Published 4 September 2018 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 follows SASNET’s mission of spreading research in a fo

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Published 5 September 2018 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 across the British empire as a whole. This lecture  pa

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Published 11 September 2018 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 the research environment that SASNET fosters by inte

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Published 12 September 2018 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 Swedish)  

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Published 12 September 2018 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. Her research combines qualitative life histories wit

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Published 14 September 2018 Within the framework of the ongoing collaboration between SASNET and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the latter hosted today an exciting round-table on the past, present and future challenges of American-Indian relations. The event, organized by SASNET affiliated researcher Henrik Chetan Aspengren, saw the participation of Swedish government officials as

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Published 14 September 2018 Kristina Myrvold joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher which will broaden SASNET:s cooperation with other universities in Sweden. Kristina Myrvold earned her Ph.D. in History of Religions from Lund University and is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Linnaeus University with a focus on Indian religions and cultures. Her area of specialization is Sikh and Pun

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Published 17 September 2018 SASNET is proud to announce that as of 2020 it will become a research-focused center in the Faculty of Social Sciences. This development testifies to growing importance of South Asian Studies at Lund University, and the confidence the university has in SASNET’s ability to create a strong research environment and network of scholars. Until 2020, SASNET will remain as an

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Published 24 September 2018 Therese Boje Mortensen recently got accepted as an PhD student at the department of Human Rights at Lund University and now she joins SASNET as an affiliated researcher. Therese Boje Mortensen is a PhD student in Human Rights Studies at Lund University. She holds a BA in South Asian Studies from Copenhagen University, and an MA in Human Rights and Democratisation from t

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Published 1 October 2018 A scientific collaboration organised by the Department of Food Science, Copenhagen University in association with Danish Ministry of External Affairs, Danish Ministry of Food and Environment, Danish Embassy in India and Indian Embassy in Denmark. A scientific workshop was organised on 6th and 7th of September the Department of Food Sciences, Copenhagen, Denmark.  The purpo

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Published 2 October 2018 SASNET in collaboration with MAVA invites you to a documentary screening and lecture held by the founder of the Indian organization MAVA (Men Against Violence and Abuse). MAVA is the first men's organization in India directly opposing gender-based violence against women. Spearheaded by Mr. Harish Sadani, MAVA has supported women's rights and promoted healthy masculinity si

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Published 2 October 2018 On Tuesday October 9 at 11-13 Professor Ashok Swain i will give a talk on climate change and river disputes in South Asia at : LUMES Josephson - Room Maathai (3rd floor). Ashok Swain is a Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, UNESCO Chair of International Water Cooperation, and the Director of Research School of International Water Cooperation at Uppsala University, Sw

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Published 22 October 2018 SASNET researcher Admir Skodo was interviewed about the recent Afghan elections on Expressen Live TV. A clip from the interview can be found here (in Swedish).

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Published 22 October 2018 During the final week of September, 2018, the School of Social Work, Lund University, hosted a group of researchers from the School of Social Work at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in Mumbai, India. Already established as partners in teaching and education the schools want to move ahead and collaborate in research as well. The purpose of the Indian visit was to

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Published 23 October 2018 SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in the magazine Sydasien on the situation of women in Afghanistan in light of Afghanistan's recent history of war, foreign interventions, and mass exodus.  Read the article (in Swedish) here.

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By annika [dot] persson [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 4 November 2022 During the following three weeks our department hosts Manisha Anantharaman, PhD, Associate Professor of Justice, Community and Leadership at Saint Mary’s College of California. – I am so happy to have the opportunity to spend some time with you at Lund. I hope to engage with many of you regarding ideas

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By annika [dot] persson [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 11 November 2022 Kristina Bäckström with the award for Best paper at NRWC 2022. During the past week some of the institutions researches with focus on retail attended the Nordic Retail and Wholesale conference (NRWC) to present their research. Krisitna Bäckström, senior lecturer at our department, won the award for bes

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By annika [dot] persson [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 17 November 2022 The hoops was designed through the Equalizer project, with hoops on both sides of the pole. Photo: Daniel Zachrisson. Despite an increasing number of informal outdoor sport and recreational spaces in Sweden and our society, not everyone feel that they can use them. Public spaces for physical activity a

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By annika [dot] persson [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 18 November 2022 Today we conducted this falls second nailing ceremony as the departments doctoral student Anna Spitzkat nailed her doctors thesis. Anna is defending her thesis during a dissertation at the 9th of December here at Campus Helsingborg. The title of the thesis is ”Understanding Social Media Shopping – Inst

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By annika [dot] persson [at] ism [dot] lu [dot] se (Annika Persson) - published 13 December 2022 "Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the reconfiguration of the practice of shopping" The 9th of December Anna Spitzkat defended her doctorate dissertation “Understanding Social Media Shopping – Instagram and the Reconfiguration of the Practice of Shopping”. The thesis explores how the

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