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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On June 5-6, the South Asia Across the Nordic Region second annual meeting was held at the University of Oslo. The two-day meeting covered discussions on how to move the network forward as well as different paper panels on South Asian topics. The workshop started with a keynote lecture by Professor Knut Jacobsen from

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-across-nordic-region-second-annual-meeting-held-oslo - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article (in Swedish) on migration and the Afghan state. The article is entitled "Välutbildade migranter kan bygga stark afghansk stat" and appears in the June issue of Afghanistan Nytt. Afghanistan Nytt is published four times a year and you can order it here (in Swedish)

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-article-afghanistan-nytt - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. ”Lund is a really great city and Lund University a fantastic place to be part of. We have met so many wonderful people from all over the world at our student housing”. These enthusiastic exclamations come from Shinjini Bhattacharjee and Rupsa Ghosh, two bright MPhil students in Geography from Delhi University (DU) who

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-exchange-students-praises-lund-and-lund-university - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During Almedalsveckan, a weeklong event on the island of Gotland where Sweden’s top political parties and organizations give talks and seminars, SASNET held two seminars on India together with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and Six Year Plan. You can listen to both seminars here. Panel 1: India: a

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/listen-seminar-almedalen - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET’s South Asia Library received a generous donation in the form of a Gandhi Collection from the relatives of the late Professor Lars Lindström. Lars Lindström (1943–2018) was since 1999 a professor in pedagogy. In 2008 he became a professor at Stockholm University at the Department of Educational Science where he

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/second-gandhi-collection-donated-sasnet - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. This fall SASNET welcomes a new visiting scholar Vittorio Felci. Vittorio Felci graduated in Political Science (2005) and obtained a second-level Master degree in Middle East Studies at the University of Urbino “Carlo Bo,” Italy (2007). He earned a Ph.D in History of International Relations from the University of Flor

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-visiting-scholar-sasnet - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo gave an interview on the security situation in Afghanistan in an article published by the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet. Skodo calls the situation in Afghanistan "an asymmetrical war which switches between high and low intensity." He also points out that Afghanistan and its neighbors to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researcher-gave-interview-svenska-dagbladet - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET Director Andreas Johansson has published an article in Sydasien on the Swedish election. The article explores how Swedish political parties view South Asia. Read the article here

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-director-publishes-article-sydasien - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The STANCE brownbag lunch seminar is held Wednesday September 12 from 12noon-1pm in the large conference room in Eden. This seminar presentation will consider the construction of Afghan statehood as a ‘frontier state’ through the development of colonial knowledge by the British in India. The presentation will delineat

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-hosts-stance-seminar - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SOAS, University of London has announced one Michael Palin scholarship for an UK-EU post-graduate student taking the two-year MA in Intensive South Asian Studies at the university on a full-time basis. The scholarship is valued at £47,625 and will cover the full cost of tuition fees for both years of the programme. Th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/michael-palin-scholarship-announced-ma-south-asia-studies-soas - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In order to broaden the collaboration between Swedish religious studies scholars, SASNET Director Andreas Johansson took the initiative in the formation of a new journal on religion that seeks to popularize results and insights from religious studies. The new journal will be issued once or twice per year. The journal

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-launches-new-journal-religion-general-public - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday September 11 at 4-5:30 pm at Gamla Kirurgen R236 Dr. Martin J. Bayly will give a talk entitled "Taming the Imperial Imagination: How the British Came to Know Afghanistan and Why it Matters" Abstract of the talk:Colonial knowledge played a key role in shaping the practices of colonial rule in South Asia and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-british-colonial-administrators-afghanistan - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In 2017 Maria worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at SASNET, where she continued her exploration of the concept of recognition, this time focusing on online communities of men’s rights activists in India now she rejoins SASNET as an affiliated researcher. As a SASNET affiliated researcher, Maria plans to contribute to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/maria-tonini-joins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET affiliated researcher Maria Tonini has published two articles on gender issues in India. Read the paper entitled “Men are Vulnerable, Too: Analysing the Self- Presentation of Indian Men’s Rights Activists in Online Networks” here  Read the article “Stor seger för Indiens HBTQ-befolkning” in Sydasien here (in Sw

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-affiliated-researcher-publishes-two-articles - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Anna Lindberg earned her Ph.D. in history from Lund University in 2001. She is the author of an interdisciplinary book of class, caste, and gender in the Indian state of Kerala from the 1930s to 2000. She has lived in India for many years and was affiliated with the Centre for Development Studies in Thiruvanathapuram.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/anna-lindberg-rejoins-sasnet-affiliated-researcher - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Cellist Andreas Brantelid is today one of the most sought after soloists from Scandinavia, and has received overwhelming reviews for his thoughtful interpretations, his most personal colored tone, and not least with his engaging personality. In early September he was employed as a Senior Lecturer in cello at the Malmö

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/andreas-brantelid-new-senior-lecturer-cello - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Theophile Hartz is principal oboe at Malmö Opera since 2011 and has been principal oboe in Israel Philharmonic during the 2017 – 2018 season. He has studied in France at Conservatoire National Superieur in Lyon and at Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe Theophile Hartz is principal oboe at Malmö Opera since 2011 and has

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/theophile-hartz-new-teacher-oboe-malmo-academy-music - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PORTRAIT. Michael Edgerton is a composer, world citizen and since the summer of 2019, Professor of Artistic Research at the Malmö Academy of Music. How come you decided to apply for a job in Sweden and move here? - In 2002, I began to work with guitarist Stefan Östersjö and then later ensemble Ars Nova, and the Stockh

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/unusual-sounds-complex-contexts - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andrea is studying the last semester of the Artistic bachelor's program in composition and is awarded this year's Annik and Lars Leander scholarship of SEK 35,000. Congratulations Andrea, you are the twenty-third students who are awarded this scholarship, please tell us how you will use it!-Thank you! I will go to Par

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/andrea-ek-receives-years-scholarship-composition - 2026-06-19

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Markus Tullberg is one of our postgraduate students in the research programme in Music education. Listen to him talk about his project about the relationship between musicians and their instruments. And his love for the Simple-System flute. "I'm trying to develope a model that explains this relationship so that I can

https://www.mhm.lu.se/en/article/close-postgraduate-student-markus-tullberg - 2026-06-19