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Gurpreet Mahajan

Gurpreet Mahajan

Gurpreet Mahajan
Gurpreet Mahajan
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Political Studies,
School of Social Sciences
Room No
116
Off. Phone
011-26704436
Email
gurpreet@mail.jnu.ac.in gurmahajan@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/gmahajan/cv.pdf
Qualifications

Ph.D

Areas of Interest/Specialization
Political Theory and Philosophy of Social Sciences, with particular emphasis on Hermeneutics, Democratic theory, Multiculturalism, Religion and State, Civil Society 

 

Experience

2001 - Professor at the Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi

2005 - 2007, Chairperson, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University 

2004 - 2005 - Chairperson, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

1995 - 2001 - Associate Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi 

1986 - 1995 - Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

1981 - 1986 - Lecturer, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, Delhi

Member, Advisory Board, Political Studies, U.K

Member, Advisory Board, Political Studies Review, U.K

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Gender Studies, U.K, since 1996.

Member, International Advisors Board, Political Insight, UK 

Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Political Science, Deakin University, Melbourne

Member, Editorial Board, History and Sociology of South Asia, Delhi 

Awards & Honours


* Visiting Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada, (Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship Programme), 1998

* Fulbright Senior Fellow, Columbia University, New York, 1997

* Visiting Fellow, Maison des Sciences D'Le Homme, Paris (Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme), 1995

* Visiting Fellow, Indian Studies Programme, Department of Politics, University of Hull, England, 1995

* Post-Doctoral Fellow at Univerity of Hull, England, (Foreign and Commonwealth Office Award 1988-89) 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)


* Explanation and Understanding in the Human Sciences, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1992, 1997 (Second Edition), 2011 Third Edition)

* Identities and Rights: Aspects of Liberal Democracy in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi , 1998, (Paperback 2000)

* "Indian Exceptionalism or Indian Model: Negotiating Cultural Diversity and Minority Rights in a Democratic Nation-State" in Kymlicka & Bogang He (eds.) Minorities in Asia, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2005.

* "Religious Diversity and Multicultural Accommodation" in Sonia Sikka & Lori Beaman (eds.), Multiculturalism and Religious Identity: Canada and India, McGill Queen's University Press, Canada, 2014

* "Reservations" in Atul Kohli & Prerna Singh (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Indian Politics, London & New York: Routledge, 2013.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)


* India: Political Ideas and the Making of a Democratic Discourse, London: Zed Books, 2013

* The Multicultural Path: Issues of Diversity and Discrimination in a Democracy, Sage, Delhi, 2002

* "Multiculturalism in the Age of Terror: Confronting the Challenges", Political Studies Review, UK, 2007, vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 317-336 

Patents (if any)

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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.