School: School of Social Sciences

The Department of National Security Studies, CUJ and the Department of International Studies and History, CU have come together to host two back-to-back national conferences on ‘Non-traditional Security Threats’ in 2016 and 2017. The first edition of the conference held at CHRIST in September 2016 in collaboration with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS). The follow-up conference was hosted by the CUJ in Jammu in April 2017 by having Jammu and Kashmir Police as a collaborating partner in addition to KAS. The two Departments have decided to take forward the academic collaboration through research and scholar exchanges.

The Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) is one of the leading think-tanks in Cambodiadedicated to the study and dissemination of information about political, economic, and social trends in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. The CICP has agreed to host interns from the Department and has given an opportunity to Ms Deepali Kulkarni in 2016 to intern for a month.

The Department of International Studies and History has been constantly interacting with the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai International Studies University (SISU), Shanghai. The Department hosted Dr Chen Jinying of the SISU in September 2016 for a series of lectures on ‘State-society relations in China’ and ‘India-China Relations. The SISU has encouraged students of the Department to participate in the Summer School of SISU. Collaboration of joint research and publications is on cards.