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Event End Date Event Title
ABVSME organises a seminar on "Communication Skills as a Competitive Advantage in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" by Dr. Sonal Kumar
CSLG organises a seminar by Nikhil Menon
JNU Celebrates 132nd Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Celebration of 50 years of Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health (CSMCH), JNU
JNU organises a public lecture on "Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Nation Builder"
CESP organises a Seminar by K. Muralidharan
JNU organises an Essay Writing Competition on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
SCDR, JNU organises a national conference on "Disaster Resilient Methodologies for Pandemic"
ABVSME organises a guest lecture by Prof. Madhu Vij
LEC announces the commencement of its Winter Semester 2023 programs
CSSEIP, SSS organises a Symposium on "Remembering Santhal Liberation Movement: A Commemorative Symposium"
CHS organises a seminar on "India and Global Histories"
CESP organises a Seminar by Gerton Rongen
CIPOD & CITD jointly organises a Colloquium on "Sustainable Development & Circular Economy"
LEC in collaboration with RGNIYD organising two-day international interdisciplinary conference on "Gender Narratives and Young Adult Discourses: A Contemporary Perspective"
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. Praveen Kumar Verma
CHS organises a seminar by Dr. Malini Sur
CSPI&LAS organises "Homage to Pablo Neruda On his 50th Death Anniversary"
CESP organises a Seminar on "Competition Law and Economics"
ZHCES organises a seminar by Dr. Ayurdhi Dhar
SCSS organises a talk by Prof. Kim Ju Han
CSLG organises National Conference on Local Governance in India @ 75: Issues, Challenges, and the Contemporary Developments
JNIAS organises a workshop on "India in Contemporary Global Village: Challenges and Possibilities"
ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Deepak Kumar
ABVSME organises a Workshop on "Learn About HR Analytics and It's Applications" by Sunil Budhiraja
SCSS is organising STUTI
JNU organises the book launch of Sing, Dance and Pray
CESP organises a Seminar by Ishan Anand
ICC organises a webinar on "Importance of Gender Sensitization at the Workplace"
HRSP organises a Seminar on "Revisiting Human Rights Commitments"

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.