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Soumi Banjeree, 28, is currently doing a PhD at Lund University’s School of Social Work and occupied the coordinator position at SASNET during the autumn. Alongside organising and making sure panellists make their way to Lund for our seminars, she has drafted research articles and worked on her PhD thesis this past semester. However, Banerjee's position as coordinator in 2022 was not her first ass

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/soumi-banerjee-shrinking-civic-spaces-india-ngos-are-attempting-shift-away-activism - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated.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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

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 - 2026-07-23

In Januari 2023, the Department of Service Management and Service Studies has changed name to the shorter version Department of Service Studies. With the name change, the department wants to convey clarity, professionalism and closeness to the research. The name change means that "Service management" disappears from the department's title. The Bachelor's and Master's programmes offered by the depa

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-name-department-ism-has-become-ses - 2026-07-23

The Faculty of Social Sciences will during the autumn term 2023 elect a new dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board for the upcoming three-year term (1 January 2024 - 31 December 2026). The Faculty Nominating Committee now wishes to receive nominations to these positions no later than 20 April. Nomination letter The nomination letter below has been sent by e-mail to all staff at the Faculty of Social

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/time-nominate-candidates-positions-dean-deputy-dean-and-members-faculty-board-2024-2026 - 2026-07-23

The application process and assessment criteria have been revised for this year’s application. Lecturers, senior lecturers and professors on indefinite-term contracts, or associate senior lecturers, at the Faculty of Social Sciences are entitled to apply to the Faculty teaching academy to have their teaching skills assessed and be admitted as a Qualified Teaching Practitioner or Excellent Teaching

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/applying-assessment-teaching-skills - 2026-07-23

This autumn, the faculty is again offering the course Gender and diversity in teaching and learning. The course is a part of the qualifying training in the field of teaching and learning in higher education for teaching staff at the Faculty of Social Sciences. It provides a space to analyse gender and diversity both within the university as an organisation and in teaching and learning situations i

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-opportunity-take-course-gender-and-diversity - 2026-07-23

Now it is time for the renovation of Gamla lungkliniken. The building will be closed from 1 July 2023 to 31 March 2024.  During the renovation, the house will get a new ventilation system and a slightly remodeled entrance facing north. In addition, individual workrooms will be refurbished and windows will be renovated. The building will be blocked off with a construction fence (see red marking on

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/renovation-gamla-lungkliniken-building-g-1-july-2023-31-march-2024 - 2026-07-23

The process of appointing the dean, deputy dean and Faculty Board continues and interviews are now being held with the candidates nominated as dean and deputy dean. The last day to nominate candidates was 20 April. Since then, the faculty's nomination committee has invited the candidates nominated as dean or deputy dean to interviews. The interviews are held in the first two weeks of May.    In th

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/interviews-positions-dean-and-deputy-dean - 2026-07-23

LU Byggnad has recently decided on new names for some of the buildings in the Paradis area. The change is made to create a uniform naming scheme within the area. The building names in the Paradis area have previously not followed the same template and the same building could have different names in different systems. After a review of the names, LU Byggnad is therefore introducing the old hospital

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/new-building-names-paradis-area - 2026-07-23

The Faculty Board has decided on a changed order for the projects within the building project Campus Paradis. The next step will be a renovation of Gamla kirurgen. According to the preliminary schedule and project plan for stage 3 of the building project, the Centre for Social Sciences - Cesam - would be the next project after Gamla lungkliniken (building G). The Cesam project has however been del

https://www.sam.lu.se/en/internal/article/gamla-kirurgen-next-facultys-building-project - 2026-07-23