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Human Rights Studies Programme

Human Rights Studies Programme

The idea of human rights has over time established itself as an influential normative framework shaping the discourses on politics, religion, law, technology etc. The key expressions like dignity and freedom continue to thrive in a world seemingly wrapped with experiences in denial of them. The need of the hour is teaching and research in human rights with the objective of identifying the newer claims /conflicts in the sphere of human rights, and the determination of new rationalities/approaches to sustaining a peaceful co-existence of all life forms. 

 

Prof. Sharad Kumar Soni
Director
Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS
sksoni@mail.jnu.ac.in, sharadksoni@gmail.com
011-26704375

 

Dr. Deepa Kansra
Assistant Professor
Human Rights Studies Programme, SIS
deepakansra@jnu.ac.in, dkansra@gmail.com
011-26704375

 

List of Courses

List of PhD courses being offered in Winter Semester 2022

List of PhD courses being offered in Monsoon Semester 2021






 

 

 

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.