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This book explores how women in societies plagued by ethno-national conflict can help build peace and gender equality, even in places where deep divisions have existed for generations. It uses an approach called transversal politics to analyse how women from different communities in Northern Ireland work together across an ethno-national divide to build coalitions on shared values and common goals

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/new-book-linda-eitrem-holmgren-gender-just-political-citizenship-and-peacebuilding-northern-ireland - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. After 2,5 years being hosted by the Department of Sociology at Paradisgatan 5 in the city centre of Lund, SASNET again shifted locality in early 2016. This time the move was to Villa Norlind, a rather small building located at Biskopsgatan 5, a house that used to accommodate the Dept. of Musicology, but recently was t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-now-located-villa-norlind - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Seminar by Anuradha Rose on alcohol consumption in South India to be held in Stockholm. On November 16, 2015 from 14.00-15.30, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm hosts a lecture by Dr. Anuradha Rose, associate professor of community medicine and bioethicist at Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A. The talk is titled A

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/seminar-about-alcohol-consumption - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India (NCI) is continuing its three short-term summer courses for Nordic students. The courses are as follows:Contemporary India: An Interdisciplinary Introduction CourseUniversity of Hyderabad, Hyderabad2nd to 29th July 2017Capacity: 50 studentsApproaching the Environment in India: Issues and Met

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/summer-courses-india-nordic-students - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 23 November 2016, 14.15-15.45 Raj Kumar from Benares Hindu University will hold a lecture entitled: "Rethinking women's issues in 19th century Hindi writings of Mallika" at Uppsala University. Abstract:Mallika may be regarded as the first woman writer of Hindi in 19th century north India since nothing muc

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/public-lecture-uppsala-rethinking-womens-issues-19th-century-hindi-writings-mallika - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On 30 November 2016 14.15-15.45, Professor Ruby Sain from Centre for the Study of Religion and Society in the Department of Sociology at Jadavpur University, will hold a lecture entitled: "Religious Education in South Asia" at Uppsala University. Abstract: The exploration of religion in India is as old as that country

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/public-lecture-uppsala-religious-education-south-asia - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Cell for FATA studies (CFS) at University of Peshawar organizes its 2nd National Conference on FATA entitled: "Economic Currents and Opportunities for Economic Development in FATA" from the 17th until the 18th of January 2017. CFS successfully implemented the “First National Conference on Socioeconomic & Political

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/fata-conference-university-peshawar - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The stamps were recently launched at a special ceremony, as part of the upcoming Lund University 350th jubilee celebrations. The selected stamp motifs highlight both the University’s history and the cutting-edge research conducted at the University. You can buy them here in Lund, at the LU shop on Winstrupsgatan 8 or

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/lund-university-has-its-own-official-stamps - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. An enormous Freedom of Expression cube will be turned on and a week of activities will kick-off outside of Lund Cathedral on Dec. 2 at 12:30 to commemorate Sweden’s 250-year anniversary of freedom of speech. Lund is commemorating “The Week of Silence”, a week of activities, including the launch of a human rights cube

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/week-silence-planned-lund - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Wednesday 23 November 2016, Liaqat Javed, Executive Director for the Backwards Rehabilitation and Improvement Commission Pakistan (BRIC), visited SASNET at Lund University. Javed had come to Lund - as part of a Sweden tour - on invitation from the regional outfit of ABF, Sweden’s largest adult non-profit educationa

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/pakistani-activist-against-bonded-labour-visited-sasnet - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Call for Contributions to IIAS magazine The Newsletter 2016. The Newsletter is a free, non-peer reviewed Asian Studies magazine published three times a year by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden the Netherlands. With approximately 17,000 worldwide subscribers, the magazine is an outstanding f

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sign-iias-newsletter - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Guest lectures to be held by Prof Jan Breman at the University of Copenhagen. On October 20th and 21st 2015 the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen hosts two talks by Professor Jan Breman from the University of Amsterdam. The first lecture takes place on the 20th of October from 12.00-13.30 in room 16.2.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/jan-breman-guest-lectures-copenhagen - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Narashima Boopathi Sivasubramanian from the Department of Management at University of Vaasa, Finland, defends his doctoral dissertation entitled ”Managing across cultures with Cultural Intelligence Quotient (CQ) - Study of Finnish business leaders experience in India”, on Friday 16 December 2016 at 12.00. aNarashima B

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-finnish-business-leaders-india-experiences - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Professor Frédéric Landy, director at the French Institute of Pondicherry, held a seminar entitled “National parks within the urban agglomerations of Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town: between urbanization and globalization, which place for ‘eco-ethnicity’? on Thursday 8 December 2016 at the Department of

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/frederic-landy-held-lecture-lund-his-notion-eco-ethnicity - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Riya Raphael, active member of SASNET's student body SASA, recently joined the Department of Gender Studies at Lund University as a PhD student in December 2016. Current Research: Riya Raphael's PhD project aims to investigate and question normative categories and concepts within the study of political economy and eco

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/riya-raphael-joins-department-gender-studies - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Maria Tonini and Admir Skodo will join SASNET as researchers from 1 January 2017. As a SASNET researcher, Maria will explore patterns of inclusion and exclusion as they are articulated in digital media in India and Sweden, with special focus on social media platforms and user-generated content. Issues of interest incl

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-researchers-will-join-sasnet - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A call for papers has been announced for The Ireland India Institute's first Postgraduate Conference on South Asia. Deadline for abstracts is 3 February 2017. The conference is hosted in collaboration with the British Association for South Asian Studies (BASAS). Doctoral researchers and early career academics are invi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/ireland-india-institute-postgraduate-conference-2017 - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Funded by Knut and Alice Wallenbers foundation, the director of SASNET Andreas Johansson traveled to University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to explore the possibility for future research collaborations. Andreas had several meetings at UCSB. First he had meetings with people connected with the Global Studies de

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/andreas-johansson-visited-ucsb - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A two years Postdoc fellowship in colonial history is available at the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Sweden. The last day of application is 1 February 2017. Context of position: The project ‘Huseby in the world’ (‘Huseby i världen’) engages with the unique collection of historical documents,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/postdoc-fellowship-colonial-history - 2026-05-05

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The South Asian Studies Association's (SASA) Conference 2017, will be held on 24-26 March, 2017 at Claremont McKenna College, California. Deadline for paper submission is January 24, 2017. South Asian Studies:  Never More RelevantHome to one quarter of the earth’s population and the world’s fastest growing major econo

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/2017-sasa-conference-claremont - 2026-05-05