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Kannada Language Chair organizes a seminar on Idea of Karnataka

Kannada Language Chair organizes a seminar on Idea of Karnataka

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Kannada Language Chair organizes a seminar on Idea of Karnataka
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Kannada Language Chair

Centre of Indian Languages, SLL&CS, JNU

In association with

Kannada and Culture Department, Bangalore

 

Organizes Seminar on

 

Idea of Karnataka

 

Releasing the Biography of

Amirbai Karnataki and

 

Cultural programs

November 27, 2018  11 AM onwards

Convention Centre, audi-1, JNU

 

Participants

N R Vishukumar, Director, Bangalore

Sathish Deshpande, Delhi University

A R Vasavi, Bangalore

Gobind Prasad, JNU

Janaki Nayar, JNU

Nagesh Hegde, Bangalore

Vinaya Okkunda, Dharwad

Rahmat Tarikere, Hampi

Muzafar Asadi, Raichur

Nataraj Huliyar, Bangalore

Purushottama Bilimale, JNU

Vasantha Shetty Bellare,  Delhi

Shrinivas G Kappanna, Bangalore

Guru Shubha Dhananjaya, Bangalore

 

All are invited

Theme of the seminar:

The main purpose of this seminar is to get some answers for - Is Karnataka given its long history of absorbing and incorporating religious, ethnic and linguistic differences, among the most uniquely poised of Indian states to provide some lessons for the future of the composite Indian nation? To begin with the region -- its cultural legacies, its social histories, its experiments in governance since at least the 18th century, and its institutional structures  -- would be a more fruitful way of developing the tools for imagining a new world, and the political structures and forms that would enable a creative response to contemporary challenges. Rather than this being an exercise in yet again staking regional pride or primacy as a ‘development model’ , a critical look at aspects of Karnataka’s ‘worlds’, and the Kannada cosmos, particularly in the modern period, would include an assessment of how the region’s challenges, and even its conflictual pasts, have been met, managed or remained unanswered  in the process of living together in a time of democracy.

The proposed one day seminar will be attended by the scholars of literature, history, economics, culture and politics, as well as cultural and social practitioners, who work and write in both Kannada and English, which could possibly lead to longer term collaborative projects and outcomes.

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.