Professor Johannes Dillinger, Department of Modern History, University of Trier, Germany.
“…When I prepared my visit (to JNIAS, JNU) I decided to address three big historical topics: state formation, the political role of the peasantry in pre-revolutionary/ pre-industrial society, and magic, I worked extensively in all three fields..." (Read onwards)
Professor Alexandra Safronova Head, Faculty of History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University.
"I want to use this opportunity of expressing my cordial and sincere thanks to the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Professor B.B. Bhattacharya, who approved the idea of inviting me to JNU..."(Read onwards)
Professor Richard Allen, Professor and Chair of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, USA.
“Dear Aditya, I am writing to you to report on my stay at the Institute of Advanced Study. First of all I wish to thank you and your staff for hosting me for the period. The time was wonderfully productive. Although there weren’t many other guests around I was delighted to meet the Oldenbergs..."(Read onwards)
Professor Christine Gledhill, School of Arts, Design & Media, University of Sunderland,UK
“…My time at the Institute was a most rewarding experience both intellectually and socially..." (Read onwards)
Professor Norbert Schurer, California State University, USA.
“In academic terms, my time at JNIAS (19 January – 1 June, 2008) has been very successful: I had the opportunity to engage in significant amounts of research, presented a total of five lectures at various venues in Delhi and Lucknow, and completed and submitted two articles..." (Read onwards)
Dr. Dare Clubb, University of Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
"I had a very productive stay at the Institute. Together with Shiva Prakash, Dean of the School of Arts and Aesthetics, I taught a course in Theatrical Criticism and Performance to MA students at JNU."... (Read onwards)
Elvira Carvajal Director Dept of Scientific and Technological Development State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"I was impressed and happy by warmer reception I had from everyone. I had been told that JNU is a place of excellence. I not only confirmed in loco but also was impressed by the quality of your facilities and the level of the conferences and scientific events."... (Read onwards)
Gail Pearson, Head, Faculty of Economics & Business Law, The University of Sydney, Australia
"First let me say what a pleasure it has been for me as a JNU alum to return to JNU as a senior scholar. The university has grown since its early days. The campus is now green. And JNU still retains the tradition of focused and stimulating intellectual life." (Read onwards)
Professor Jean Boutier, Directeur d’Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Head of the Centre for Social Sciences, Marseille, France.
"The invitation of Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Institute of Advanced Study from July - August 2009 has been a fruitful period of intellectual exchanges with colleagues..." (Read onwards)
Hans Henrich Hock, Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois, Urbana IL, USA
"The Institute provided excellent facilities and encouragement for all of these activities, and even more important for my research. The staff was always courteous and helpful;..". (Read onwards)
Professor M. Zannetti, Professor of Plasma Physics, The University of Salerno, Italy.
"If what I have accomplished in one month and a half of permanence has gone beyond my most optimistic expectations, largely it is due to the excellent and generous hospitality I have enjoyed at the JNIAS...." (Read onwards)
Dr, Matthew McCartney, Lecturer in Economics. School of Oriental and African Studies, London, U.K.
"In particular I would like to thank my immediate host Professor Aditya Mukherjee, the Director of JNIAS. Professor Mukherjee has provided the day to day efforts, from the large (organising seminars and inviting fellows) to the small (sorting out laundry problems) that have made JNIAS a wonderful place to spend time as an academic and also a very relaxing and comfortable place to recharge...." (Read onwards)
Motti Lerner, Israel
JNIAS has become my home in India and I'm very grateful for the opportunities it has given me to establish research and artistic collaboration with JNU staff...."
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Dr. Olutayo Charles Adesina,Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.
"It was indeed a rare privilege to be at JNIAS. I have had fellowships at Oxford and Harvard, but I must tell you that coming to JNIAS was the most intellectually rewarding of the lot...." (Read onwards)
Professor Philip Oldenburg, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Sothern Asian Institute, Columbia University, USA.
"I would like to express my gratitude for having had a very productive and happy time during my Fellowship period..." (Read onwards)
Dr. Pritam Singh, DPhil, (Oxford)Director Postgraduate Programme in International Management and International Relations Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
"I was very happy with the facilities provided at JNIAS..." (Read onwards)
Margarita Olivera, Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, University of Pavia, Italy
"In conclusion, I would like to express my gratitude to the Institute and to the University for having given me the opportunity to have this invaluable rich experience, from the intellectual and from the human points of view, and to let me be part of this admirable university institution whose faculty and staff have made my research period incredibly productive and pleasant during every day." (Read onwards)
B. Samaroo,
"My stay at JNIAS was useful in a number of ways." (Read onwards)
Tadd Fernee,
"During the year 2010 I was a visiting Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru University Institute of Advanced Studies from January until December – the full range of Delhi seasons. As an environment for scholarly pursuits, the JNIAS has many fine qualities." (Read onwards)
Professor Veena Talwar Oldenburg, Department of History, Baruch College, City University of New York, USA.
"In looking back on that rare opportunity that the Jawarhalal Nehru Institute for Advanced Study gave me last summer, as a Fellow, I think of it as a very special and productive time." (Read onwards)
