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CIPOD Young Scholars' Conference 2018

CIPOD Young Scholars' Conference 2018

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Centre for International Politics ,Organization and Disarmament
School of International Studies, JNU

 

Organizing Young Scholars' Conference 2018 on

 

Conflict and Cooperation in Contemporary World Politics

 

Programme

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. –  Registration

9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.– Inaugural Address

Prof Yeshi Choedon

(Chairperson, CIPOD)

 

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.– Session I: New Frontiers in International Conflict and Cooperation

Chair: Abhishek Choudhary

Discussant: Dr Jayashree Vivekanandan

 

‘Marking Bodies in Motion: Bio Politics at the International Borders’

Samah Rafiq

‘Climate Change and Order: Mapping the Scope of IR in Studying Climate Politics’

 

Isha Sharma

‘Examining Militarized Masculinity, Violence and Conflict: Male Survivors of Torture in International Politics’

 

Sanjukta Nath

Writing Regions: A Critical Analysis of South Asia

Mansoor Ashraf

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.– Tea

 

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.– Session II: Regional Dynamics of Conflict and Cooperation

Chair: Oindrila Dattagupta

Discussant: Dr Deep Narayan Pandey

 

‘Impact of India’s Act East Policy on Bangladesh, Myanmar and North East India: A Geopolitical Analysis’

Kapil Kumar

 

‘Political and Economic Implications of Portuguese Intervention in the Indian Ocean Region: A Study of Indian Kingdoms, 1498-1650 AD’

Shamseer K.

 

‘Evaluating the Legitimacy of International Organisations as Maritime Actors in Reducing Somali-Based Piracy’

Tejal Khanna

 

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Lunch

2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. – Session III: Salient Components of International Conflict and Cooperation

Chair: Tishya Khillare

Discussant: Dr Soumita Basu

 

‘Media Development Cooperation in Post-Conflict Countries: An Analysis of the Role of United Nations Public Information Component’

Laimwn Basumatary

‘Conflict, Cooperation and Diplomacy: UNHCR and the Syrian Conflict’

Preeti Singh

‘The Systemic Dynamics and Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrence’

Shayesta Nishat Ahmed

 

 

‘Role of Leaders in Nuclear Armament and Disarmament’Silky Kaur

4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.– Tea

 

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – Session IV: Locating China in International Conflict and Cooperation

Chair: Gaurav Saini

Discussant: Jabin T. Jacob

‘Engaging the Dragon of the Sea: From Securitisation Through Political Posters to the Development of Chinese IR’

Shambhawi Tripathi

‘Geopolitical Analysis of China and India in South-South Cooperation as Donors’

Shalini Shikha

‘Chinese Challenge to the International Human Rights Norms: ACase Study of the United Nations Human Rights Council’

Priyanka Gautam

6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. – Concluding Remarks

Dr Archna Negi/ Prof Rajesh Rajagopalan

 

 

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.