Published 18 August 2016 NIAS is now offering two guest-researcher positions in late 2016 for the duration of 1 to 3 months. NIAS academic aim is to promote inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural and thus comparative research. Its focal point is the role and impact of Asia in a globalizing world. Of special interest is the growing importance that Asia has for the Nordic region, including Asia and the

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Published 18 August 2016 Sten Widmalm Professor Sten Widmalm published a book entitled: "Political Tolerance in the Global South – Images from India, Pakistan and Uganda". The book deals with the question “What makes people agree to the extension of political rights to those they clearly dislike?” It is based on a study that combines large scale survey data with in-depth interviews in each nationa

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Published 18 August 2016 The Fifth International Conference on Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Plant Biomass - Bioproducts, Biocatalysts, and Biorefinery (SUTB4) will be held in Coimbatore, India on November 17-18th 2016. The Conference is organised by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in association with Indian Biomass Association (IBA), Phycospectrum Environmental  Research Centre (PERC), L

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Published 19 August 2016 Photo: From http://asianprimates.wixsite.com/ The 5th Asian Primate Symposium will be held on the 18th until the 20th of October 2016, at University of Sri Jayewardenepura in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to exchange knowledge concerning primates, introduce newly developed methodologies of study and their applications, and construct

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Published 25 August 2016 Dea Busk Larsen, Masters student in Social Anthropology at Lund University; and Nashfa Hawwa, Masters student at the at the Environmental Management and Policy programme, also Lund University, have been selected by SASNET for a scholarship to be carried out in South Asia with the assistance of CREST, Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation, in Kozhikode

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Published 25 August 2016 Photo: SI The 31 selected candidates for the Swedish Institute’s 2016 Young Connectors of the Future Programme (YCF) arrives to Sweden in the end of August and stay for three weeks. The YCF intercultural leadership programme aims to lay a foundation for dialogue and knowledge sharing among young leaders, promising professionals, social workers and entrepreneurs aged betwee

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Published 25 August 2016 Photo: Uppsala University PhD candidate Florian Krampe at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, defends his doctoral dissertation entitled ”Building Sustainable Peace: Understanding the Linkages between Social, Political, and Ecological Processes in Post-War Countries” on Saturday 10 September 2016 at 13.00. Venue: Auditorium Minus, Museum Gust

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Published 29 August 2016 Erika Bergman and Niklas Lindberg, two Masters students from the Journalism programmme at Lund University, have been awarded the SASA travel grants for the Fall 2016. The grants, covering travel expenses for applicants to do fieldwork in a South Asian country, are provided by the South Asian Students Association (SASA) at Lund University, in collaboration with SASNET. The

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Published 30 August 2016 Center for Global South Asian Studies at University of Copenhagen invites to a research symposium and a film screening on ”Ways of Overlooking” on 8–9 September 2016. This symposium, organized by the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, is an invitation to focus on the multiple ways of looking and overlooking that entangle and make everyday life. The eminent

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Published 1 September 2016 Photo: British Library Endangered archives blog Every year, the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library in London is accepting applications for funding to support the preservation of archival material worldwide that is in danger of destruction, neglect or physical deterioration, not the least in South Asia. The programme is being financed by Arcadia (formerl

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Published 1 September 2013 During the week 9-13 September 2013, SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund visited universities in London, networking with researchers working on South Asia related projects. The universities included Westminster University, London School of Economics and Political Science, and SOAS at University of London.  University of WestminsterWeb page:www.westminster.ac.ukLars first

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Published 5 September 2016 Photo: SOAS On 5-6 September, 2016 the SOAS South Asia Institute in London and Presidency University in Kolkata jointly organize a cross-disciplinary international conference entitled: "The Past Before Us: Heritage and History in South Asia" in London. Over the two days of the conference, over thirty contributors from India, Europe, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the US and Singa

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Published 6 September 2016 On Tuesday 6 September 2016, Dr. Bal Mukunda Bhandari, Director, International Office, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, made a courtesy visit to Lund University, along with Hari Maya Sharma, Lecturer at Tribhuvan University and also a PhD Student connected to Aarhus University, Denmark. The visit was made in connection with a week-long stay in Denmark. Dr. Bhandari is in cha

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Published 9 August 2016 SCHEDULE & ABSTRACTS Four sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.003. Wednesday 21 Sept, 15.30–17.304. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Konsertsalen, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundChairs: Ravinder Kaur, Rajni Palriwala & Sonalde DesaiScheduleDay 1   20 September (Session 1)   Time: 14.30 – 16.30 pmChair – Rajni Palriwala (Un

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Published 9 August 2016 SCHEDULE & ABSTRACTS Chairs: Staffan Lindberg and Neil Webster Four sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30–16.302. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.003. Wednesday 21 Sept, 15.30–17.304. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00Venue: NYA FESTSALEN, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundFormat: Each author is given 15 minutes for presentation of her/his paper and then follows a general di

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Published 10 August 2016 Chairs: Britta Ohm, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, Per Ståhlberg, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Södertörn University, Sweden & Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media & Governance, Jamia Milia Islamia, India. VENUE: Edilrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Three sessions:1. Tuesday 20 Sept, 14.30

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Published 10 August 2016 Chair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren and J R Jishnu VENUE: Sångsalen, AF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund  Schedule panel 8. DAY 1:  20 September (Tuesday)Slot 1 Time: 14.30 – 16.30Venue: SångsalenChair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren Public Spheres and Private Lives30 min./paper including discussion. Mohammad Tareq Hasan,  University of Bergen:“Becoming Garment Workers: Social Reproduction i

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Published 12 August 2016 Chair: Dr Anindita Datta and Ajay Bailey VENUE: VD-rummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundTwor sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.002. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00 1. Introductory remarks by Dr Anindita Datta 2.  Lovitoli Jimo:Staging Love or Power? Materiality of Weddings in India’s North East RegionThe South East Asian market and the easy accessibilit

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Published 12 August 2016 Chairs: Kenneth Bo Nielsen, Alf Gunvald Nielsen and Anand Vaidya  TWO sessions:1. Wednesday 21 Sept, 10.00–12.004. Thursday 22 Sept, 09.00-11.00VENUE: Ombudsmannarummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, LundABSTRACTS: The Subaltern as a Political Voyeur? The landscape of shifting political allegiances in an Indian slum – An Ethnographic AccountTripta ChandolaConsid

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Published 12 August 2016 Chair: Ulrika Andersson, Lund University, Anna Lindberg, Lund University, Nishi Mitra vom Berg, TISS VENUE: Tornrummet, Akademiska Föreningen (AF), Sandgatan 2, Lund Session 1: Femininity, Concepts and NotionsSeptember 20, 2016 Time: 14.30-16.30 Paper presenters: Soibam Haripriya, Rachna Chaudhary, EM Varughese, Sheba Saeed Session 2: Contesting Practices and NegotiationsS

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