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Shifting Identities and Intercultural Relations in Québec

Shifting Identities and Intercultural Relations in Québec

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Shifting Identities and Intercultural Relations in Québec
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<strong>THE CENTRE FOR CANADIAN, US AND LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY IN ASSOCIATION WITH LE BUREAU DU QUÉBEC À MUMBAI</strong> a film festival <strong>Shifting Identities and Intercultural Relations in Québec</strong> DATE : <strong>THURSDAY, 29th OCTOBER, 2015</strong> <strong>1:30 PM : BLACK ROBE</strong> Set in the wilderness of 17th century Québec (known as New France then), the movie explores the complex relationship between the Native People, the missionaries trying to convert them to Christianity and young settlers attracted by their way of life. Won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture (1991). <strong>3:30 PM : MON ONCLE ANTOINE (MY UNCLE ANTOINE)</strong> Deemed as the best Canadian film ever made, this coming of age movie highlights the changing nature of Québec society and the power relationship between Anglophones and Francophones in the 1940s through the life of a young boy and his family. Won the Award for Best Feature at Chicago International Film Festival (1971). <strong>6:00 PM : MONSIEUR LAZHAR (MR. LAZHAR)</strong> Bringing us to today`s multiethnic Montréal, this movie portrays the adaptation to Québec culture of an Algerian refugee working as a replacement teacher in a primary school where his disturbed past becomes an asset in his relation with traumatized children. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars (2012). <strong>5:30 HIGH TEA HOSTED BY LE BUREAU DU QUÉBEC À MUMBAI</strong> ALL THE MOVIES WILL HAVE ENGLISH SUB TITLES AND WILL BE INTRODUCED BY PROFESSOR MARIE MC ANDREW (VISITING FACULTY FROM FACULTY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL). A SHORT DISCUSSION WILL FOLLOW EACH SCREENING.

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.