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CES, SLL&CS organises a talk by Nitasha Kaul

CES, SLL&CS organises a talk by Nitasha Kaul

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Centre for English Studies
SLL&CS
 
 
Cordially invites you to a talk by
 
 
Nitasha Kaul
 
 
on
 
Remaking Words and Worlds
 
 
at 2 PM, on 21st January, 2019
Venue: Room 131, SLLCS II
 
 
Dr Nitasha Kaul is a multidisciplinary academic, novelist, poet, artist, and economist. Over the last two decades, she has worked on themes relating to identity, democracy, political economy, feminist and postcolonial critiques, Kashmir, and Bhutan. She holds a joint doctorate in Economics and Philosophy (2003) from the University of Hull, and is the author of the book ‘Imagining Economics Otherwise: encounters with identity/difference’ (Routledge, 2007). Her novel ‘Residue’ (Rupa/Rainlight, 2014) about Kashmiris and the politics of identity across nation- state borders was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Currently an Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster in London, she has previously been an Associate Professor in Creative Writing in Bhutan and an Assistant Professor in Economics at the Bristol Business School. She writes and speaks within and outside academia, see www.nitashakaul.com and @NitashaKaul

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.