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An Empirical Analysis of the rising Wage Inequality in Indian Manufacturing
Identifying climate change information needs and training on climate change research, innovation and services (Indo-European initiative)
LAW BY OTHER MEANS PICTURING LAW, POLITICS AND JUSTICE
Migration and Industrial Work Towards Understanding the Dynamics of Informalisation in the City of Delhi
Feminism ke Side Effects: Vulnerability, Protection and the Challenges of Governance
An Interactive session with "the Forest Man"
Popular Culture from Yesterday and Today: Confluences India-Spain-Latin America
Enhanced Cooperation between India and the Baltic States
Labour Migration in Tajikistan amd Foreign Economic Relations of Tajikistan
International Relations Since the First World War
FACT MAKING, EPISTEMIC TENSIONS AND THE 'QUALIFICATION' OF DRUGS IN AN INDUSTRIAL LABORATORY: NARRATIVES FROM THE BENCH
Computational Modelling in Systems Biology, Immunobiology and Biophysics.
Governing monsoon landscapes EIC expansion on its North-eastern Frontier in the early 19th century
Multi-disciplinary Approach towards Globalization, Climatic Change, Disaster Mitigation, Governance and Human Wellbeing
Energy Outlook
Language Policies and Planning in Africa / Indian Diaspora and India Languages in Africa /Language Policies and Planning in Africa
THE FICTION OF DEVELOPMENT: Teaching International Studies with Novels
Provincialising Concepts How to write about the Ashraf
Class and Climate Policy: Intra-National Distributional Issues
Reading Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" as History, Autobiography and Biography
Storytelling in the Time of Hate Deciphering Law(s) through Literature
Youth for Better Society
Recent Advances in High Density EEG Research and its Epilepsy Applications
Real Truths: The Life of Estela (VERDADES VERDADERAS: LA VIDA DE ESTELA)
Career opportunities and the placement process
Welfare Dynamics Measurement: Two Definitions of a Vulnerability Line and their Empirical Application
What's Happened to the Rich Farmers?: Political Economy of Indian Agriculture Revisited
Why Crows: another intelligent biped
India and Turkey : Past and Emerging Ties
Mortality and Causes of Death Studies in India: Requirement, Availability and Analysis during past four decade

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.