For the second year, SASNET invited 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. SASNET have granted two proposals this year. The two proposals granted was gender studies researcher Maria Tonini’s project “A new lesbian visibility? Queer women and social media in contemporary Indi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-grant-applications-one-month-position-prepare-research-application - 2025-08-25

Patel is currently in Sweden as a Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professor, co-hosted by SASNET. On Wednesday, 7 April 2021, from 10:15 to 12:00, Prof. Sujata Patel will hold a virtual inaugural lecture, marking the start of her 2021 Kerstin Hesselgren visiting professorship. The inaugural lecture, entitled ’Colonialism and Its Knowledges’, addresses the ways in which the postcolonial, the decolonial

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/inaugural-lecture-sujata-patel-umea-university - 2025-08-25

On 17 May at 18:00, SASNET invites you to join the virtual book launch of Anna Lindberg's first novel, Ameena's Journey (or the book that wrote itself). In her book, Lindberg tells the story of Ameena, a young girl from eastern Afghanistan who is forced to flee with her family from the Taliban and embarks on a tumultuous journey that eventually leads her to Sweden. For more information about the b

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/book-launch-ameenas-resa-anna-lindberg - 2025-08-25

See pictures from the Networking Day taken by Andreas Johansson, research coordinator at SASNET. The Networking Day was organised in collaboration with researchers at University of Copenhagen, and opened with an introductory addressed by David Ludden (photo), Professor of History at New York University and former President of the Association for Asian Studies. The planning committee for this event

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/pictures-networking-day - 2025-08-25

The issue, which is the result of a workshop at Lund University in 2020, is now available online. The latest issue of the Asian Ethnology journal, published in July 2021, features essays and reviews exploring various aspects of nationalism in the South Asian region. Links to the articles of Asian Ethnology 80 (1) can be found here. The articles are the joint outcome of a two-day workshop at Lund U

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/special-issue-asian-ethnology-south-asian-nationalisms - 2025-08-25

On August 12, 2021, The Swedish Institute of International Affairs’ (UI) South Asia Initiative and Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University released Indienpodden (the India Podcast) which brings experts from South Asia and Sweden together to discuss different aspects of democracy in India and the South Asian region. The podcast is targeted to a Swedish audience and mainly pr

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-podcast-zooms-democracy-india - 2025-08-25

Ted Svensson is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University. He has worked at Lund University since 2009 and he obtained his PhD at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. His research has consistently revolved around issues pertaining to South Asia, often with a focus on imperialism, state formation and nationalism. At the moment, he is finalising a monograph on

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-ted-svensson - 2025-08-25

The USI Global Studies Program and the Department of World Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern Indiana has invited SASNET researcher Amrita Ghosh to give a talk on the specter of colonial violence. Abstract of the lecture  The Specter of Colonial Violence: The Strangler Vine and ‘Thugs’ in America Taking a look at Miranda Carter's novel The Strangler Vine (2015) set in 19C India a

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researcher-amrita-ghosh-invited-give-talk-global-salon-speaker-series - 2025-08-25

The SASNET director, Andreas Johansson, published an article on Islam in South Asia in the book Islam -En religionsvetenskaplig introduktion, edited by Susanne Olsson and Simon Sorgenfrei. Read more about the book here (In Swedish).

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-published-article-islam-south-asia - 2025-08-25

Ted Svensson is, since January 2022, taking over the position as director of SASNET. Former director Andreas Johansson will continue to be affiliated with SASNET, mainly through a research project on the theme religion and politics in Sri Lanka. In 2000, the Swedish development agency (SIDA) selected Lund University to host a new network that was focused on South Asia. The Swedish South Asian Stud

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/organisational-changes-and-new-director - 2025-08-25

A Nation and its Fault Lines, workshop February 25, 2022 SASNET will host a one-day workshop – A Nation and its Fault Lines – on February 25, 2022. Jointly conceptualised and organised by SASNET-affiliated researchers Amrita Ghosh and Isha Dubey, the workshop constitutes the culminating event of their work at SASNET on the interconnected themes of postcolonial conflict zones, protracted displaceme

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/workshop-nation-and-its-fault-lines-organised-isha-dubey-and-amrita-ghosh-0 - 2025-08-25

During 2021 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 within Lund University but also with organizations from all over the country through webinars, publications, podcasts, networking, and workshops. During the year SASNET hosted several online events, mo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-activity-report-2021-published - 2025-08-25

Photo: Pixabay During the year 2022, SASNET organizes a digital lecture series on Indian religions in collaboration with the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR) at Lund University and the Nordic Centre in India (NCI) in Delhi. The digital lecture series is one of the projects funded by External Relations at Lund University as a part of the university’s strategic Asia Action Plan which

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-lectures-indian-religions - 2025-08-25

Liminal Urban Dwelling captures Mumbai’s most significant resettlement program and exemplifies the racialized housing forms for the poor population in the urban zones that are deemed unfit for human habitation. The exhibition comprises ten photographs, as seen and suggested by the community, that captures photographic representation of everyday encounters of environment, space, architecture, infra

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/exhibition-lund-liminal-urban-dwelling - 2025-08-25

From this year onwards, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) will award an annual Best South Asia Thesis Award for an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences (broadly conceived), which has been submitted and defended by a student at Lund University. - With the prize, we both hope to build on Lund University's long history of promoting and disseminating

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/best-south-asia-thesis-award-20212022 - 2025-08-25

Photo: David Peterson In a new article, published in The Conversation, SASNET affiliated researcher Andreas Johansson writes about the recent protests in Sri Lanka. -The article tries to analyse the possible implications of the economic crisis in Sri Lanka with a focus on the recent ethnic tensions in the country, says Andreas Johansson.   The article is part of Andreas Johansson’s research projec

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-article-about-protests-sri-lanka - 2025-08-25

SASNET invites Lund University PhD students to apply for two travel grants. The deadline is the 31st of January 2023. Each grant amounts to a maximum value of 25 000 SEK (direct costs) and shall be used to cover travel expenses such as flight tickets, accommodation, and visa fees. Eligibility criteria You are a PhD student presently enrolled at Lund University You plan to travel during 2023 for a

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/south-asia-travel-grants-lund-university-phd-students - 2025-08-25

Maryam Nastar, researcher at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS), and Rashmi B. Prasad, Associate Professor at Lund University Diabetes Centre, receive the first two SASNET grants intended to support individual researchers at Lund University in their writing of research applications. Maryam Nastar, (Mal)Adaptation to extreme urban heat: At what cost, to whom? The proposed re

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-sasnet-grants-support-writing-research-applications - 2025-08-25

The Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) invites Lund University researchers who are in the process of putting together and submitting a major national or international research application to apply for a new round of planning grants. Examples of such applications include the EU framework programme and programme applications to Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. The grant amounts to a maximum valu

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/planning-grants-submission-major-research-application - 2025-08-25

Karl Gustafsson, Julie Yu-Wen Chen and Catarina Kinnvall at the seminar. The seminar took place on the 14 September in collaboration with the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies (ACE) at Lund University. The seminar brought together three experts on the politics of Asia to discuss how the Russian invasion of Ukraine has affected the region. The seminar was opened and moderated by Paul O'Sh

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/first-seminar-semester-how-will-russias-invasion-ukraine-affect-geopolitics-asia - 2025-08-25