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Academic Detail

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Stream Area's
B.A.
  • Chinese and South East Asian Studies
  • English Studies
  • French and Francophone Studies
  • Japanese Studies
  • Korean Studies
  • Centre for Linguistics
  • German Studies
  • Russian Studies
  • Arabic and African studies
  • Spanish,Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies

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Stream Area's
M.A.
  • Arts & Aesthetics (Cinema Studies, Interdisciplinary Courses,
    Theatre and Performance Studies, Visual Studies)
  • International Studies (Politics (International Studies),
    Economics (with specialisation on World Economy))
  • Chinese and South East Asian Studies
  • English Studies
  • French and Francophone Studies
  • Japanese Studies
  • Korean Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Arabic and African studies (Arabic)
  • German Studies
  • Russian Studies
  • Spanish,Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies (Spanish)
  • Sanskrit Studies (Sanskrit)
  • Economic Studies and Planning
  • Historical Studies
  • Political Studies
  • Regional Development (Geography)
  • Social Systems (Sociology)

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Stream Area's
M.C.A
  • Computer & Systems Sciences

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Stream Area's
M.Sc.
  • Biotechnology
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences

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Stream Area's
M.Phil.
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Japanese Studies
  • Korean Studies
  • Linguistics
  • German Studies
  • Law and Governance
  • Economic Studies and Planning
  • Studies in Science Policy
  • Social Medicine and Community Health

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Stream Area's
M.Tech.
  • Computational and Integrative Sciences
  • Computer & Systems Sciences

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Stream Area's
M.Phil/Ph.D.
  • Cinema Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies, Visual Studies
  • American Studies
  • Latin American Studies
  • West European Studies
  • Canadian Studies
  • Diplomatic Studies
  • International Legal Studies
  • International Trade and Development
  • Chinese Studies
  • Japanese and Korean Studies
  • International Politics
  • International Organisation
  • Disarmament Studies
  • Political Geography
  • Russian and East European Studies
  • South Asian Studies
  • South East Asian & Southwest Pacific Studies
  • Central Asian Studies
  • West Asian and North African Studies
  • Sub-Saharan African Studies
  • Sub-Saharan African Studies
  • Chinese and South East Asian Studies
  • English Studies
  • French and Francophone Studies
  • Arabic and African studies
  • Spanish,Portuguese, Italian & Latin American Studies
  • Sanskrit Studies
  • Historical Studies
  • Political Studies
  • Study of Regional Development
  • Study of Social Systems
  • Educational Studies

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Stream Area's
M.Tech/Ph.D.
  • Computer & Systems Sciences

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Stream Area's
Ph.D.
  • Biotechnology
  • Computational and Integrative Sciences
  • Computer & Systems Sciences
  • Law and Governance
  • Life Sciences
  • Molecular Medicine
  • Nanoscience
  • Physical Sciences
  • Informal Sector & Labour Studies
  • Studies in Science Policy
  • Study of Discrimination and Exclusion
  • Womens Studies Programme

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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.