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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. As a further step in the collaboration between the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) and the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University we are now launching a series of podcasts on India and South Asia. The project manager for this podcast is Henrik Chetan Aspengren, who is an affili

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/podcast-about-india-china-corridor - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andreas Johansson, researcher and head of SASNET, was interviewed on Swedish Radio (Studio Ett) about the latest development in the Maldives, including what this development means for Maldivian democracy. You can listen to the interview here Stuio ett kväll 5 februari (In Swedish).

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/latest-development-maldives - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET director Andreas Johansson has published an article in The Conversation entitled "Maldives crisis: a bitter religious divide comes to the fore". Read the article here.  https://theconversation.com/maldives-crisis-a-bitter-religious-divide-comes-to-the-fore-91455

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-conversation-about-maldives-crisis - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During the spring 2016, Professor Amit Prakash from the Centre for the Study of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi works as ICCR Visiting Professor at the Dept. of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. He is the second in a planned row of four consecutive ICCR guest profe

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/amit-prakash-returns-sweden-iccr-professor-uppsala-university - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET director Andreas Johansson has published an article in openDemocracy entitled "Sri Lanka local elections: the return of Rajapaksa". In the article he analyzes the latest elections in Sri Lanka Read the articel here  

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-elections-sri-lanka - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday 23 April 15.00-17-00 there will be a panel discussion on state building in Afghanistan in a global context at Edens hörsal, Department of Political Science, Lund University. The event is open to everyone and as usual we will serve fika! With its strategic location Afghanistan has been a focus of global polit

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-discussion-state-building-afghanistan-global-context - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in The Conversation on the recent Pashtun protests in Pakistan. The article is entitled "Pakistan's 'Pashtun Spring' pits human rights demands against War on Terror politics". Read the articel here

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-recent-pashtun-protests-pakistan - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published a brief in the Swedish Institute of International Affairs Occasional Paper Series entitled "The impact of forced migration on Afghanistan's domestic politics and foreign relations". The brief was first presented as a working paper at the Swedish Institute of International Af

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/brief-impact-forced-migration-afghanistans-domestic-politics-and-foreign-relations - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On international women's day March 8, 17.00-20.00, there will be a film Screening of the movie India’s Daughter at Stora Algatan 4 International Desk at Lund University. The event is open to everyone and as usual we will serve fika! India's Daughter narrates the story of an ordinary girl with an extremely cruel life e

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/film-screening-indias-daughter - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The complete SASNET Work Report 2015 (Verksamhetsberättelse) was published on 29 February 2016. It contains an extensive summary of the work being done by SASNET at Lund University in 2015, in Swedish. An impressive amount of activities have been carried out, including a major research conference in May, and two South

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-work-report-2015-published - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 25 April 13.00-15-00 SASNET is hosting a seminar on the Afghan Shia: Politics, Piety, and Diaspora in LUX Building, B417. Welcome! The talk by Robert D. Crews, Professor of History at Stanford University, examines the revolutionary politics of Shi’i communities in Afghanistan and the diaspora from the 197

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seminar-afghan-shia-politics-piety-and-diaspora - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 16, 09.00-10.30, there will be a lecture on Indian independent documentary at Gamla Kirurgen, floor 3 at Lund University. The event is a collaboration with School of Journalism and the event is open to everyone. The documentary participant is largely a site of anxiety, viewed through the discourse of documen

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-indian-independent-documentary - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article in openDemocracy which discusses the evidence for a populist myth about immigration courts and public opinion. Read the articel here

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/article-populist-myth-about-immigration-courts-and-public-opinion - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday 3 April 16.00-17.30 SASNET is pleased to invite everyone for the launch of the new book Miraklet Indien och dess baksida. The book is edited by former SASNET employees Lars Eklund and Staffan Lindberg at Eden 131, Paradisgatan 5H, Lund University. The event is open to the public. Indian delights will be ser

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/book-launch-miraklet-indien-och-dess-baksida - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has published an article on Afghan asylum seekers in Sweden in the journal Nidaba: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Middle East Studies.  The aricle can be accessed here:

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-article-nidaba - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India announces two new grants for its member universities. NCI will be supporting collaborative academic activities between member universities and Indian higher educational institutions through Academic Activity Grants that will be announced twice a year NCI will also support travel grants to In

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-nci-grants - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Andreas Johansson, researcher and head of SASNET, was interviewed by Utrikes Magasinet about the role of religion in the Maldives, including what this development means for Maldivian democracy. Read the interview here (in Swedish)

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/religion-maldives - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On March 22 the director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, took part of Young Connectors of the Future (YCF) program elections committee. Andreas helped select candidates from Sri Lanka and Pakistan for the 2018 program, which will kick off in September. The program YCF is a part of the Swedish institute (SI).“YCF aims to

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-involved-young-connectors-future-program - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On March 27 the director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, visited Karlstad University (KAU) to discuss possibilities for future collaboration. SASNET is keen on working together with KAU since it has, since 1995, been collaborating with various institutions in India. Andreas meet with Katarina Plank and Kristian Niemi (p

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/visit-karlstad-university - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday 9 April 15.00-17.00 there will be a lecture on the forms of colonial authority along the external frontier of British India, l in Edens hörsal, Paradisgatan 5H. Welcome. Benjamin D. Hopkins is a specialist in modern South Asian history, in particular that of Afghanistan, as well as British imperialism. His r

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/talk-colonial-authority-and-british-india - 2026-05-05