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Event End Date Event Title
Film, Perception and Philosophy: Intersections?
DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM MEMORIAL LECTURE (ON THE OCCASION OF HIS BIRTHDAY)
Excavating the Problem of Non-being
Christianity, Caste and the Dalits
Viability of Philosophy Festival and Reading Philosophical Texts
The Hague: At the Crossroads of Peace, Justice and Security
Generating Knowledge and Action for the Transition to Sustainability
Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India
Floating in the Cosmos of Ideas: Some glimpses into the way great ideas emerge in Cosmology
The Hindu Undivided Family and the Regime(s) of Accumulation in Independent India
"Tempus fugit? Une ballade sur le chemin perdu"
Rituals Divinities and Positions of Privilege
Gandhi: Antiliberal or a Departure within Liberalism? (Reflections on Self-making as Political Technology)
Chinese-Indian Internment following the 1962 Border War: What Happened, and What Now?
President xi's recent visit to the us, indo-us & india-china relations and role of think tanks in foreign policy making
Jat Community Identity and Issues of Gender in Western Rajputana
Contextualizing the Identity of Dalit Self: A Phenomenological Reading
Maritime Fulcrum: To Build A Maritime Partnership Initiative in the Asia Pacific Region
Antinomies of Transition: Dualism and Economic Growth
Simulating spin models on GPU: An introduction
Young Scholars Seminar on 'Articulating Caste'
Fragmentation of Fractal Random Structures
Claiming Feminism, Risking Politics: Working Notes on Why it Matters
Fragmentation of Fractal Random Structures
Young Scholars Seminar
A new deal for the social sciences
No conflict between reason and faith Reappraising Abu'l Fazl's rationality
Physical Property Measurement System" (PPMS) on 30th September, 2015
BLOOD DONATION CAMP
The State and the Adivasis: The Political Economy of Forest Rights

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.