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M.V. Lakshmi

M.V. Lakshmi

M.V. Lakshmi
M.V. Lakshmi
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Japanese Studies,
School of Language Literature and Culture Studies
Room No
107
Off. Phone
011-26704215
Email
mvlakshmi@mail.jnu.ac.in ; mvlakshmi@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Modern Japanese Literature, Comparative Literature (India and Japan), Travel literature, travelogues on India, Folk Culture and Folklore in Japan and India, Literary Translation from Japanese to English

Experience

Fifteen years since January 2002 

Awards & Honours

* Awarded Hojo Research Fellowship to visit Japan for fieldwork and material collection from October 20, 2009 to November 18, 2009.
* Awarded Short term Program for Foreign Teachers of the Japanese Language conducted by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa from February1, 2006~March24, 2006.

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

* First Editor , M.V. Lakshmi, Hideo Hosokawa, P.A. George, Japanese Language Education” A Bridge between Language and culture, Northern Book Centre, 2012
* Co-authored ‘Sakura-Japanese for Class VIII, Textbook,Exercise Book, Teachers’ Manual, Japan Foundation, April 2009.
* Co-authored ‘Momo-Japanese for Class VII, Textbook, Exercise Book, Teachers’ Manual, Japan Foundation ,2008
* Co-authored ‘Ume-Japanese for Class VI’, Textbook, Exercise Book, Teachers’ Manual, Japan Foundation; Goyal Publishers, October 2006.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

* “Translating Cultures: Impact of Texts on Learner Perception of a Target Culture”, in M.V.Lakshmi, Hideo Hosokawa, P.A. George (eds) Language Education: A bridge between Language and Culture: Northern Book Centre,Delhi ,2012
* The Home Front: Portrayal of women in sine wartime and postwar short stories in Japan, in Unita Sacchidanand, Fumiko Mizukawa (eds), The Pen and the Sword: War Literature in Asia, published by Indo-Japan Association for Literature and Culture, 2010
* ‘New Religious groups: Their role and significance in modern Korean and Japanese societies’, in Ravikesh Mishra (ed) India and Korea-Perspectives on Language, Literature and Culture, Manak Publications Pvt. Ltd. in association with CJKNEAS and Korea Foundation,Delhi, 2007.ISBN no. 81-7827-001-2

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.