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This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The 2017 Sri Lanka Graduate Conference will be held on October 13-14 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The conference theme is “Sri Lanka: Critical Reflections on Legacies of Authority and Difference.” Submit proposals before August 28, 2017. Conceiving of “Authority” and “Difference” in their broadest senses

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-sri-lanka-graduate-student-conference - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The conference 'Examining the Processual in Kinship and Family in South Asia', will be held at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 1-2 February 2018. The deadline for submission is 31 August 2017. Within kinship today, the idea of being related and constructing relatedness has been

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-conference-kinship-and-family-south-asia - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Buddhist Studies/Digital Humanities. Applications must be received no later than 15 September 2017. The fellow will join the ERC-funded Open Philology project. The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for developing the

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-postdoctoral-fellow-buddhist-studiesdigital-humanities - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Wesleyan University’s Department of Religion invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Religion, with a focus on Buddhist Studies, beginning July 1, 2018. The Department is seeking scholars who specialize in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, or Southeast Asia, and who are capable of applying th

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-buddhist-studies - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is seeking to fill two faculty positions for its interdisciplinary research programme on Climate Change Mitigation and Development. The programme focuses on building an interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges to and solutions for achieving low-

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/faculty-positions-available-climate-change-mitigation-and-development - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo was interviewed by the Taiwanese newspaper United Daily News Global about Ung i Sverige, the protest movement started by unaccompanied minor asylum seekers from Afghanistan.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/admir-skodo-interviewed-taiwanese-newspaper - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has been commissioned to write an entry on idealism in the Sage Encyclopaedia of Social Research Methods.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/admir-skodo-has-been-commissioned-write-entry-sage - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On May 11, 2017, researchers from all over Sweden focusing on East Asia (and Asia in general) gathered in Stockholm. The conference, organized by the Institute for Security & Development Policy and the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, aimed to create opportunities to discuss

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/videos-and-conference-report-isdps-conference - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of History at Salisbury University is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of History (South Asian History specialization).  This is a full-time tenure-track position. Teaching load is 3-3 to include World Civilizations, upper-division undergraduate, and graduate courses for ou

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-history - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, has been authorized to fill a tenure-track faculty position in Tamil Studies at the level of Assistant Professor. The expected start date is July 1, 2018. The Department seeks candidates with native or near-native ability in writt

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-tamil-studies - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Between 2004 and 2005 Lund University published the Swedish journal Chakra: tidskrift för indiska religioner. The journal published peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on religions on the Indian subcontinent. The founding editors of Chakra were Associate Professor Kristina Myrvold and Dr. Katarina Plank. The four

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/online-republication-chakra-marks-first-step-toward-creating-nordic-journal-south-asian-studies - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 14 September at 19.00 director Sarah Singh comes to Skissernas Museum (Museum of Sketches for Public Art) in Lund to screen "A Million Rivers".  A Million Rivers - a contemporary black and white surrealist film work exploring Bertolt Brecht’s ‘alienation effect’ and the notion of expanded cinema. Radically

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/million-rivers-movie-screening-and-directors-talk - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. SASNET already has experience in funding research projects after having funded the South Asia Media Project, coordinated by Andreas Mattsson. SASNET has now renewed its commitment to help develop exciting research projects at Lund University. The main goal with this initiative is to help researchers secure external fu

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-helps-develop-research-projects-south-asia-lund-university - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Department of Religion at Florida State University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure track Assistant Professor in Religions of South Asia to begin on August 7, 2018. Specialization is open, but preference is for competency in Hindu and/or Buddhist traditions in India with an excellent command of

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-religions-south-asia - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Thursday 21 September 2017, 15-17 a Higher Seminar in Linguistics with the title "Language documentation and revitalization in northern Pakistan" was held at Stockholm University. Speakers were Fakhruddin Akhunzada, Naseem Haider and Muhammad Zaman Sagar (Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) at Islamabad, Pakistan)

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/stockholm-seminar-language-documentation-and-revitalization-northern-pakistan - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Exeter South Asia Centre will host the 2018 British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference from Wednesday 18th April to Friday 20th April 2018 at the University of Exeter. The organisers are now accepting panel and paper submissions for this conference. They invite proposals for panels and papers fr

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-basas-conference-2018 - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Northwestern University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor of modern South Asian history. Candidates must have their Ph.D. in hand before the start date of September 1, 2018. A letter of application, CV, writing sample (no longer than an article or dissertation chapter), and three letters of recommend

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-modern-south-asian-history - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. On Friday 15 September, Lund University celebrated its 350th anniversary together with staff and students. To start off the festivities, the USV Centres had a pre-party where SASNET researchers Admir Skodo and Maria Tonini, amongst other USV researchers, held mini talks to highlight the work and research of the USV. T

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-researchers-held-mini-talks - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. A one year Postdoc fellowship in colonial history is available at the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Sweden. The last day of application is 15 October 2017. Context of position: The project ‘Huseby in the world’ (‘Huseby i världen’) engages with the unique collection of historical documents, t

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-postdoc-fellow-colonial-history - 2026-04-23

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya organised by Social Science Baha, Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS & Nepal Academic Network (Japan) will be hold 25-27 July 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Proposals are invited for

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/call-papers-kathmandu-conference-nepal-and-himalaya - 2026-04-23