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CES Jean Monnet Chair

CES Jean Monnet Chair

 

Professor Bhaswati Sarkar
Jean Monnet Chair (2020-2023)		 Prof. Dr. Ummu Salma Bava
Jean Monnet Chair (2017-2020)

Prof Dr Gulshan Sachdeva
Jean Monnet Chair ( 2016-2019)

Director, UGC Europe Area Studies Programme

 Professor Rajendra K. Jain
Jean Monnet Chair (2010-2015)

 

 

Jean Monnet Activities and Erasmus program / Fellowships/ Grants

 

Dr. Sheetal Sharma

 

Jean Monnet Network titled EUIP, European Union and Indo-Pacific as partner institution (as PI from India) with University of Canterbury as the lead applicant of the Network under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program -
Jean Monnet Network- 2022 for European studies 2022-2025.

 

Part of Team India in Consultancy project titled ‘Update of 2015 Perception Study’, executed by PPMI Group UAB Europe acting on behalf of *European Commission - Foreign Policy Instrument (FPI), January – September 2021.

 

JNU Jean Monnet Project titled ‘Art and Culture in Everyday Life: An Interface of European and Indian Values’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program -
Jean Monnet Activities- 2019, to promote European Studies from 2020-2023.

 

JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Institutions, Diversity and Change in the European Union’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2019, to promote European Studies from 2020-2023.

 

Jean Monnet Network titled REACTIK - cReative Economy and Cultural International link, as partner institution (along with Network partners from Israel, New Zealand, Japan, and Denmark) under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program -
Jean Monnet Network- 2018 for Intercultural studies 2018-2021.

 

JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Society, Culture, and Social Change in Europe’, under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2017, to promote European Studies from 2017-2020.

 

UPF Erasmus+ mobility grant, for Staff mobility for teaching and training between programme and partner countries, KA107 -2016, as Visiting Scholar to the University of Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, from 9-14th Oct 2017.

 

Prof. Bhaswati Sarkar

 

JNU Jean Monnet Module titled ‘Understanding European Integration Through the Regional Lens’ under the Framework of Erasmus+ Program - Jean Monnet Activities- 2019, to promote European Studies from 2020-2023.

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.