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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Together with Per Stålberg and Britta Ohm, SASNET affiliated researcher Vibodh Parthasarathi has published an article in Culture Unbound entitled 'Introduction: Critical Explorations of Media Modernity in India' Read it here.
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-publication-affiliated-researcher-vibodh-parthasarathi - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET Director Andreas Johansson was interviewed about Buddhist extremism in Sri Lanka on ABC News, Australia. Read it here
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-director-andreas-johansson-was-interviewed-abc-news-australia - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET Director Andreas Johansson visited Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations in London from March 13 to 14. During the visit Andreas met with the Director of the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Professor Leif Stenberg, and discussed the future colla
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-visited-aga-khan-centre-london - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Jakob Hernborg Axelson recently compiled a report on Asian studies in Sweden, highlighting the need to strengthen Swedish expertise on Asia. On behalf of the South Asia Initiative, Jakob Hernborg Axelson has prepared a report on Swedish education and research on Asia over the last 10 years. The South Asia Initiative b
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/report-asian-studies-sweden-published - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET Associate Researcher Kristina Myrvold and SASNET Director Andreas Johansson have published an article on religious comforts of Indian soldiers in the First World War. SASNET Associate Researcher Kristina Myrvold, together with the Director of SASNET, Andreas Johansson, has published an article in the Journal Po
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-publication-andreas-johansson-and-kristina-myrvold - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is offering three different grants for scholars from NCI member universities to conduct research in India. As in previous years, the Nordic Centre in India, a consortium of leading universities and research institutions in the Nordic countries, will provide funding to a number of docto
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nci-grants-research-visits-india - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The latest issue of the Sydasien magazine tells the story of a school for differently abled children in Nepal and takes a closer look at abortion practices in Sri Lanka, among others. Read the latest issue here. Through a new collaboration between Sydasien and SASNET the magazine once again appears in print, this time
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-issue-sydasien-now-available-1 - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Parama Sinha Pali has published an article in the Asia Dialogue entitled "Indian Elections 2019: Social media and fake news" In light of the upcoming General Elections in India, SASNET affiliated researcher Parama Sinha Pali writes about the role of social media in shaping India’s political discourse and the spread of
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-publication-affiliated-researcher-parama-sinha-palit-fake-news-indian-elections - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET Director Andreas Johansson has published a book on Pragmatic Muslim Politics in Sri Lanka. This book, based on Andreas’ PhD thesis, analyses and discusses the use of Islamic terms and symbols in the political party Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). It is based on interviews with the leading members of the party
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-book-andreas-johansson - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On May 9, three experts will discuss past and current Indian politics in view of the ongoing elections. In view of the ongoing Indian General Elections, Swedish South Asian Studies Network invites you to a panel discussion on the past and current political scenario in India with a main focus on the electoral process a
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/panel-discussion-indian-general-elections-2019 - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nearly 40 Nordic researchers and academics from 15 universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland have so far registered to participate in the Networking Day on South Asian Studies, that SASNET organizes in Lund on Monday 25 April 2016. They are all working on South Asia-related issues, and have been invited to d
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/networking-day-nordic-south-asian-studies - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Director Andreas Johansson was interviewed in several media around the world about the recent attacks in Sri Lanka. Links below:TV 4Sverigesradio (Ekot, P4)TRT World Dubai Eye (Live) ToyokeizaiP3 NyheterTT (Published in, Aftonbladet, Corren, Nsd, Folkbladet, Pressen, allanyheter, Uppsala Nya Tidning, Sydsvenskan, Hall
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-commented-attacks-sri-lanka - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The SASNET Director provides an analysis of the past and current political and ethno-religious scenarios in conflict-ridden Sri Lanka. On April 22, 2019, SASNET Director Andreas Johansson’s article “Sri Lanka’s violent past has created a polarised society ripe for radicalisation” was published in The Independent in li
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-more-articles-andreas-johansson-recent-attacks-sri-lanka-published - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The History Department at Denison University invites applications for a one-year visiting position in the history of the Middle East or South Asia to begin in Fall 2018. Teaching responsibilities in a 3/3 load include a two-semester introductory survey sequence in the Middle East or South Asia and upper level seminars
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-visiting-assistant-professor-history-0 - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Monday 30 October 13.15, Professor Heinz Werner Wessler held a lecture entitled: "Jewish identity and literature in contemporary India" at LUX. The lecture was organised by SASNET and the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University. The focus of the lecture were three Indo-Jewish authors, two in En
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/interesting-lecture-jewish-identity-and-literature-contemporary-india - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at Northwestern University seeks to appoint a full-time, tenured faculty member in a field in the Asian Humanities beginning in Fall, 2018. The Department welcomes candidates who work across multiple genres and media, from classical to contemporary periods, and in any Asi
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-associate-or-full-professor-asian-humanities - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Tuesday 21 November Otso Harju, PhD student in Gender studies at the University of Helsinki, held a lecture on "Power, learning and the politics of friendship in intercultural fieldwork" at Asian Studies. In 2016 Otso Harju conducted a fieldwork for his Master thesis with the help of SASA travel grant. Feminist fie
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lecture-power-learning-and-politics-friendship-intercultural-fieldwork - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Maria Tonini together with Lisa Eklund, Catarina Kinnvall and Helle Rydström at Lund University will start a Research Project entitled "Precariousness at Work: Workplace Violence against Women Employees in Nordic Companies Outsourced to Asia". The project will be funded by the Swedish Research Counci
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/research-project-precariousness-work-funded-swedish-research-council - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Celia Boltes, journalist student at Lund University, received SASA travel grant in the spring of 2017. In September 2017 she travelled to Nepal for a field work. Celia has now returned to Lund and has written a report. Celia Boltes' report:During the spring of 2017 I was happy to achieve the South Asian Student Associ
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/journalist-student-celia-boltes-conducted-field-work-nepal - 2026-10-05
This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On September 22-24, SASNET researcher Maria Tonini joined the 2017 EASAS Doctoral Workshop as a senior scholar. The workshop took place in the breathtaking island of Procida, off the Gulf of Naples, Italy. At the EASAS workshop, 15 doctoral students from EASAS partner universities had the opportunity to present a text
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-collaboration-easas-doctoral-workshop - 2026-10-05
