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Greek Chair, JNU organises a National Seminar on "Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others"

Greek Chair, JNU organises a National Seminar on "Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others"

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National Seminar on the

 

“Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others”

 

23rd-24th December 2018

Venue: Convention Center, JNU, New Delhi

  

Call for Papers

The Greek Chair at JNU, New Delhi will be organizing a National Seminar on the theme “Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others” on 23rd-24th December 2018 at the Convention Center of the University.

Faculty Members and Research Scholars are, hereby, invited to participate in the seminar and present their research papers on any of the following areas of study, in the Literary and /or cultural contacts of

1) Greece and India,

2) Greece and Arabia,

3) Greece and Persia,

4) Greece and Japan,

5) Greece and Korea,

6) Greece and China,

7) Greece and South-East Asia,

8) Greece and European Countries,

9) Greece and Americas

and /or any other theme related area of study.   

An abstract of around 300 words may be e-mailed to the Convenor of the seminar by 15th December 2018. Full and final papers may be submitted during the seminar. A reputed publisher, at the earliest possible, will publish selected papers in a hardcover volume in 2019.                                                                                   

Convenor:-

Dr. Anil Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor

Greek Chair, SLL&CS

JNU, New Delhi-110067

Mobile No.- 8800557233

E-mail: anilksinghjnu@gmail.com

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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.

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