanliness Drive
SES organises a talk by Prof. (Dr.) Nils Moosdorf
AIRF organises Workshop and Hands on Training "Physical Property Measurement System & Its Applications"
SLS organises EcoVisit 2024
SLS organise a Talk by Prof. Madhu G. Tapadia
CHS is organising a workshop on "Gender Sensitisation : Women’s Safety and Self Defense"
जेएनयू में हिंदी दिवस समारोह और कवि सम्मेलन
CHS organises a seminar by Prof. Kama Maclean
ABVSME organises a seminar by Dr. Ajay Chauhan
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. Shweta Saran
JNU organises Swachhta hi Seva 2024 - Swabhav Swachhta - Sanskar Swachh
LEC organises interactive workshop to celebrate the International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) 2024
CSRD organises a seminar by Prof. Irfan Ahmad
CSRD organises a National Seminar on "Disaster Risk Reduction in the Himalayas: Recent Advancements"
CIL organises a lecture by Prof. Anamika
SCSNEI organises a talk by Prof. Deepak K Mishra
CITD organises a seminar by Prof. Mandira Sarma
CIPS organises Panel Discussion on "State and Civil Society in the Indo-Pacific"
SC&SS is organizing AICTE Sponsered ATAL Faculty Development Program (FDP)
CHS organises a seminar by Prof. Smita Sahgal

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.