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CWS organises a talk by Ghazala Jamil

CWS organises a talk by Ghazala Jamil

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Tuesday, 2 April 2019

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Tuesday, 2 April 2019

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Center for Women’s Studies, JNU

Invites you to a talk on:

Muslim Women Speak: Of Dreams and Shackles

by

Ghazala Jamil

(Assistant Professor, Centre for the Study of Law and Governance, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Date: 2nd April 2019

Time: 3:00 pm

Venue: Room No.324, SSS-I, JNU

This talk is based on the book Muslim Women Speak and attempts to make several epistemological and political moves. First being the assertion that if our aim is to understand what kind of action will ameliorate young  Muslim women’s lives and situation, their own voices need to become the centre of our inquiry. To this end the presentation will include a critical exploration of the everyday lives of young Muslim women, their aspirations, their fears, and their points of view; and insights on the agency of young Muslim women and the impact of violence on their everyday lives after a violent ‘event’ or ‘episode’ passes into history and memory. Second is the assertion that the state of powerlessness experienced by Muslim women presented as being voiceless is predicated upon ‘listening’. The paper discusses safe, sympathetic spaces that bring forth articulation and self-representation, and dwells upon the epistemological and socio-political concerns of ‘silencing’ for the lack of ‘listening’. In doing so, this book confronts the fault lines within the Indian feminist sisterhood and offers a considered critique of the women’s movement in India from within. In the third move an attempt is made to read a structural narrative of socio-political situatedness of Indian Muslims—men and women—as ascribed into the narratives of diversity and intersectionality.

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.