The Department of History, University of Calcutta (CU) and the Institute of Oriental Culture (IOC), University of Tokyo(TU) have signed an MoU to promote academic exchange and partnership between the two institutions through mutually beneficial programmes of joint research, conferences, publications and exchange of faculty. “IOC is a leading institute in Japan in South-East Asian history and political studies, and we look forward to an enriching educational interchange with them”, said CU Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof. Suranjan Das.
The agreement signed on January 19 2006 by Prof. Samir Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Registrar, CU and Prof. Teruo Sekimoto, Director, IOC, TU, will focus on history and politics of Bengal and globalization from the South Asian perspective. The agreement, which remains effective for a period of five years, may be extended by mutual agreement.
Reciprocity and parity will be maintained between the parties in the sharing of responsibilities of funding, manpower and logistics, and fruits of findings of joint research projects. Visiting scholars will be responsible for their own financial support, while the host institution will assist them in their accommodation and access to library resources and research contacts.
A seminar on ‘Human Security and Globalization in South Asia’ will kick off the joint conduction of programmes under this inter-university collaboration in December 2006 in Kolkata, said Prof. Das. “We have applied to the Japan Foundation for fundings, but irrespective of their financial support, we will hold this seminar”, he added.
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