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JMC EU-SPCR

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Jean Monnet Chair – The European Union, Security, Peace and Conflict Resolution (JM CHAIR - EU-SPCR)
 

Conflict has emerged as a critical factor disrupting domestic and international affairs. The Jean Monnet Chair - EU-SPCR will focus on teaching and research about how the European Union (EU) integrates security with peace and conflict resolution, which has not been focussed by other Jean Monnet activities in India. This is totally unknown to academics, the policy world and in think tanks and it is one of the most critical aspects that need to be highlighted today to create a new understanding about the EU in India and take lessons and create a strong sustained research base in the study and training about the EU.

Through teaching, research, writing, conference and workshop it will build a new knowledge base that informs a next generation of scholars in India and policy makers and practitioners, on the EU’s experience with conflict resolution and peace building while addressing security. By supporting comparative research, it will allow for new insights to be gained about the EU and how it addresses conflict. This can open up pathways for collaborative research at national and international level. The dedicated website will be a nodal contact point and offer visibility to EU studies and to this JM Chair – EU-SPCR at JNU. In addition, interface between academia and policy makers through lectures, meetings, conferences will seek to create a network of actions made visible through multiple activities.

Capacity building

 


Networks

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.