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Event End Date Event Title
Phenomenology of the Inapparent: Reading Division III of Being and Time
Exclusionary Rural Transformations: Social Dynamics of Caste and Community in the Non-farm Economy
The Discovery of Freedom of Speech and of Freedom of Speech for All
Idea to Innovation: A Real Story from an Inventor
Some trends in the Global Nuclear World
Dancing Pandavas
Strategic Competition and Energy Security in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea
Acharya Abhinavagupta's Contribution to Aesthetics
India's Rise and US-China Rivalry
International Migration, Refugees and German Politics
Australia-U.S. Relations under President Trump: Implications for the Indo-Pacific
Constructing 'Bhojpuri' Language and People: Methodological Reflections
India's Energy Cooperation with Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal
Unravelling the Kashmir Knot
CSLG is organising a lecture by Aman Hingorani
CSRD is organising ERASMUS+ Workshop On Geospatial Techniques for Mountain Environment Analysis and Management 30th January - 3rd February, 2017.
AIRF is organising a workshop on Combined Confocal Raman – AFM System from 2-3 February 2017
CSSS is organising a lecture by Anuj Bhuwania
Using mass spectrometry based methods to evaluate human exposure to environmental chemicals
'The Nature of Art and Aesthetic Experience'
Indian Lobbying in the United States
Statistical Computing Using R
Gels of DNA-made Nanoparticles Francesco Sciortino
Geospatial Techniques for Mountain Environment Analysis and Management
Politics of Distinction and Political Economy of Indigenous Cultural Rights in North East India
'Philosophy, Science and Technology'
Archaeology of "Early Medieval"
"Leontief Model of Interdependence: Recent Advances in Its Application"
Workshop on "Biological Sample Preparation for Transmission / Scanning Electron Microscopy" to be held on 24th – 25th January, 2017 at AIRF.
A Half Day Seminar

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.