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  • 2017 Biennial Jean Monnet Conference and kick-off meeting for new beneficiaries, 27-28 November 2017, Brussels, Belgium.

The Jean Monnet biennial Conference (BiCo) took place on 27 - 28 November 2017,  back to back with a kick-off meeting for  new beneficiaries of Jean Monnet Activities (co-organised with the Education, Culture and Audiovisual Executive Agency).

The 2017 year's edition of the Jean Monnet conference was devoted to the current major political turning point in EU history and its consequences for the future of European integration. This theme has been very high on the agenda of political and academic debates recently and has gained even more relevance in the light of the Commission's White Paper, the speech on the state of the union by president Juncker and also major political developments in EU member states in the course of 2017. This year's conference objective was to allow debate on important EU-policy issues but also to disseminate information on more technical issues for the new grant holders.

The 2017 edition of the Jean Monnet conference gathered nearly 40 renowned speakers and moderators and 350 participants. Prof. Dr. Ummu Salma Bava, Jean Monnet Chair from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India participated in the conference.

  • International Workshop on Prevent, Protect, Participate! Women’s Roles in Peace and Security. November 30 – December 1, 2017, Institute of Political Science and Sociology University of Würzburg, Germany.

     Prof. Dr. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet, Jean Monnet Chair from the University of Würzburg, Germany and Prof. Dr. Ummu Salma Bava, Jean Monnet Chair from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India togetherorganised a two day workshop on the UN-Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. 

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 Jean Monnet Chair – The European Union, Security, Peace and Conflict Resolution (JM CHAIR - EU-SPCR)

 

  • Conflict has emerged as a critical factor disrupting domestic and international affairs. The Jean Monnet Chair - EU-SPCR will focus on teaching and research about how the European Union (EU) integrates security with peace and conflict resolution, which has not been focussed by other Jean Monnet activities in India.

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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.