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Courses

Courses

SCSNEI offers PhD course work during the first two semesters (out of the total of four semesters) starting from the month of July every year.

In addition, faculty also offers MA and BA optional courses to students from other Centres and Schools of the university.

 

PhD programme - Core Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

Course-in-charge

NE601

Understanding North East India

4

All Faculties

NE602

Research Methodology

4

All Faculties

 

PhD programme - Optional Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

Course-in-charge

NE651

Religion and Society in North East India

4

Dr. Kh. Bijoykumar Singh

NE652

Government and Politics in North East India

4

D. G. Amarjit Sharma

NE653

Economic Development in North East India

4

Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharjee

NE654

History of Frontiers and Borderlands in North East India

4

Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu

NE655

Connected Histories of North East India

4

Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu

NE656

Tribes and Ethnicity in North East India

4

Dr. Kh. Bijoykumar Singh

NE657

Cultural Histories of North East India

4

Dr. Manjeet Baruah

NE658

Print Culture and Social Change in Colonial North East India

4

Dr. Manjeet Baruah

NE659

Politics of Resistance in North East India

4

Dr. G. Amarjit Sharma
NE661 Migration and Regional Economy in North East India 4 Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharjee
NE660 Comparative Aesthetics with special reference to North East India 4 Prof. Bhagat Oinam

 

MA Optional Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

Course-in-charge

NE421

Interpreting Cultural History of North East India

4

Dr. Manjeet Baruah

NE422

Politics of Resistance in North East India

4

Dr. G. Amarjit Sharma

NE423

Frontier Making in North East India

4

Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu

NE424

Tribes in North East India

4

Dr. Kh. Bijoykumar Singh

NE425

Politics of Development in North East India

4

Dr. G. Amarjit Sharma

NE426

Sociology of Religion in North East India

4

Dr. Kh. Bijoykumar Singh
NE433 Empire and Opium in Modern Asia 4 Dr. Manjeet Baruah
NE432 History of Infrastructure in Modern India 4 Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu
NE428 Political Ecology of North East India 4 Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharjee and Dr. G. Amarjit Sharma
NE429 Transnationalism and Borderland Economy of North East India 4 Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharjee
NE431 Migration and Economy in North East India 4 Dr. Rakhee Bhattacharjee
NE430 Swaraj and North East India 4 Prof. Vinay Kumar Rao
NE434 Cultural Heritage of Ancient North East India and Surroundings 4 Prof. Vinay Kumar Rao
NE427 Indigenous Aesthetics of North East India 4 Prof. Bhagat Oinam

 

 

BA Optional Courses

Course No.

Course Title

Credit

Course-in-charge

NE201

Politics in North East India

3

Dr. G. Amarjit Sharma

NE202

Sociology of North East India

3

Dr. Kh. Bijoykumar Singh

NE203

Colonialism and Culture in North East India

3

Dr. Manjeet Baruah

NE204

Colonialism and Christianity in North East India

3

Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu

NE205

Introduction to History of North East India, 1826–1947

3

Dr. Lipokmar Dzuvichu

NE206

Introduction to Literatures of North East India

3

Dr. Manjeet Baruah
NE207 History of the Novel in North East India 3 Dr. Manjeet Baruah

 

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.