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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the third year, SASNET invites researchers at Lund University to apply for a one month position (”ansökningsmånad”) at SASNET in which to prepare a research application with a South Asian focus. The purpose is to promote more South Asia-related research at Lund University. Members of all faculties and disciplines

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-one-month-position-prepare-research-application-lund-university-0 - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo published an article in the Conversation on Afghan asylum seekers. When it comes to being a refugee, your nationality really matters. Syrian asylum seekers are routinely prioritised over Afghan ones in what has become a deadly and dangerous hierarchy for Afghans seeking sanctuary in the W

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-afghan-asylum-seekers - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 23 February 2017 SASNET met up with this year's participants of the Swedish Institute's Young Connectors of the Future (YCF) Programme at Media Evolution City in Malmö, Sweden. What is the relation between responsible leadership, social change and creativity? How can society tackle the growing trend of pop

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-met-ycf-2016-group-malmo - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 14 March 2017, 16.15-18.00 The Network for Asian Studies' (Asianettverket) at University of Oslo will hold its Annual Lecture 2017: "Rebellion and Repression in China, 1966-1969". Venue: Morgenstiernes hus, Arne Næss auditorium, Blindern, Oslo. This year, Andrew G. Walder from Stanford University offers new insight

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/oslo-annual-lecture - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 23 June 2017 the Conference "Subaltern Women’s Narratives: Subversion, Resilience, and Shifting Responses" will be held at the University of Sheffield, Uk. Abstract deadline is 23 April. This conference aims to look at the material histories and lives of subaltern women. In her 1988 essay ‘Can the Subaltern Speak?’

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sheffield-conference-subaltern-womens-narratives - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The book "Sri Lanka: The Struggle for Peace in the Aftermath of War" edited by Amarnath Amarasingam and Daniel Bass was recently published. The paperback is now available from Hurst in the UK and Oxford University Press in the US. Even though Sri Lanka’s protracted civil war came to a bloody conclusion in May 2009, pr

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-post-war-sri-lanka - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The University of San Francisco Center for Asia Pacific Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for the fall 2017 issue of Asia Pacific Perspectives. The issue will explore the varied interpretations of masculine identity across Asia. Deadline is 3 April. This issue will provide a forum for exchange of the la

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-fall-issue-asia-pacific-perspectives - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Three conferences will be held in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the United Kingdom supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF) in 2017 and 2018. The name is "Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia - Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/conference-comparative-peacebuilding-asia - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 8 September 2017 The Annual Meeting of the South Asia Anthropology Group (SAAG) will be held at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK. This year's theme is: Identity, Politics, and Resistance. The issue of identity has been at the heart of several important political developments and social movements over the

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-anthropology-group-saag-meeting-edinburgh - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 2017 Women in Asia (WIA) conference will be held at the University of Western Australia on 26-28 September. Deadline for submissions is 31 March 2017. The Women in Asia (WIA) Conference continues a tradition started by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Women’s Caucus (now Women’s Forum) in 1981.Thi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/women-asia-conference-western-australia - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship is available at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS), University of Oslo, within the research project “Indian Cosmopolitan Alternatives: Ritual Intersections and the Proscription of Religious Offense”. Application deadline is 13 March 2017. The Fellowship

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/post-doctoral-position-available-university-oslo - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Book launch of Bérénice Guyot-Réchard’s book: ‘Shadow States: India, China and the Himalayas, 1910–1962’, at the Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) on Thursday 2nd March, 18.30-21.00. Venue: The Royal Asiatic Society, 14 Stephenson Way, London. Since the mid-twentieth century China and India have entertained a difficult rela

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/book-launch-royal-asiatic-society-london - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 7 March 2017, 18.00 Nicholas Sims-Williams will hold a lecture entitled: "From philology to history: Deciphering the language of ancient Afghanistan" at Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademin. Venue: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo. Bactrian, the principal administrative language of pre-Islamic Afghan

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/oslo-lecture-language-ancient-afghanistan - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Martin Institute and Program in International Studies at the University of Idaho invites applications for a new, visiting clinical faculty position beginning August 2017. The Martin Institute and Program in International Studies seek candidates whose professional experience and teaching interests focus on the Near

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-university-idaho - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has just published an article in the Conversation on Swedish immigration. According to Donald Trump Sweden is “having problems like they never thought possible” because of mass migration. But there is no evidence to support the American president’s claim. The crime rate is not affected by

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-swedish-immigration - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On February 9-10, SASNET successfully arranged a workshop about Online Hate in India and Sweden. The workshop was held at Media Evolution City in Malmö. The participants from India were: Karen Gabriel from Delhi University; Vibodh Parthasarathi from Jamia Millia Islamiya Univeristy, Delhi; Japreet Grewal and Zeenab An

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-workshop-online-hate-india-and-sweden - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On the 27th of January 2017, Shanta Wanninayake defended her PhD thesis at School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University in Sweden. Her thesis is entitled "Making a " Home": Internal Displacement and Resettlement Processes  in Sri Lanka 2003-2006". Opponent was professor Cahtrine Brun from Oxford Brookes University

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/shanta-wanninayake-defended-her-phd-thesis-gothenburg-university - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 15 February 2017, 13.15-14.45 Robert Phillipson and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas held a lecture entitled: "Is ‘global’ English compatible with local language ecologies and principles of language rights, or a neoimperialist project?" at the Centre for Languages and Literature (SOL, room H339). The lecture was join

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/watch-lecture-tove-skutnabb-kangas-and-robert-philipson - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 31 May 2017 the 5th King's India Institute Graduate Conference will be held at King's College in London. This year's theme is Narratives of Indian Democracy. Deadline for submission of abstract is 15 March 2017. The conference organizers call for papers on the following themes:Democracy as a political vs. ethical p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/5th-kings-india-institute-graduate-conference - 2026-05-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 23 March 2017, 16.00 Ida Sofie Matzen held a lecture entitled: "Extremists of Love: Cosmological Activism among Pakistani Sufi Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan" at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES seminar room, Finngatan 16, Lund). The lecture was jointly organised by the Center for Middle Eastern St

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/extremists-love-cosmological-activism-among-pakistani-sufi-muslims - 2026-05-03