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SCSNEI organises a talk by Prof Joy LK Pachuau

SCSNEI organises a talk by Prof Joy LK Pachuau

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Special Centre for the Study of North East India

School of Social Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

Fire-arms and state-making:

Connections across the Indo-Burma borderlands

 

Joy L.K. Pachuau

 

Centre for Historical Studies

School of Social Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

 

Abstract

 

The paper is an attempt to understand pre-colonial ‘state’ systems in the Indo-Burma borderlands, more specifically in the borderland areas of the Lushai and Chin Hills. The paper will show that the chiefs in these areas in the immediate pre-colonial period were on their path to establish more stable state systems such as Ava, Manipur, Cachar and others that surrounded them. These attempts were of course thwarted with the arrival of the British. The push of tribes east to west, as well as the incessant warfare amongst tribes mentioned in colonial records should be seen in the context of the attempt to create more powerful lineages and thereby states. In this, the role of firearms was important. The paper will trace the avenues through which firearms arrived in the region and contributed to state-making processes. The movement of firearms can also be a means to understand the connected histories of the region that went beyond the boundaries that we know of today.

 

 

DATE: October12, Friday, 2018

 

TIME: 3:00 pm to 5:00 PM

 

VENUE: Room No.324, 3rd Floor, SSS-I, JNU

 

 

 

All are invited

 

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.