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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. #Rethinkingpopulism aims to facilitate dialogues and discussions on the various meanings of populism in current day societies. #Rethinkingpopulism brings together scholars from various backgrounds to explore populist phenomena around the globe and foster critical dialogue. It is a joint initiative by Lund University,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-supports-rethinking-populism-platform-opendemocracy - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Shripad Dharmadhikary came to Lund in early December and held a number of lectures and interactive sessions at various departments of Lund University. SASNET was honoured to welcome Shripad Dharmadhikary from Pune, India. He was a full-time activist for 12 years with the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save the Narmada Moveme

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/indian-water-expert-and-activist-visited-sasnet - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Nordic Centre in India announced its upcoming summer courses for 2020 in various locations in India. NCI welcomes applications for the following three summer courses taking place in India between May and August 2020:Gender and Society in Contemporary India University of Hyderabad, July 13th to August 8th, 2020This

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/nci-summer-courses-2020 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Isha Dubey explores the nature of the communal violence that occurred in Bihar in 1946 against the backdrop of the ‘escalating’ communal tensions during the 1930-1940s. Abstract:The year 1937 saw the establishment of Congress Ministries in eight of the eleven provinces in which the provincial elections had been held,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-post-doc-publishes-article-journal-royal-asiatic-society - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The summer School will take place in May 2020 at the LU Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety and offers training in developing gender-inclusive designs in response, recovery, and preparedness.  From the Lund University Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety website:"After the success of the first s

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-co-organises-summer-school-gender-and-risk - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Orwa Ajjoub will be with us for the next 3 months, working on a report about the future of IS and al-Qaeda, also in the context of South Asia. Orwa Ajjoub is an affiliated researcher at SASNET. In 2018, Orwa graduated from Lund University with an MA in Middle Eastern Studies. Interested in Islamic theology and politic

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-new-researcher - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 4th annual meeting will take place at the University of Copenhagen on 28th and 29th May 2020. We are pleased to invite scholars and policy practitioners to contribute to the 4th annual meeting of the South Asia across the Nordic Region (SANR 2020) in Copenhagen. The SANR annual meeting offers a platform to present

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sanr-conference-2020-call-papers - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET is pleased to welcome Dr. Amrita Ghosh from Linnaeus University and Dr. Phu Doma Lama from Lund University as new affiliated researchers. Amrita Ghosh has a Masters in English from Rutgers University, NJ and a PhD in Postcolonial literature and theory, specializing in Partition Literature, from Drew University,

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/two-new-affiliated-researchers-sasnet - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The course takes place at the LU Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and deals with religious diversity in contemporary India. The course ”Brahmaner, imamer och heliga mödrar: religiös mångfald i dagens Indien” (Brahmins, Imams and Sacred Mothers: Religious Pluralism in Modern India) offers an introduction to th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-sponsors-course-lund-university - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The report presents an overview of SASNET's diverse activities and research-related accomplishments during the last year. SASNET has collaborated with several organisations within Lund University and with organisations from all over the country through seminars, publications, networking, and conferences.Find the full

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-publishes-activity-report-2019 - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET organizes a conference entitled ”Modern Matters: Negotiating the Future in Everyday Life in South Asia” from 20 – 22 September 2016 at Lund University. The conference will explore what it means to consider oneself modern or outside the limits of modernity, in an extremely diverse region. It will also examine ho

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/papers-invited-sasnet-2016-conference-modernity-south-asia - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Johan Nilsson will join SASNET to prepare a project tracing the reception of South Asian religion in Swedish Theosophy. Nilsson recently completed his PhD in the history of religions at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. Nilsson's primary focus of study is esoteric and occult movements act

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-welcomes-johan-nilsson - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. During his time at SASNET, the security expert will work on Al Qaeda and the Islamic State in South Asia. Asheque recently joined SASNET as an affiliated researcher. He is a political and security researcher on South Asia. He has worked as a countering violent extremism professional at the international level and has

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/asheque-haque-joins-sasnet - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In the brief, UI's Emil Lidén examines the potential for deeper security cooperation in Africa. The brief "Securing a Shared Neighbourhood: The European Union and India as Partners for Security in Africa" was recently published by the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), which co-hosts the South Asia Initi

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-report-south-asia-initiative-eu-india-relations-africa - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. In view of the ongoing corona pandemic, Andreas Johansson sat down with epidemiologist Dr. Shantanu Sharma to talk about the latest developments. After the first cases were reported in November 2019 in the Wuhan region of China, the coronavirus has spread to 177 countries and infected more than 200,000 people worldwid

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/latest-sasnet-podcast-corona-virus-india - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the latest episode of our podcast, Andreas Johansson sat down with SASNET affiliated researcher Orwa Ajjoub. SASNET director Andreas Johansson interviewed the scholar Orwa Ajjoub, who joined SASNET in January 2020, on the role of Al-Qaeda in the Afghan peace talks.Orwa Ajjoub is an affiliated researcher at SASNET.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-podcast-episode-al-qaeda-and-afghan-peace-talks - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. At the Intl. Conference on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary, Isha Dubey talked about memorial cultures in India and Bangladesh. SASNET post-doctoral researcher Isha Dubey delivered the valedictory address at the International Conference on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Birth Centenary (1920-20

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-post-doc-presented-conference-bangladesh - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the fourth episode of our weekly podcast, Andreas Johansson spoke to LU professor Neelambar Hatti. Andreas Johansson had a talk with Neelambar Hatti, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economic History at Lund University, about possible short and long-term effects of the corona pandemic on the Indian economy.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/new-sasnet-podcast-episode-corona-pandemic-and-indian-economy - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Hanna Geschewski had the pleasure to speak to SASNET affiliate researcher Dr Parama Sinha Palit on the spread of fake news on social media in times of the coronavirus pandemic. For this episode of our podcast, we invited Dr Parama Sinha Palit, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Rajaratnam School of International St

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/latest-sasnet-podcast-episode-covid-19-and-fake-news-india - 2026-05-07

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. For the latest podcast episode, Hanna spoke to Dr Sameer Mani Dixit, a public health expert, about the current spread of the coronavirus in Nepal. Dr Dixit has a background in biotechnology and immunology. After completing his PhD thesis at Western Sydney University, he returned to Nepal and after some teaching assign

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/last-weeks-podcast-covid-19-nepal - 2026-05-07