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Circular and Notices

Circular and Notices

S.No. Notice-Title Date Notice File
1 Provisional Notification (Addendum) Provisional Notification.pdf
2 JNUSU Election 2023-24 - Result Notification JNUSU Election Result.pdf
3 PG Boys Dorm Allotment list 2023-24 PG Boys Dorm allotment 2023-24.pdf
4 Circular UG Boys Dorm Allotment 2023-24 UG boys dormitory allotment 2023-24.pdf
5 2nd list hostel allotment PhD Boys 2023-24 2nd list of hostel allotment for Ph.D. boys.pdf
6 2nd Allotment list single seater 2023-24 (Boys) SINGLE SEATER BOYS.pdf
7 2nd Allotment list single seater 2023-24 (Girls) SINGLE SEATER GIRLS.pdf
8 Maximum duration of stay in the hostel MAXIMUM DURATION OF STAY IN HOSTEL-2.pdf
9 Guidelines - JNUSU Election 2023-24 Circular guidelines - JNUSU Election 2023-24.pdf
10 Constitution of Grievance Redressel Cell for JNUSU Election 2023-24 CONSTITUTION OF GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL CELL FOR JNUSU ELECTIONS 2023-24.pdf

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.