EVENTS

On 04 June 1989, the prolonged protests and occupation by students and other sections of society of the historic Tiananmen Square was finally ended by armed state action. It generated voluminous writings and discussion all over the world but continues to be a taboo subject of discussion in China. To many, it has shaped the nature of state-society interactions in the Party-state. The leading young scholars specialising on Chinese politics, history, culture and society at the ICS, will reflect on the politics of 'protest' and revisit some of the narratives/discourses on Tiananmen, from both Chinese and global perspectives in the ICS Wednesday Seminar, which marks the 36th anniversary of this momentous day.

Speakers

Debasish Chaudhuri is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, and a former faculty at Guru Nanak Dev University. He holds a PhD in Chinese Studies from the University of Delhi. The current focus of his research includes Chinese ethnic policies and local responses, the political economy of minority regions, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in the peripheries, and Chinese nationalism, as well as collective actions and dissident movements. Dr. Chaudhuri is the author of Xinjiang and the Chinese State – Violence in the Reform Era (Routledge, 2018).

Rajiv Ranjan is an Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi, and is an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. He is trained in the Chinese language and previously taught international politics at Shanghai University, China. He has co-authored Jindai Dongfang Guojia de Biange《近代东方国家的变革》, Jinan University Press, China, 2020, and also co-edited China and South Asia: Changing Regional Dynamics, Development and Power Play, published by Routledge in 2021.

Rakesh Kumar is an Associate Professor, Centre for Chinese and South East Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, JNU. He has authored Politics and Youth in Post-Mao China: A Case Study of Communist Youth League, published by Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, in 2017. His scholastic interests include Asian Studies, Chinese Culture, Social Theories and International Relations.

Snigdha Konar is a Research Associate at the Institute of Chinese Studies. She holds a PhD from the Centre for Chinese and South East Asian Studies at the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies in Jawaharlal Nehru University. She was a recipient of the Chinese Government Scholarship 2015-2016 (MHRD, Govt of India) and completed a Certificate Course in Chinese Studies Research and a Certificate Course in Advanced Chinese from the Beijing Language and Culture University. Her research interests include Chinese language and literature, as well as gender and social issues.

Chair

Bhim Subba is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad, and an Adjunct Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi. He holds a PhD/M. Phil. in East Asian Studies from the University of Delhi and an MA in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University. His research interests focus on China studies (domestic politics and party organization), comparative politics, and international affairs. He has published in several journals, edited books, written review blogs, contributed online commentaries, and appeared in news media.

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