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13 Jan 2026 | News
New SASNET seminar series on anti-caste thinking as political theory
SASNET will, beginning in February, host a new online seminar series on the theme anti-caste thinking as political theory. The seminar series will be convened by Rajat Roy (Preside...
1 Dec 2025 | News
Invitation to workshop on the theme 'Authoritarianism and Democratic Resurgence in South Asia' at Lund University
On 9 and 10 April 2026, SASNET is organising a workshop on the theme 'Authoritarianism and Democratic Resurgence in South Asia' at Lund University. We hereby invite PhD students an...
21 Nov 2025 | News
SASNET Seminar with Tushar Joshi: "Strategic Culture and Foreign Policy Behaviour: The BJP and RSS Influence on India’s Foreign Policy Towards China (2014–2024)"
Welcome to a seminar co-organised by SASNET and the PhD community at the Department of Political Science 27 January 2026 13:15 to 14:30.
Tushar Joshi is a doctoral student at th...
13 Nov 2025 | News
Fatima Ali Shah Granted the Best South Asia Thesis Award 2024/2025
We hereby announce that the Best South Asia Thesis Award of 2024/2025 is granted Fatima Ali Shah for her excellent and impressive thesis "From Ashes to Access: A Dual-Framework For...
19 Sep 2025 | News
India’s Economic Miracle — But Why Is Not Everyone Included?
SASNET hosted a lecture with Erik Törner at Lund City Library, exploring India’s rapid economic growth and the inequalities that remain.
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