Published 12 October 2016 In collaboration with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte) has announced a joint call for collaborative research projects in the field of ageing and health.  Ewa Ställdal, Director General of Forte, along with Indian Ambassador Banashri Bose Harrison sign the MoU on 1 July 2015. Behind th

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Published 13 October 2016 Structural Transformation and Agrarian Change in India, by Prof. Göran Djurfeldt, and PhD candidate Srilata Sircar, both at Lund University. Routledge Studies in Development Economics, 2016. The landlord and his emaciated labourer are symbolic of Indian agriculture. However, this relationship has now changed as large landowners have fallen from their superior position. Th

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Published 13 October 2016 The Muslim South Asia Research Forum (MUSA) at SOAS, University of London, UK, arranges a Workshop on Negotiating Technologies, 14-15 October 2016. The MUSA Workshop is organized in collaboration with CEIAS, Paris & the Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge, and will be held at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.​One session is devoted to South Asian Muslims & th

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Published 11 October 2016 Dr. Sujit Kumar Paul, Head, Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension, Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Visva-Bharati University in Shantiiketan, West Bengal, India, has been conferred Mother Teresa Sadbhawana Award with Medal for his outstanding achievement in individual contribution for National Economic and Social Development. The award was presented to him in a

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Published 12 October 2016 The Centre for Modern Indian Studies at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of a Researcher (PhD or postdoctoral) working in the 'Media and Public Spheres' Research Cluster. This position should be filled by 15 January 2017. The position is offered within the framework of the DFG Priority Program "Proper Times of the Aesthetic. Time and

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Published 10 October 2016 Dr. Rama Nath Sharma (Professor Emeritus, University of Hawaii) will be presenting a 5 day workshop on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī. This will take place between 12-16th November 2016 in the Tibetan Pavilion in Auroville, India. This is the 2nd year this workshop will be held and the organisers extend an invitation not only for Sanskrit scholars but also for other researchers in t

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Published 14 October 2016 On 31 October 2016, SASNET director Anna Lindberg will retire from her position after nine years; and two months later - on 31 December - deputy director Lars Eklund will also retire after 16 years in SASNET service. The replacement of these key SASNET staff is currently in process and will soon be announced. Additionally, Lund University now announces two positions as Re

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Published 18 October 2016 On the 13th of October SASNET and WTS, with support from the Consulate General of Sweden in Mumbai, arranged a successful Media and Innovation Day at Bungalow 9 in Bandra West, Mumbai. Over 80 people (students, researchers, media entrepreneurs, and journalists) participated in the workshop. The day started with an introduction by Andreas Mattsson and Divya Rajagopal, the

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Published 25 October 2016 Jishnu J.R, Ph.D Scholar from the Department of Law at University of Kerala in India, recently travelled back to Kerala after a month in Lund. Jishnu is pursuing his Ph.D on "Copyright and trademark aspects of social media" at University of Kerala and was here as a guest-reseacher at the Department of Law and SASNET. Jishnu has not only a interest in property and cyber la

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Published 25 October 2016 On Thursday 10 November 9.15-17.00, The Afrint research group and Development Geography in Lund warmly welcome you to the Development Research Day 2016, at Geocentrum I in Lund. The Development Research Day is an annual event at Lund University bringing together all fields working on development to share and discuss their research with each other, students and the public.

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Published 28 October 2016 The 45th Annual Madison Conference on South Asia was held 20–23 October 2016. This year's theme was DECAY. The conference, sponsored by the Center for South Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, this year attracted over 750 scholars and specialists on South Asia, coming from countries all over the world and much of the United States. This year the Joseph W. Elder k

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Published 1 November 2016 On Friday 4 November 2016, at 14.00, Ida Sofie Matzen from the Institute of Anthropology at University of Copenhagen defends her PhD dissertation project entitled ”Extremists of Love: Cosmological Activism among Sufi Muslims in Contemporary Lahore, Pakistan”. Ida Sofie Matzen Photo: universitetsavisen.dk Venue: Center for Sundhed og Samfund, Institut for Antropologi, Øste

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Published 2 November 2016 Anna Lindberg and Nishi Mitra vom Berg, Photo: Lars Eklund On 20-22 September 2016, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) successfully organized a conference entitled ”Modern Matters: Negotiating the Future of Everyday Life in South Asia” at Lund University. Keynote session Photo: J.R. Jishnu The conference attracted more than 60 researchers, Swedish and Europe

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Published 2 November 2016 After attending the 45th South Asian Studies conference at Madison, Wisconsin, 21-23 October 2016, SASNET deputy director Lars Eklund did not return immediately to Sweden. Instead he travelled to the nearby metropolitan city of Chicago in order to visit the University of Chicago on invitation from Professor Dipesh Chakraborty who recently visited Lund University as the ke

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Published 2 November 2016 The Network for Asien studies (Asianettverket) at University of Oslo organises a seminar and book launch on 3 November 15.30-17.00. In this seminar, the authors and editors of five recently published books on India draw on their work from the perspective of caste, democracy, social movements, industrialisation and nationalism, to answer the questions: what have Modi and h

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Published 3 November 2016 Photo: Wikipedia Henrik Chetan Aspengren from Linnaeus University with assistance by the Nordic Centre in India organises a workshop entitled "Towards Global Social Theory? Possibilities and Tensions" in Delhi 18-20 April 2017. This workshop is addressing current debates regarding the dominance of Northern thought in social theory. The role of modern European Empire and E

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Published 3 November 2016 Photo: Muenchen.de The Faculty for the Study of Culture at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich invites applications for a Full Professorship (W3) of Indology (Chair) commencing on 1st April 2019. Applicants should be able to teach the full range of classical Indology. The focus of their research should be on Indian Buddhism; experience with Indic manuscripts wi

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Published 7 November 2016 Lund University is celebrating 350 years of education and research with €350,000 in scholarships! Win a scholarship for your Master’s programme by showing that you share Lund University's vision to understand, explain and improve the world and the human condition. How to apply for the scholarship: First register and fill out your personal information.Explore the different

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Published 7 November 2016 On Monday 10 October 2016, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) held its final board meeting as an autonomous unit of Lund University. On 1 January 2017, an organizational change takes place, and SASNET will merge with the Centre for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), and become a subdivision of CMES. The focus of SASNET henceforth will be on South Asia related re

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Published 24 November 2016 Photo: Vetenskapsrådet In late October 2016, the Swedish Research Council decided upon project grants within Humanities. Two projects given a grant relates to South Asian studies, from Uppsala University and Stockholm University. Within Medicine, one project grant from Uppsala University was given a grant relate to South Asian studies. List of South Asia related projects

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