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Courses offered by the Centre Faculty
BA Optional Courses
S. No. Course Code Course Title Credits Offered by Core/Optional
1. WA101 Introduction to the Arab-Israeli Relations 4 Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy Optional
2. WA102 Introduction to the Gulf 4 Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy, Prof. Sameena Hameed and Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Optional

 

MA in International Relations - West Asian Studies
S. No. Course Code Course Title Credits Offered by Core/Optional
1. WA401 Theories of International Relations 4 Dr. Jajati K Pattnaik Core
2. WA402 West Asia and North Africa in International System 4 Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Core
3. WA403 Introduction to Islam 4 Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy Core
4. WA404 State and Politics in North Africa 4 Prof. Mahendra Pratap Rana Core
5. WA405 Conflict, Security and Peacebuilding in West Asia and North Africa 4 Dr. Vrushal T. Ghoble Core
6. WA406 Society and Culture in West Asia and North Africa 4 Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Core
7. WA407 Political Economy of West Asia and North Africa 4 Prof. Sameena Hameed Core
8. WA408 Research Methodology 4 Dr. Amit Kumar Core
9. WA409 Dissertation 8 Centre Faculty Core
10. WA501 Energy Geopolitics in West Asia and North Africa 4 Dr. Vrushal T. Ghoble Optional
11. WA502 India and the GCC States 4 Dr. Jajati K Pattnaik Optional
12. WA503 Türkiye in a Globalised World 4 Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Optional
13. WA504

Palestinian National Movement in International Politics

4   Optional
14. WA505

Regional Integration in West Asia and North Africa

4 Prof. Sameena Hameed Optional
15. WA506 Minorities in West Asia and North Africa 4 Prof. P.R. Kumaraswamy Optional
16. WA507 Political Movements in West Asia and North Africa 4 Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Optional
17. WA508 Politics and Foreign Policy of Egypt 4 Prof. Mahendra Pratap Rana Optional

 

PhD Courses: Total Credits 26

 

Semester I: Total credits 14 (One core course and Three optional courses to be taken by students)
S. No. Course Code Course Title Credits Offered by Core/Optional
1. WA634 Conflict and Peace in West Asia & North Africa 4 Prof. Aswini K Mohapatra Optional
2. WA602 West Asian Political Systems 4 Dr. Jajati K. Pattnaik Optional
3. WA622 Interventions in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) 4 Dr. Vrushal T. Ghoble Optional
4. WA633 West Asian Economies: Issues in Development 4 Prof. Sameena Hameed Optional
5. WA643 Gulf Energy in World Politics 4 Dr. Sima Baidya Optional
6. WA614 Government and Politics in North Africa 4 Dr. Mahendra Pratap Rana Optional
7. WA635 Intellectual Traditions in the Arab World 4 Dr. Md. Muddassir Qumar Optional

 

 

Semester II: Total credits 12 (Two core courses and One optional course to be taken by students)
S. No. Course Code Course Title Credits Offered by Core/Optional
1. WA636 Research Methodology 4 Dr. Amit Kumar Core
2. WA632N Seminar 4 Centre Faculty Core
3. WA637 Foreign Policy of Turkey 4 Prof. Aswini K Mohapatra Optional
4. WA638 Government and Politics in the GCC States 4 Dr. Jajati K. Pattnaik Optional
5. WA639 Politics and Foreign Policy of Saudi Arabia 4 Dr. Vrushal T. Ghoble Optional
6. WA640 Politics and Foreign Policy of Israel 4 Prof. P.R. Kumuraswamy Optional
7. WA641 Politics and Foreign Policy of Iran since the Revolution 4 Dr. Sima Baidya Optional
8. WA642 Politics and Foreign Policy of Egypt 4 Dr. Mahendra Pratap Rana Optional

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.