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Event End Date Event Title
SAA is organising a public lecture by Stephanie Schrader
CES, SLL&CS organising a talk by Professor PP Raveendran
CESP is organising a Seminar by Rishab Devnani & Rahul Menon
CSDE is organising a talk by Dr. Raj Sekhar Basu
CIAS is organising a Panel Discussion on China’s Belt & Road Initiative
CSDE is organising a talk by Dr. Jayanathan Govender
NEISP is organising a seminar by Nima Lamu Yolmo
SAA is organising a talk by Ananya Jahanara Kabir
SPS is organising a seminar by Nigel Wilding
Office of JNU-R&D organising a workshop on Intellectual Property Rights
JNU is organising National Youth Day
CIS is organising Hands-on training programme on eOffice
SES is organising a public talk by Ramesh P. Singh
CSRD is organising a seminar by Arjan Verschoor
SCNS is organising a talk by Dr. Radhika Barua
SPS is organising a seminar by Bibekananda Mishra
CHS is organising a lecture by Aishwarya Pandit
CIPS is organising a public lecture on Indonesia and India Foreign Policy Convergence and Challenges in the Indo-Pacific
SPS is organising a seminar by Apratim Chatterjee
Kannada Language Chair, CIL, SLL&CS is organising free Winter 2018 Basic Kannada Language Classes
CSLG is organising a seminar by Sangay Mishra
Inauguration of Adivasi Literature Section of SLL&CS Library
CFFS is organising Film Screening : BENGAL SHADOWS
SPS is organising a seminar by Ishan Barman
CSRD is organising a seminar by Dr. Debarchana Ghosh
NEISP is organising a lecture by Easterine Kire
CES, SLL&CS is organising a talk by Dr Ashmita Khasnabish
CIPOD is organising International Seminar
CWS is organising a seminar by V. Geetha
ZHCES is organising a seminar by Dr K. Muralidar

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.