Skip to main content

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP BY PROF TANSEN SEN,NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

On 21st January, the Department of International Studies and History organized a Research Methodology Workshop. The workshop was attended by the Post-graduate students of International Studies and History, wherein, they were engaged in an intellectually stimulating exercise, that aimed at enhancing their research skills. The workshop was facilitated by Dr. Tansen Sen and Dr. Arunabh Ghosh.

The facilitators proposed the following two research areas:
1.      To track the changes in infrastructure, population, environment, energy or economy, across China, since 1949.
2.      To analyze the Agreement between the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China on trade and intercourse between Tibet region of China and India.

To further facilitate the exercise, students were divided into groups of 8 or 9. The above 2 topics were then equally divided amongst the groups. For the first research area, maps were provided; they were used as a resource to understand and analyse the changes. Whereas, for the 2nd research topic, Nehru papers as well as the final agreement on Tibet were used as primary sources.

The final objective of the task was to enable students to create research questions pertaining to the respective topics that they were assigned to. After prolonged discussions within their groups, students presented their research questions; this was followed by a Q&A session.

Such a research workshop, that was oriented towards making students more adept at research, also introduced to them, certain narratives that were new and unique and that had the potential to further develop into serious scholarship in the field of International Relations. The Research Methodology workshop was quite productive and additionally, also complemented the Research Methodology course undertaken by the students of MA International Studies and History, as an essential part of their curriculum.




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

National Level Essay Writing Competition

                                                                                                                    THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES POLITICAL SCIENCE AND HISTORY IN COLLABORATION WITH INDIAN COUNCIL OF WORLD AFFAIRS PRESENTS NATIONAL LEVEL ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION ON THE OCCASION OF 73rd INDEPENDENCE DAY  Last date of Submission: 25 th August 2020 We cordially invite all the undergraduate and post...
89 comments
Read more

The Multifaceted Nature of Populism

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History organised a webinar on Populism titled ‘The Multifaceted Nature of Populism’ by Ajay Gudavarthy. Ajay Gudavarthy is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Political Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has been a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Charles Wallace Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His most recent book is India After Modi: Populism and the Right (2018). Dr Madhumati Deshpande—Coordinator, Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, Christ (Deemed to be University)—delivered the introductory remarks and formally welcomed the guest speaker. Dr Gudavarthy begins his talk by pointing out that populism is not a new phenomenon and in the present times, the need for a multifaceted approach has arisen where it is necessary to draw approaches from other disciplines such as psychology, sociology, economi...
6 comments
Read more

MoU with ASHOKA University – Harvard Yenching Institute

                                  With immense pleasure and happiness, we would like to inform you that the Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) has signed a MoU with Ashoka University – Harvard Yenching Institute. This MoU is to build academic and research resources on China Studies and related areas as a thriving discipline. It will also enable the department to create new knowledge in India about different countries, particularly on China. The MoU will help the department to provide promising scholars studying China with the opportunity to share their work and knowledge with a wider audience through Lectures, Courses, and Publications and enhance research opportunities for young post-doctoral scholars. As per the provisions of the MoU, CHRIST will enrol and host postdoctoral fellow(s) selected through China Studies Postdoctoral...
9 comments
Read more