Relevance of European Studies in Asia

This book provides perspectives on the relevance of European Studies as a disciplinary category for the Asian region. That being the primary focus, the book serves a larger purpose. First, it provides insights on European society, polity and economy (including European Integration) as they are accounted in European Studies. The epistemological character of the knowledge thus conveyed has larger credibility and reliability such that they can become policy inputs and imaginations for strengthening Asian-European relationship. This approach helps overcome the trap of subjectively motivated discourses on Europe which may fail potential collaborations between the regions. Second, the design and discursivity of European Studies will be an instruction to the Asian region on the constitutive potential of regional studies in society-building. Third, the book works towards building the idea of “Europe” in terms of international law, in the minds of Asian students, researchers and decision-makers. This is extremely relevant for the future relationship and cultural engagement between the two regions. The book is of interest to policymakers, academics, embassies, state-level government offices, researchers and students.

Maria Stoicheva is Professor, Jean Monnet Chair and Vice Rector of Sofia University “St Kliment Ohridski”. She received her PhD in history of philosophy and habilitation in philosophy of politics and culture at the same university. She has published 5 books, among which ‘European identity. Theoretical dilemmas and analytical approaches” (2016), more than 50 papers, book chapters and has been keynote speaker at more than 50 international conferences. She has coordinated and led international research and expert teams, including the Jean Monnet Network “European identity, culture, exchanges and multilingualism” and the Capacity Building in Higher Education Erasmus+ project “Revitalising European Studies in Asian Universities” (EURASIA). Currently she is the principal investigator of the research project “European Values and Social Challenges” funded by the European Union-NextGenerationEU. Prof. Stoicheva has specialised and held fellowships in universities across the European Union and beyond among which Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College in Oxford; University of Liege, Belgium; Uppsala University, Sweden; Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; University of Bergen, Norway.

S.G. Sreejith is Professor and Executive Dean, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. He holds LL.D. (with high honours) from the University of Lapland, Finaland; M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; and, M.B.L. and LL.B. both from the University of Kerala, India. Prior to joining JGLS, he worked with reputed institutions like Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland; National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), India; and the University of Kerala. He is Author of “Transcending Jurisprudence: A Critique of the Architectonics of International Law” (2010). He has also published in journals like Third World Quarterly, San Diego International Law Journal, California Western International Law Journal, Journal of Space Law, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review, Air and Space Law, Space Policy, Journal of Law and Social Deviance, Indian Journal of International Law, Journal of the Indian Law Institute, to name a few. He has been on the editorial board of the Indian Journal of International Law. He has also served as Special Issue Editor of Journal of Human Values and Jindal Global Law Review.   

Prof. (Dr.) Indranath Gupta is Professor at the Jindal Global Law School and Dean of Research at O.P. Jindal Global University, India. He is the Director of Jindal Initiative on Research in IP and Competition (JIRICO), and a Senior Fellow at the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS). He is currently the Jean-Monnet Chair- Academic Coordinatorfor the project entitled ‘Multi-dimensional Approaches to the Understanding of the E.U. Data Protection Framework’. He has been also invited as a Jean Monnet Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Centre for Intellectual Property & Management, Bournemouth University, UK. Prof. Gupta was earlier appointed as the research collaborator by the Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy, for a project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme. He participated in a multi-jurisdictional project on Digital Era Competition: A BRICS View, whose report was published by the BRICS Competition Law and Policy Centre. Professor Gupta holds two LL.M. degrees (taught and research) from the University of Aberdeen, UK, and the University of East Anglia, UK, and a PhD from Brunel University, London. He also taught at the Brunel Law School during this PhD, which looked at the transnational influence of the US Supreme Court’s judgement in the Feist case in the framing of the Database Directive in the European Union. Prof. Gupta specialises in Technology Law and aspects of Intellectual Property Law. Over the years, he has offered courses such as Data Protection Law, Information Technology Law, Music and Copyright, and EU Law and Approaches to New Technology. He has contributed in reputed journals such as the European Intellectual Property Review, Journal of World Intellectual Property, International Journal of Law and Information Technology, Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Journal of Data Protection and Privacy, Economic and Political Weekly, and European Journal for Law and Technology. He has worked extensively with Springer on several book projects of all kinds, the latest being an in-process Major Reference Work titled ‘Handbook on Originality in Copyright: Cases and Materials’, currently available as a Living Edition on SpringerLink.