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SASNET Director Prof. Staffan Lindberg together with Prof. em. Dietmar Rothermund from South Asia Institute at the conference in Heidelberg. |
• SASNET represented at the Heidelberg Conference
SASNET was represented by both Staffan Lindberg and Lars Eklund at the 17th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, which took place at Heidelberg, Germany, 9–14 September, 2002. 300 participating South Asia researchers from all over the World made the conference into a major event. More information on the conference.
We also present a few snapshots from the conference. See our images!
• 18th EASAS conference at Lund 2004
SASNET and Lund University will host the 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, sheduled for the Summer 2004. The decision was taken on the last day of the Heidelberg conference. More information on the coming conference, including invitations for papers, will appear on SASNET’s web page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/researchf.html after 4 October, 2002.
• Announcement for new planning grants
The next round of SASNET Planning and Networking grants has been announced. Last date for applications is Friday 15 November, 2002. More information on http://www.sasnet.lu.se/grantsinvit.html.
• PhD Symposium in October, last date for applications
Last date for applications to take part in the SASNET symposium for Swedish PhD students and post-docs engaged in research related to South Asia has been extended to Tuesday 1 October. Another 15 participants are still welcome. The symposium will take place on 25–27 October 2002, at Marstrands Varmbadhus, north of Göteborg, and will be devoted to discuss the situation of PhD students in South Asian Studies or South Asia relevant studies (recruitment, fieldwork, supervision, finishing, post-doc situation). Full details on the symposium.
Community News:
• Professor John Degnbol-Martinussen dead
The internationally renowned professor John Degnbol-Martinussen at Roskilde University, Denmark, suddenly passed away on 23 September, 2002. Martinussen, working at the Dept of Geography and International Development Studies at Roskilde, had specialised on the study of the state’s role in societal development – particularly in South and Southeast Asia, and the political economy of industrial development, and he was one of the leading South Asia scholars in the Nordic region. He was scheduled to take part as a senior resource person in SASNET’s symposium for PhD students in Marstrand in October.
• Expressions of Interest for EU’s 6th Framework Programme
The European Commission has received 11 500 Expressions of interest to participate in research actions with an Integrated Project or a Network of Excellence for topics throughout the seven thematic priorities of the 6th Framework Programme Proposal. More information from the CORDIS FP6 page.
• Graduation ceremony at IIIEE
Three Indian students will get their degrees from the Master’s of Science Programme in Environmental Management and Policy, at Lund University, on Friday 4 October, 2002. The 60 credits course is run by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics, IIIEE. The Indian ambassador to Sweden, Ms Chitra Narayanan, will be the chief guest at the graduation ceremony. More information.
• Dissertation on Islamic banks in Bangladesh
Mohammed Nurul Alam, at the Dept of Business Administration, Lund University, defends his doctoral thesis on ”Financing Small and Cottage Industries in Bangladesh by Islamic Banks: An Institutional Network Approach”, on Thursday 24 October, 10.00. Venue: School of Economics & Management, room EC3:207. Faculty opponent is Professor Amjad Hadjikhani, Dept of Business Administration, Uppsala University.
Conferences and courses
• Education in Developing Countries
The Nordic Association for the Study of Education in Developing Countries invites to the 18th NASEDEC Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, 17–19 January, 2003. The conference’s theme is ”Perceptions and Meanings of Education”, and is open to students, lecturers, teachers, researchers, and educators involved in or associated with education in developing countries. Deadline for registration is December 15, 2002.
• Swedish Development Studies research
A conference on Swedish Development Studies research, named ”Fattiga och rika. Aktuell utvecklingsforskning och dess villkor i Sverige” is organised at Lund University 9–11 January, 2003. All Swedish researchers in the field are welcome. More information.
• More conferences connected to South Asian studies, se SASNET’s page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/research.html#conferences
Important lectures and workshops
• Professor Eric Karunanayake from the Dept of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Colombo, holds a seminar on ”Reverse the Brain Drain! Research Possibilities in Life Sciences in Sri Lanka”, at the Collegium for Development Studies, Uppsala University, on Tuesday 1 October, 2002, 14.15–16.15. Venue: Clasonsalen, Övre Slottsgatan 1.
• Dr Prakash Nelliyat, environmental economist from Madras School of Economics, Chennai, India, has been invited by SASNET to lecture at Lund University, on ”Environmental cost of T-shirts. The case of Tirupur, India”, on Wednesday 2 October, 2002, 13–15. Venue: Seminar room, Dept of Human Ecology, Finngatan 16.
• A Workshop on ”Local Governance in Transformation” is arranged by the Seminar for Development Studies (SDS) at Uppsala University, 4–5 October, 2002. Venue: Akademihotellet (former International Training Centre), Övre Slottsgatan 1, the Clason room. See the programme (as a rtf-file). The workshop includes a lecture by Beppe Karlsson, Dept of Cultural Anthropopgy, on ”Ethnic Homelands as a form of Indigenous Self-Governance: Cases from India’s Northeast”. For more information contact Björn Lindgren or Maria Edin.
• Professor Bhupinder Brar from Dept of Political Science, University of Punjab, Chandigarh, India, has been invited by SASNET to lecture on ”Stability and Security in South Asia: Towards a Post-Nationalist Perspective”, at Lund University, Wednesday 9 October, 13–15. Venue: Dept of Sociology, Conference room 1, Paradisgatan 5.
• Professor Sunanda Sen from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, holds an open seminar at Lund University, on ”Global Finance and Development”, on Wednesday 16 October, 2002, 14.15. Venue: Ekonomicentrum, room 136, Tycho Brahes väg 1. More information from Neelambar Hatti.
News on courses and education
• Courses at Museion, Göteborg University
Museion offers a 20 credits course on ”World history of Everyday life”, and a 20 credits course on ”Other Modes of Thought: A Course in Comparative Cosmology” in the Autumn 2002/spring 2003. More information.
• Museion also starts a new 80 credits Masters programme in International Museum Studies in September; in partnership with the National Museum of World Cultures. More information.
New and updated items on SASNET web site
• Change of front page
In order to more clearly show that Afghanistan has been included in the region with which SASNET is working, a change has been made of the front page of our web site. We have also made direct access from the front page to the sub-page on Culture. The redesign has been made by the same person who made the original one, namely the graphic artist Bengt Serenander in Stockholm. http://www.sasnet.lu.se
• More Swedish departments where research on South Asia is going on:
Added to the list of research environments at Swedish universities, presented by SASNET. The full list now includes more than 60 departments. Go to the presentation page.
‡ Museion, Göteborg University
‡ International Maternal and Child Health (IMCH); Dept of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University
‡ Centre for Public Health in Humanitarian Assistance (PHHA); Dept of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University
Cultural Events connected to South Asia in Scandinavia
• Odissi dance performances in Göteborg on 28 September
The Swedish trained Odissi dancer Anette Claesson will give a performance at Göteborgs stadsbibliotek, the foyer, on Saturday 28 September, 15.30. Anette who has studied Odissi dance in New Delhi on a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, and was written about in the latest issue of the magazine SYDASIEN, will also perform at Göteborg Stadsteater the same day, 28 September, between 23.00 and midnight, in a Odissi perfomance named ”Eleventh Hour”.
Best regards
Staffan Lindberg Lars Eklund
SASNET/ Swedish South Asian Studies Network
SASNET is a national network for research, education, and information about South Asia, based at Lund University. The aim is to encourage and promote an open and dynamic networking process, in which Swedish researchers co-operate with researchers in South Asia and globally.
The network is open to all sciences. Priority is given to co-operation between disciplines and across faculties, as well as institutions in the Nordic countries and in South Asia. The basic idea is that South Asian studies will be most fruitfully pursued in co-operation between researchers, working in different institutions with a solid base in their mother disciplines.
The network is financed by Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) and by Lund University.
Postal address: SASNET – Swedish South Asian Studies Network, International Office,
Lund University, P O Box 117, S-221 00 Lund
Visiting address: Gamla Kirurgen, Sandgatan 3, first floor, room no. 230
Phone: + 46 46 222 73 40
Fax: + 46 46 222 96 65
E-mail: sasnet@sasnet.lu.se
Web site: http://www.sasnet.lu.se
Our office is manned weekdays 9-17, and open to visitors.
Staff: Staffan Lindberg, director/co-ordinator &
Lars Eklund, webmaster/programme secretary
