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CEAS Courses

CEAS Courses

Programme of Study

Students inducted to the Ph.D programme in the Centre select from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean stream at the time of writing the entrance examination. Apart from regular classroom teaching, seminars and lectures by visiting faculty and scholars are also part of the curriculum. In addition, research scholars are expected to periodically make presentations on their subject of research.

Courses Offered

SEMESTER I
COURSE CODE

TITLE

TEACHER

CREDIT TYPE

EA 601P

Research and Publication Ethics

SIS

2

 

 

 

Core

EA 631

Japanese Languages (Part I)

SLL&CS

2

EA 632

Korean Languages (Part I)

SLL&CS

2

EA 633

Chinese Languages (Part I)

SLL&CS

2

EA 610

CULTURAL REVOLUTION AND AFTER

Aravind Yelery

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

China

EA 634

CHINESE ECONOMIC PATTERNS & DEVELOPMENT

Raviprasad Narayanan

4

EA 635

CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Srikanth Kondapalli

4

EA 636

ISSUES and THEMES IN CHINESE HISTORY, 1840-1949

Varaprasad S. Dolla

4

EA 604

COMMUNIST MOVEMENT IN CHINA 1921-1949

-

4

EA 638

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN CHINA’S DEVELOPMENT

-

4

EA 639

INDUSTRIALIZATION & FOREIGN TRADE OF JAPAN

Srabani R. Choudhury

4

 

 

 

 

 

Japan

EA 640

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS IN JAPAN

Srabani R. Choudhury/Title Basu/Makaranda Barik

4

EA 641

MODERN HISTORY OF JAPAN

Makaranda Barik

4

EA 614

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IDEAS IN JAPAN

-

4

EA 642

ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT IN JAPAN

-

4

EA 643

EDUCATION AND SOCIETY IN JAPAN

-

4

EA 644

POLITICAL & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN KOREA

Jitendra Uttam

4

 

 

 

 

Korea

EA 645

MODERN HISTORY OF KOREA

Sudhakar Vaddi

4

EA 646

Issues and Themes in Contemporary Korea (late 19th to Early 20th Centuries)

Hriday Narayan

4

 

SEMESTER II

 

EA 628N

Research Methodology

Sandip Kumar Mishra

4

 

 

Core

EA 647

JAPANESE LANGUAGE-II

SLL&CS

2

EA 648

KOREAN LANGUAGE-II

SLL&CS

2
EA 649 CHINESE LANGUAGE-II SLL&CS 2

EA 650

Seminar Course

Concerned Teacher

4

EA 637

CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM

Tshering Chonzom Bhutia

4

 

China

EA 651

SOCIETY & CULTURE IN POST MAO-CHINA

Ritu Agarwal

4

EA 652

CHINA - TAIWAN CROSS - STRAIT RELATIONS

Raviprasad Narayanan

4

EA 614

Social and Political Ideas in Japan

Makaranda Barik

4

 

Japan

EA 653 CONTEMPORARY FOREIGN POLICY OF JAPAN Titli Basu 4

EA 654

POLITICAL ECONOMY OF JAPAN

-

4
EA 655 KOREAN PENINSULA IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SINCE 1945 Jitendra Uttam 4

 

Korea

EA 656 Introduction to Korean Culture and Society Hriday Narayan 4

Note: Students must take three courses in the first semester and one course in the second semester in addition to the core courses. 

Colour code: Blue: Core Courses | Green: Active Courses | Red: Dormant Courses

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.