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Centre for Russian & Central Asian Studies

School of International Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi – 110067

Dated:15/01/2018

Applications  are  invited  from  the  meritorious  and  interested  candidates for  the  position of  Research  Associate in ICSSR Funded Research Project titled “Religion, Politics and Policy Making in Russia: Internal and External Dimensions ”.

Post Name: Research Associate

Position: One

Essential Qualifications: Ph. D in Social Sciences

Desirable Qualification: Candidates having exposure to religion and philosophy are encouraged to apply.

Duration: The selected candidate will be appointed on purely temporary basis for a period of one year.

Salary: As per ICSSR norms, Rs. 16,000/- p.m. (Consolidated)

Candidates will be short-listed initially based on qualification and work experience, and only the short-listed candidates will be called for interview.

Interested candidates may e-mail their brief CV along with a covering letter on or before  25 January 2017 at: archanaupadhyay@yahoo.com

 

Prof. Archana Upadhyay

Room No. 206

SIS-II (New Building)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi-110067

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.