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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Meera Chakravorty from the Dept. of Cultural Studies at Jain University, Bangalore, India, visited Sweden in the first week of April 2016. Meera Chakravorty gave two interesting lectures. The main function was at Sigtunastiftelsen (the Sigtuna Foundation) in the small town of Sigtuna, outside Stockholm. Here

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/bangalore-professor-toured-lund-university-and-sigtuna - 2026-05-01

Ted Svensson has published the article "Transcending antagonism in South Asia: advancing agonistic peace through the Partition Museum" in the journal Peacebuilding. In the article, which was published in the journal Peacebuilding in late December 2022, Svensson analyses the Partition Museum in Amritsar as a rare opportunity to, in an agonistic manner, challenge and undo the antagonism that was ena

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-director-publishes-article-transcending-antagonism-south-asia - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Department of Political Science we are are organizing a talk with Assistant Professor Nitasha Kaul from the University of Westminister, UK on Thursday, May 19 at 3.15-5.00 pm in the large conference room (room 367) at the Political Science Department. Dr. Nitasha Kaul is a Kashmiri novelist, academic, ec

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnetpolitical-science-seminar-neoliberal-nationalism-india - 2026-05-01

Are you a student enrolled in the Bachelor course in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media at Lund University? Then you are eligible to apply for our grant to conduct fieldworkd in South Asia. Applicants for this grant must be students within the Bachelor course in journalism at the Department of Communication and Media, Lund University. Most importantly, your fieldwork must take

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/apply-sasnet-travel-grant-journalism-students - 2026-05-01

Are you planning to write your thesis topic related to at least one of the South Asian countries? Or have you already defended your thesis with a connection to the region? Then the SASNET Best South Asia Thesis Award may be for you. The Award has been awarded since 2022 and is given to an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences (broadly conceived), which has been s

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/apply-our-best-south-asia-thesis-award-20222023 - 2026-05-01

In the coming four years Mine Islar, Senior lecturer at LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies), will lead projects working on sustainable development, political ecology and social justice in the intersection of climate change and biodiversity in the Himalayas.  The funding was granted for two projects by the Swedish government research council for sustainable development FORMAS

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/mine-islar-receives-funding-studying-climate-change-and-biodiversity-himalayas - 2026-05-01

Soumi Banerjee, Tabita Rosendal and Sunny Gurumayum were all chosen to receive this semester's SASNET Doctoral travel grant. Read more about their individual projects here. SASNET has decided to award travel grants to three doctoral students at Lund University. They will use the grant to fund their fieldwork in India and Sri Lanka during the coming months. Soumi Banerjee: "Performing legitimacy in

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/three-doctoral-students-receive-sasnet-travel-grant - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD candidate Maria Tonini at the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University defended her doctoral dissertation entitled ”The Ambiguities of Recognition – Young Queer Sexualities in Contemporary India” on Friday 13 May 2016. The faculty opponent was Professor Jyoti Puri from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/doctoral-thesis-homosexuality-contemporary-india - 2026-05-01

Read about our activities during 2022 in our newly published Activity Report. During 2022, SASNET conducted a wide range of activities to promote, support and disseminate research on South Asia at Lund University.  From arranging activities in collaboration with academic departments, research groups and student organisations at the University, SASNET also awarded several researchers with grants fo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-activity-report-2022-published - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Two visiting Indian researchers – Dr V. Sivasubramanian and Professor N Thajuddin, held an appreciated SASNET lecture at Lund University on Monday 23 May 2016, 13.15–14.00. The seminar, organized in collaboration with the Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Department of Technology and Society at Lun

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-seminar-successful-indian-microalgal-biotechnology-research - 2026-05-01

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. PhD candidate Andreas Johansson at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (CTR), Lund University, defended his doctoral dissertation entitled ”Pragmatic Muslim Politics. The Case of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress” on Friday 27 May 2016, at 10.00. Andreas is also connected to the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linn

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-defends-thesis-muslim-politics-sri-lanka - 2026-05-01

We are very happy to congratulate Jessica Giacomoni who on October 14th, 2022 successfully defended her thesis "Exploring Direct Conversion of Human Glia into Therapeutic Neurons". PhD interview: Turning glia into neurons inside the brain – PhD interview with Jessica Giacomoni Please click here to read the thesis.

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-giacomoni - 2026-05-01

Läkemedelsverket godkänner klinisk fas 1- och fas2a-studie för ny stamcellsbaserad behandling av Parkinsons sjukdom An investigational stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease, STEM-PD, has been given regulatory approval for a Phase I/IIa clinical trial. Ethical approval of the trial has already been obtained from the Swedish Ethics Review Authority, and the STEM-PD team, l

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/swedish-medical-products-agency-grants-approval-clinical-study-new-stem-cell-based-parkinsons - 2026-05-01

Lund University: Press release On 13th of February, 2023, a transplant of stem cell-derived nerve cells was administered to a person with Parkinson’s at Skåne University Hospital, Sweden. Please go to the below links to find out more about STEM PD. English: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease Svenska: https://www.l

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/first-patient-receives-milestone-stem-cell-based-transplant-parkinsons-disease - 2026-05-01

2023-04-27. We are very happy to join Fredrik Nilsson for the nailing of his thesis "Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: Evaluating the potential of autologous grafting". The defence will take place on May 10th, 2023 at 9.00 am at the Belfrage Lecture Hall (Klinikgatan 32, Lund) - you are very welcome to join! To access the thesis please go to Lund university's database:  Cell Replac

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-fredrik - 2026-05-01

2023-05-10. We are very happy to announce that Fredrik Nilsson successfully defended his thesis "Cell Replacement Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: Evaluating the potential of autologous grafting" today. Congratulations Dr. Nilsson! To read an interview with Fredrik, please go to the following article: Investigating a cell replacement therapy for Parkinson's Disease: a Ph.D. Interview with Fredrik

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/congratulations-dr-nilsson - 2026-05-01

The prize was given in recognition of their pioneering work in researching neurodegenerative diseases and translational stem cell biology. For more information of the event, please see:https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/news/experts-delve-advancements-parkinsons-treatment-oon-lecture 

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/malin-parmar-and-roger-barker-recieve-oon-award-preventative-medicine-2024 - 2026-05-01

Positiva tidiga säkerhetsresultat har uppnåtts efter de fyra första patienterna som genomgått transplantation av dopaminproducerande stamceller inom den kliniska studien STEM-PD.För att läsa artikeln vänligen gå till: https://www.lu.se/artikel/klinisk-stamcellsbaserad-transplantationsstudie-stem-pd-mot-parkinsons-har-inlett-doshojning

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/klinisk-stamcellsbaserad-transplantationsstudie-stem-pd-mot-parkinsons-har-inlett-doshojning - 2026-05-01

För att gå till artikeln, vänligen besök DNs hemsida: https://www.dn.se/sverige/nya-celler-i-hjarnan-hopp-for-patienter-med-parkinsons-sjukdom/ 

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/dagens-nyheter-nya-celler-i-hjarnan-hopp-patienter-med-parkinsons-sjukdom - 2026-05-01

För att se avsnittet, vänligen besök SVT Play: https://www.svtplay.se/video/jb3DV31/rapport/man-6-maj-19-30?position=1015&id=j7dJnd2Start: min. 16:59

https://www.regenerative-neurobiology.lu.se/article/svt-play-rapport-2024-05-06 - 2026-05-01