Goa University: School of International and Area Studies

Dean

Ganesha Somayaji

Professor of Sociology

Year of Establishment : 2021

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The School of International and Area Studies (SIAS), Goa University, earlier the Department of International Relations, and subsuming within it, the erstwhile UGC established Centre for Latin American Studies, in existence and vogue for close to three decades, is anchored in the realm of Global and Area Studies, with a view since inception, to deepening and enhancing pedagogy and research, concerning the specialised disciplines of International Relations, Defence, Security, and Strategic Studies.

With a prospective core strength of twenty full-time faculty members, this School shall be the overarching entity, endeavouring to seed new innovative avenues, as also consolidate academic domain resources and policy relevant expertise, in International Relations, Strategic and Defence Studies, as also a curated Area Studies focus, in terms of a dedicated focus on South Asian affairs, China studies, East Asian affairs, the study of Israel and West Asia, Europe, and Latin America, not to mention a dedicated emphasis on Strategic Maritime Affairs w.r.t. to the Indo-Pacific, besides, and an abiding interest in Diaspora and Soft Power Studies.

Pursuant to the considered understanding that linguistic conversance and proficiency is integral to sound expertise in the domain of International Relations and Strategic Studies, the SIAS is currently offering Course Papers and Certificate of Proficiency programmes, in Spanish and Japanese languages, with the proposed addition of Mandarin, Korean, and Hebrew, on the anvil.

Longstanding faculty at the School, have already been engaged in teaching and collaborative research, as also through professional association, with peer academic institutions across South Asia, China, Europe, and Latin America, besides providing considered inputs to various agencies, such as the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, MEA), the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, as also the Naval War College (NWC), at INS Mandovi, Goa, for the past decade and more.

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
Certificate of Proficiency in Japanese Language	Syllabus	-	-
M.A. International Studies	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Dattesh D. Parulekar	-
Ph.D. International Studies		-	-
Ph.D. Latin American Studies		-	-

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Almin Cicily Jose	Assistant Professor	Policy Analysis, Governance, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy
Okuyama Kazuko	Assistant Professor / Visiting Faculty	Japanese Language (Beginners' and Advanced Japanese Language Proficiency)
Yugank Naik	Assistant Professor	International Relations, Latin American Studies, New Social Movements, World Cinema and Decolonization & Identity
Mukund Narvenkar	Assistant Professor	Maritime Security, International Relations and India’s Foreign Policy
Dattesh D. Parulekar	Assistant Professor	India's Foreign Policy, Maritime Affairs, East Asian Affairs, Strategic Studies, African Affairs, Latin America Political Economy, Polar Geopolitics

School of International and Area Studies

Erstwhile UGC Centre for Latin American Studies/Department of International Relations

Dean

Ganesha Somayaji

Professor of Sociology

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