M.Phil-PhD Programmes
The School offers M.Phil.programmes in three disciplines – Visual Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and Cinema Studies. Candidates seeking admission to any of the M Phil courses are expected to have a broad knowledge of the history, practice and theories of their respective disciplines. Selected candidates in each stream will spend the first two semesters in coursework including two compulsory courses (i) Research Methodology and (ii) Dissertation Seminar as well as two optional courses. Each course carries four credits; a total of 16 credits are earned through the coursework. After successful completion of the coursework, students will devote two semesters to writing a dissertation, which carries a further 12 credits. Students who earn the required grade point average (CGPA) in the M Phil are automatically enrolled in the PhD programme.
M.Phil Course Structure:
Details of the courses taught in the first two semesters of the three M Phil programmes are given below. In the third and fourth semesters of the M Phil, students research and write their M Phil dissertations.
M.Phil in Cinema Studies
SEMESTER I
1. SAA-661 Cinema Studies: Historiography, Theory, Research Methods & Language (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
SEMESTER II
1. SAA-662 Dissertation Seminar: Cinema Studies (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
Optional Courses:
Given below is a list of optional courses designed for the Cinema Studies M Phil programme, which are taught by rotation. From time to time, additional courses may be offered by visiting faculty.
SAA-666 Critical Theory to Cultural Studies
SAA-667 Melodrama and Popular Culture
SAA-668 Cinema and the City
SAA-676 Documentary & Non Fiction Cinema
SAA-681 Cinema and Transnationalism
SAA-682 Advanced Research Seminar in Film and Media Cultures
M.Phil in Theatre and Performance Studies
SEMESTER I
1. SAA-631 Research Methodology: Texts, theories, Interpretations and Contexts (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
SEMESTER II
1. SAA-632 Dissertation Seminar: Theatre and Performance Studies (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
Optional Courses:
Given below is a list of optional courses designed for the M Phil programme, which are taught by rotation. From time to time, additional courses may be offered by visiting faculty.
SAA-634 Movements and Concepts in Performance
SAA 633 Rites, Rituals and Festivals: Cultural Enactments and their Transformations
SAA 640 Elements of Ethnomusicology
SAa 641 Dance as Non-Verbal Communication
SAA-644 Gender, Sexual Politics and Feminist Perspective
SAA-649 Documenting Traditional and Marginalized Performance
SAA-650 Reading, Writing and Critiquing Performance: Methods of Historiographical Enquiry
M.Phil in Visual Studies
SEMESTER I
1. SAA-601 Research Methodology: Approaches, Concepts and Methods of Visual Studies (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
SEMESTER II
1. SAA-619 Dissertation Seminar: Visual Studies (Compulsory Course)
2. Optional Students may choose from the Optional Courses on offer
Optional Courses:
Given below is a list of optional courses designed for the M Phil programme, which are taught by rotation. From time to time, additional courses may be offered by visiting faculty.
SAA-603 Transfiguration of the Indian Sacred Image
SAA-606 Alternative Trajectories of Modernism
SAA-608 “Origin” and Development of Iconography in Early India
SAA-609 Meaning in the Temple Form
SAA-616 Rethinking Representation: Caste, Class, Gender and Race in Art
SAA-618 Regional Study of Art History Seminar Course
Admission
Admission to the MPhil. programme is through a separate entrance examination for each stream (i) Visual Studies, (ii) Cinema Studies, and (iii) Theatre and Performance Studies followed by a viva voce. Only those candidates will be eligible to apply who have a Masters degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks. For details of the entrance examination and admission process, please check https://admissions.jnu.ac.in/
Entrance Exam papers from previous years are available at https://admissions.jnu.ac.in/searchquestionpaper.aspx
A list of recommended readings to prepare for the entrance exam, can be found by clicking here
Foreign Students may also apply for the programme through the procedure detailed at https://jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/upload/2020-11/Admission%20Procedure%20for%20Foreign%20Students.pdf