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14 Sep 2023
Misse Wester: “We Are Grateful for the Participants Contribution and Hope to Stay Connected!”
The summer school on Gender, Disasters and Climate Risk 2023 took place last week at Lund University.
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31 Aug 2023
Sahana Subramanian: “Urban India is Facing a Twin Crisis”
Her thesis was awarded as SASNET Best South Asia Thesis 2022/2023.
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22 Aug 2023
Blog post by Priscyll Anctil: “Taliban Takeover - Two Years On”
Priscyll Anctil, a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Political Science, writes about the human rights violations in Afghanistan.
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16 Aug 2023
Journalist Students Linn Jönsson and Maria Lundström Receive SASNET Travel Grant
The students plan to travel together to work on their individual projects in Mumbai this September.
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3 Jul 2023
SASNET at the Almedalen Week: “What Does India Want in Global Politics and How Does it Affect Sweden”
During the annual Almedalen Week in Visby, SASNET co-organised a panel debate, together with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI).
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19 Jun 2023
Christophe Jaffrelot on Hindu Vigilantism and the Making of a “Deeper” State in India
In May, SASNET organised its first annual lecture. It was given by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, King’s College London. In case you missed the lecture, the recording is now avail...
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9 Jun 2023
Workshop on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics, and Minoritisation
The workshop brought together scholars from a range of disciplines, including social anthropology, history, psychology, and political science.
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30 May 2023
Seminar About the Politicisation of Natural Disasters in South Asia
Last Wednesday, Niladri Chatterjee and Eleonor Marcussen, held a joint lecture in line with the SASNET Brown Bag Lunch Seminar.
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3 May 2023
Symposium on Sustainable Water Management
In the end of April, SASNET co-organised a symposium addressing the importance of sustainable water management in India, Bangladesh, and Sweden.
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16 Mar 2023
SASNET Activity Report 2022 published
Read about our activities during 2022 in our newly published Activity Report.
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1 Mar 2023
Three Doctoral Students Receive SASNET Travel Grant
Lund University Doctoral students, Tabita Rosendal, Soumi Banerjee and Sunny Gurumayum were chosen to recieve the SASNET PhD Travel Grant 2023.
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9 Feb 2023
Mine Islar Receives Funding for Studying Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Himalayas
The funding will finance two projects for the next four years - LUCSUS is now recruiting one PhD- and one Post-doc position for the NATURICE project.
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9 Feb 2023
Apply to our Best South Asia Thesis Award 2022/2023
Deadline is 22 June 2023 - read more about the Award here.
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1 Feb 2023
Apply to the SASNET Travel Grant for Journalism Students
The application is now open - deadline 15 April 2023.
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19 Jan 2023
SASNET Director Publishes Article on Transcending Antagonism in South Asia
Ted Svensson has published the article "Transcending antagonism in South Asia: advancing agonistic peace through the Partition Museum" in the journal Peacebuilding.
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18 Jan 2023
Soumi Banerjee on the Shrinking of Civic Spaces in India: "NGOs are attempting to shift away from activism"
Soumi Banerjee occupied the position as temporary coordinator the past autumn. We sat down to talk more about her PhD and time at SASNET.
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21 Dec 2022
Call for Papers: SASNET Workshop on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics and Minoritisation
The workshop will take place at Lund University, 30-31 May 2023. Deadline for applying is the 10 February.
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30 Nov 2022
Director's Visit to Bangladesh
Earlier this month, SASNET Director Ted Svensson visited Bangladesh where he met colleagues to discuss future joint initiatives,
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29 Nov 2022
Roundtable with Shruti Kapila
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Shruti Kapila, Professor of Indian History and Global Political Thought at the University of Cambridge.
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10 Nov 2022
South Asia travel grants for Lund University PhD students
SASNET invites Lund University PhD students to apply for two travel grants. The deadline is the 31st of January 2023.