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Event End Date Event Title
SIS organises a lecture by Prof. B. S. Chimni
SCMM organises a hands-on workshop on "Flow Cytometry with Advance Approaches of Full Spectrum and Imaging Technology"
CGS organises '110yearskafka' to mark the 100th death anniversary of Franz Kafka
CESP organises Sukhamoy Chakravarty Chair Lecture 2024 by Prof. Prabhat Patnaik
SSIS organises a workshop on "Treasures of Indian Knowledge Traditions"
SSS organises a lecture on "Geography and Literature: Creating Literary Landscapes" by Shri Abhay Kumar
SCSNEI organises a lecture by Dr Partha Jyoti Das
CHS organises a lecture by Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer
CGS organises Philosophy Colloquium by Prof. Babu Thaliath
ABVSME organises a workshop on "Gender Sensitisation against Sexual Harassment"
JNU organises National Seminar on “Illegal Immigrants to Mumbai: Analysing Socio-economic and Political Consequences”
ABVSME organises a workshop by Dr. Shuvashish Roy
SIS organises second lecture of the 70th Anniversary Lecture Series on "Did the Economics Nobel Committee Miss the Bus in 2024?" by Prof. Ashok Guha
CIL organises a seminar on "Research, Ctiticism and Creative Panorama of Contemporary Urdu Literature"
CSLG organises a talk by Professor Anupama Roy
CHS organises 2nd International Society for Regional History Conference (ISRH) 2024
SCTS organises Rajam Krishnan Centenary Endowment Lecture
Observance of Vigilance Awareness Week 2024
Pledge taking ceremony on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity Day) 2024
SCSNEI organises a seminar by Makiko Kimura
CCUSLAS organises a lecture by Amb. Ajay Bisaria
SES organises a talk by Prof. Manoj K Shukla
SBT organises a seminar by Dr. Benedicte Albrectsen
SBT organises two lectures by Dr. Sabrina Berkamp and Dr Alexandros Katranidis
CITD organises a seminar by Vivek Sharma
CHS organises a lecture by Prof. Jyotindra Jain
CSMCH organises a lecture by Kaushik Jana
ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
SLS organises a seminar by Prof. Amal C. Mondal
Placement Cell organises Alumni Interaction Program (Confluence-Resonating the Past)

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.