Published 9 January 2019 Earlier this week SASNET received a message that the founder and former director of SASNET, Professor Emeritus Staffan Lindberg has died. It is with great sadness that we learned of Staffan’s passing. Staffan was to the very end very active in SASNET, not only as a mentor to current director Andreas Johansson, but also, for his contributions to seminars and publications. J

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Published 15 January 2019 SASNET Director Andreas Johansson has published an article in The Conversation entitled, "Maldives: new president must ward off threats from Islamic extremism, foreign powers and autocratic rivals" Read it here

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Published 21 January 2019 Manpreet K. Janeja, Parama Sinha Palit and Rishi Jha join SASNET as affiliated researchers. Manpreet K. Janeja holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology from Queens’ College, University of Cambridge (U.K.), and an M.A. in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University (India). Her work so far has focused on three major concerns that straddle the ‘public’ and ‘p

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Published 23 January 2019 During 2018 SASNET has conducted a wide range of activities to bolster South Asia research and research related accomplishments at Lund University. SASNET has collaborated with several organizations both within Lund University but also with organizations from all over the country through seminars, publications, networking, and conferences. web_verkbroschyr_a4_andreas.pdf

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Published 25 January 2019 Andreas Mattsson from the School of Journalism at Department of Communication and Media, Lund University and Vibodh Parthasarathi from Jamia Millia Islamia joins SASNET as affiliated researchers during 2019. Andreas Mattsson is a lecturer and program director at School of Journalism at Department of Communication and Media, Lund University. He is also the coordinator for

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Published 25 January 2019 SASNET affiliated researcher Admir Skodo was interviewed about the situation in Afghanistan and the recent deportations of Afghans from Sweden in Svenska Dagbladet. Read it here (paywall) 

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Published 30 January 2019 SASNET affiliated researcher Parama Sinha Pali has published an article in the Rising Powers Quarterly entitled "India’s Use of Social Media in Public Diplomacy." R ead it here.

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Published 4 February 2019 During 2019 Hanna Geschewski and Ulrika Andersson will work at SASNET as student assistants with different tasks regarding communication and seminars. Hanna Geschewski is pursuing her Master’s in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES). Hanna spent nine years in Nepal and India. Hanna was able to grasp the natural and cultural diversity and societal and h

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Published 5 February 2019 SASNET affiliated researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in the Journal of Refugee Studies entitled "Long and Short Arms of the State: Swedish Multidirectional Controls of Afghan Asylum Seekers During the Cold War" Abstract of the article:Drawing on unique sources from the Swedish Migration Agency Archive, this article examines how Afghan asylum seekers and refug

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Published 18 February 2019 SASNET affiliated researcher Rishi Jha has published an article in the Community Development Journal entitled 'Civilizing the political society? Redevelopment regime and Urban Poor’s Rights in Mumbai' AbstractThis article is concerned with informality-state relations, subaltern politics and citizenship in the context of the urban redevelopment regime. Based on an empiric

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Published 25 February 2019 Together with Per Stålberg and Britta Ohm, SASNET affiliated researcher Vibodh Parthasarathi has published an article in Culture Unbound entitled 'Introduction: Critical Explorations of Media Modernity in India' Read it here. 

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Published 4 March 2019 SASNET Director Andreas Johansson was interviewed about Buddhist extremism in Sri Lanka on ABC News, Australia. Read it here  

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 21 March 2019 SASNET Director Andreas Johansson visited Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London from March 13 to 14. The Aga Khan Centre in London During the visit Andreas met with the Director of the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Profe

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 22 March 2019 Jakob Hernborg Axelson recently compiled a report on Asian studies in Sweden, highlighting the need to strengthen Swedish expertise on Asia. On behalf of the South Asia Initiative, Jakob Hernborg Axelson has prepared a report on Swedish education and research on Asia over the last 10 years. The Sou

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 27 March 2019 SASNET Associate Researcher Kristina Myrvold and SASNET Director Andreas Johansson have published an article on religious comforts of Indian soldiers in the First World War. SASNET Associate Researcher Kristina Myrvold, together with the Director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, has published an artic

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 28 March 2019 The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is offering three different grants for scholars from NCI member universities to conduct research in India. As in previous years, the Nordic Centre in India, a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in the Nordic countries, will provide funding

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 3 April 2019 The latest issue of the Sydasien magazine tells the story of a school for differently abled children in Nepal and takes a closer look at abortion practices in Sri Lanka, among others. Read the latest issue here. Through a new collaboration between Sydasien and SASNET the magazine once again appears

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 3 April 2019 Parama Sinha Pali has published an article in the Asia Dialogue entitled "Indian Elections 2019: Social media and fake news" In light of the upcoming General Elections in India, SASNET affiliated researcher Parama Sinha Pali writes about the role of social media in shaping India’s political discours

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Published 8 April 2019 SASNET Director Andreas Johansson has published a book on Pragmatic Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka. This book, based on Andreas’ PhD thesis, analyses and discusses the use of Islamic terms and symbols in the political party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). It is based on interviews with the leading members of the party and on analyses of the party’s official documents. It des

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By hanna [dot] geschewski [at] sasnet [dot] lu [dot] se (Hanna Geschewski) - published 16 April 2019 On May 9, three experts will discuss past and current Indian politics in view of the ongoing elections. In view of the ongoing Indian General Elections, Swedish South Asian Studies Network invites you to a panel discussion on the past and current political scenario in India with a main focus on the

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