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CSA

CSA

Centre for the Study of the Americas (CSA)
 
The Centre for the Study of the Americas (CSA) consists of three programmes, viz, Canadian, Latin American and United States Studies. The Centre offers  robust and rigorous Ph.D. programmes in all the three domains and optional courses for the Master's Programme of the School of International Studies. The faculty are engaged in teaching, research and publication, doctoral supervision, participation in conferences and seminars both within India and outside. The Centre faculty organises conferences, round tables, discussions and distinguished lectures.

The Centre follows a meticulous academic schedule and teaching methods are innovative with varied assessment methods. It promotes an inclusive and intellectually stimulating environment for students by encouraging them to independently initiate and actively engage in scholarly discussions and research activities. The work of our scholars covers national and international policymaking and they are encouraged to participate in seminars and scholarly debates. Besides, there are several activities involving the students: they initiate discussions on their Ph.D. themes, organise young scholars’ seminars and participate in media programmes.

The Centre frequently invites academics, diplomats, media professionals, librarians and authors to facilitate interdisciplinary and experiential learning that helps in  providing stimulus to students towards discussions on themes central to the three academic programmes.  As part of its outreach to society, the faculty deliver lectures at prestigious academic institutions, defence colleges, think tanks, and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching Centres across India.

 

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.