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Papers are invited for the 5th International Congress of Bengal Studies scheduled to be held during 25th – 28th January, 2018. The 5th Congress will be hosted by Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Last date for submission of abstract is 15th May, 2017. Papers, in English or Bengali, on all areas of Bengal Studies, including, but not limited to, Literature and Criticism, Comparativ

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-international-congress-bengal-studies - 2025-09-19

The Master of Arts Health and Society in South Asia (MAHASSA) is a two-year degree, focusing on Medical Anthropology and South Asian Studies. It is integrated with the curriculum at Heidelberg University’s South Asia Institute. The application deadline for international students is June 15th, 2017. MAHASSA combines Medical Anthropology with South Asian Studies. Medical Anthropology is the study of

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/master-programme-health-and-society-south-asia-heidelberg - 2025-09-19

The conference entitled: “Challenging Perspectives on the Indian Diaspora: A Global Conference on Diaspora Studies and Policies.” will be held at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands from 5 to 7 October 2017. Submit abstract before 30 May 2017. In this international conference the organizers would like to broaden the scope on the Indian diaspora from the experi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-indian-diaspora-studies-and-policies - 2025-09-19

The Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University, Germany invite applications for two doctoral positions for the duration of three years under the European Union Marie Curie Fellowship programme. This is part of the Global India project of European Training Network (ETN H2020). The Global India ETN will deliver a world-class multi-sectoral doctoral training progra

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-phd-applications-political-science-heidelberg-university - 2025-09-19

The 10th Annual Nordic NIAS Council Conference entitled: "Environmental Asia"will be held 20-22 November 2017 in Oslo, Norway. The conference is jointly organized by the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) at Oslo University and the Nordic Institute for Asian Studies (NIAS). The conference will be combined with a PhD course 23-24 November. Deadline for submitting abstract i

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/environmental-asia-conference-oslo - 2025-09-19

The Center of History at Sciences Po Paris invites applications for a position of full Professor in the history of Asia. This position aims at reinforcing the international development of the Center of history at Sciences Po. All areas of research in the history of Asia are concerned, with a preference for the political history of the 20th century, understood in the broadest sense of the term, so

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/full-professorship-history-asia - 2025-09-19

The Nepal Study Center is pleased to announce the Himalayan Policy Research Conference to be held on October 26, 2017, in Madison, Wisconsin, at the pre-conference venue of the University of Wisconsin's 46th Annual Conference on South Asia (October 26-29, 2017). The conference organizers invite abstract of research, recently completed or in progress, in the field of development, democracy, governa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-himalayan-policy-research-conference - 2025-09-19

SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in the Conversation on How immigration detention compares around the world. Since the 1980s, all major Western states practice what they call civil or administrative confinement of undocumented immigrants and non-citizens. But this practice of putting undocumented immigrants – as well as asylum seekers – in detention centres does not deter peo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-how-immigration-detention-compares-around-world - 2025-09-19

The North East India Studies Programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University, will hold a conference 1-2 February 2018 in New Delhi, India. The conference theme is: "Between Empires: The making and unmaking of borders, 19th- 20th centuries". The last date of abstract submission is 15 July, 2017. The idea of frontiers, borders and borderlands have historically constituted important elements of state-makin

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-making-and-unmaking-borders - 2025-09-19

Call for applications for Ph.D. course entitled: "Forging Sustainable Modernity: The Nordic Model and beyond" to be held 18-22 September, 2017 at University of Oslo in Norway. The course is organised by The Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) and The Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature (CSMN), University of Oslo. Application deadline is 2 May, 2017. The course is free and lunch wil

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-applications-phd-course-sustainable-modernity - 2025-09-19

The Government of Sri Lanka is calling for applications for the Presidential Scholarships for Foreign Students for the academic year 2016/2017. Last date for submission of application is 8 May 2017. Government of Sri Lanka Presidential Scholarships programme for Foreign Students implemented by the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways has been in operation for six years. That provides scholars

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sri-lanka-scholarships-foreign-students - 2025-09-19

Lund University is a member of the Nordic Centre in India (NCI). Scholars and representatives of the member universities have the opportunity to stay at the Director's residence in Delhi. The Centre is a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It was established in 2001 with the objective to facilitate cooperation in research an

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-university-member-nordic-centre-india-nci - 2025-09-19

SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article on how American education and incarceration have become entangled, entitled: "Shades of the prison-house" in the Times Literary Supplement. After Donald Trump won the United States presidential election, stock prices increased for CoreCivic and the Geo Group, two of the largest private prison companies. As unpredictable as the Trump administra

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-how-american-education-and-incarceration-have-become-entangled - 2025-09-19

Full house May 3rd when more than 70 people came and listened to Jan-Inge Bengtsson, who talked about the art of afghan carpets at Lunds konsthall. The lecture was organised by SASNET in collaboration with Lunds konsthall and ABF. Jan-Inge Bengtsson, active in SAK (The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan), showed carpets for the audience and explained the history, work and meaning behind the carpets

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lunch-talk-art-afghan-carpets-attracted-many-listeners - 2025-09-19

A conflict simulation involving the current conflict and proxy war in Syria and Iraq, originally developed as a teaching resource for the MA in Middle Eastern Studies run by CMES, is being transformed into an interactive short simulation course that will eventually be available to schools and organizations in Sweden and beyond. It is envisaged that the course, currently developed by researchers in

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/cmes-and-sasnet-collaboration-develop-innovative-educational-resource - 2025-09-19

SAARC International Conference on “Buddhist Cultural Trails: Journey Through Time & Space, of Merchants, Monks & Pilgrims, Reconciliation of the South Asian Region with the Exchange of Information” will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka 25-27 August 2017. The Buddhist Cultural Trail conference will be the first in a series of Conferences and workshops planned on “Cultural Trails” in South Asia to unde

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-saarc-conference-buddhist-cultural-trails - 2025-09-19

Dr. Dag Erik Berg, Research Fellow from the Diversity & Inequality Research Group at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen has published a new article entitled: "Race as a political frontier against caste: WCAR, Dalits and India’s foreign policy" in the Journal of International Relations and Development. Abstract: This article explains why caste has not b

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-race-political-frontier-against-caste - 2025-09-19

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center, Inc. (Cambridge, USA) seeks a Buddhist Studies Research Scholar to lead the development of an online repository of Buddhist texts and cultural heritage information. The Buddhist Studies Post-Doctoral Research Scholar will provide scholarly expertise in Buddhist Studies to advance the creation of the Buddhist Universal Digital Archive (BUDA), a multi-language d

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-buddhist-studies-research-scholar - 2025-09-19

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is currently seeking a C-MAP fellow specializing in Asian art, with a focus on Indian and South Asian art. Application deadline is June 1, 2017. In 2009, The Museum of Modern Art launched Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP), a global research initiative. The program is intended to deepen the Museum’s range of expertise; expand the criteria b

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-c-map-fellow-asian-art - 2025-09-19

Apply for the SUPRA Nordic scholarship before 1 June 2017. The SUPRA Nordic scholarship is one of the most important features of NIAS' Support Programme for Asian Studies. It is designed to make NIAS’ digital library and other resources accessible to PhD candidates and MA students in the Nordic countries. The scholarship covers inexpensive travel to and from Copenhagen and accommodation in a NIAS

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nias-supra-nordic-scholarship - 2025-09-19