International Talkies

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...

The Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) conducted an online interactive exchange session with the students of Kanagawa University, Japan. The joy of meeting new people and learning something new about different culture, tradition and ideas is rather an underrated experience; with the need to broaden our connection in a cosmopolitan world and also induce cultural sensitivity, an initiative was undertaken by CHRIST and Kanagawa University of Japan to connect the students of the two Universities. The program dating April 9, 2021, began with the elaboration on the need of keeping interactions between the students of two Universities addressed by Kochi Asaka from Kanagawa University and Dr Madhumati Deshpande, Coordinator, Department of international Studies, Political Science and History, CHRIST (Deemed to be University). It was followed by the introduction about Kanagawa University and its culture along with Kanagawa as a pr...

As a part of the series "Continental Catch," the department of International Studies, Political Science, and History organised its sixth webinar on "Indian Maoists and China: Initial Perceptions and a Rethink." The speaker for the lecture was Prof Sreemati Chakrabarti, Editor, China Report; former professor of Chinese Studies. The speaker is the editor of the China Report. She was a Professor of Chinese Studies and Head (Chair), Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. Currently, she also holds the position of Dean (Social Sciences) in the same University. She has been an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi since 2003. The session started with the welcome address and a brief introduction of the speaker by Dr Manoharan N, Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, followed by the speaker's lecture. The speaker began by expounding on the history of India's Maoist movement, also...