• 19 applications
for SASNET planning grants A total number of 19 applications
for the latest round of SASNET planning grants were received
before the closing-date on 15 November 2002. 17 applications refer to
research programmes/projects, one to education; and one to continued research
networking. Total amount applied for is 1.58 Million SEK, whereas total
amount available to distribute will be 475 000 SEK (preliminary figure).
Decisions on the grants will be taken on 28 January, 2003.More
information on SASNET’s Planning grants.
• Invitation for applications for the next
round ofSASNET planning grants
Applications are now welcome for the next round of SASNET planning grants.
Closing date for applications is 15 June, 2003. More
information.
• Planning grants also available from Sida/SAREC Note that similar planning grants can also be applied for from Sida/SAREC.
Planning grants are offered for field work, research collaboration and
other activities, including costs for salaries and travelling expenses.
Closing date for the next round of applications is 1 March 2003. SASNET
presents information on these and other Planning and Travelling grants
open for researchers engaged in South Asia related research. Go
for the page!
• South Asian students Guide to studies at
Swedish universities A very useful virtual South Asian students guide to studying at Swedish
universitieshas been prepared by SASNET, giving information on
admission rules, funding possibilities etc with links to the relevant
agencies. Go for the guide.
•
Reviews from the SASNET symposium The SASNET symposium for Swedish PhD students and post-docs engaged
in research related to South Asia took place on 25–27 October 2002,
at Marstrands Varmbadhus, north of Göteborg. The sessions were devoted
to discuss the situation of PhD students in South Asian Studies or South
Asia relevant studies (recruitment, fieldwork, supervision, finishing,
post-doc situation). Reviews from the sessions and the group discussions
are now available, along with the full programme, participants list and
basis for discussions on our web page http://www.sasnet.lu.se/phdsymp.html.
• Panels suggestions to the EASAS conference
at Lund 2004 A committee consisting of researchers at Lund University, assisted
by the SASNET root node is now preparing for the 18th European Conference
on Modern South Asian Studies, to be held in Lund, Sweden, on 6–9
July 2004. The conference, which is open to scholars engaged in research
and teaching concerning South Asia with regard to all periods and fields
of study, is organised by SASNET on behalf of the European
Association for South Asian Studies, EASAS. Invitations for suggesting
conference panels has been sent out to researchers around the World. Suggestions
for panels should be delivered before 30 June 2003. More
information on our conference invitation page.
Community News:
• Dissertation by
Per Ståhlberg on Hindi newspapers
Per Ståhlberg from the Dept of Social
Anthropology, Stockholm University, defends his dissertation on ”Lucknow
Daily: How a Hindi Newspaper Constructs Society” on Friday 20
December, 2002, 13.00. Faculty opponent is Dr Thomas Blom Hansen, University
of Edinburgh, Scotland. Venue: Hörsal 9, hus D, Södra huset,
Frescati. More
information on Per Ståhlberg’s personal web page.
• Dissertation on images of Asia in Norwegian
feature stories Elisabeth Eide from the Institute for Media and Communication, Oslo
University, defended her dissertation on ”’Down there’
and ’up here’. ’Europe's Others’ in Norwegian feature
stories”, on Saturday 23 November. Faculty opponents were Karen
Ross, Coventry University, U.K., and Torsten Thurén, Stockholm
University. Read
abstract of dissertation (as a pdf-file).
• Contemporary India – a Summer Program
in Hyderabad, India
The board of the Nordic Center in India announces a four-week summer program
in July 2003, on the topic of Contemporary India. The program will consist
of lectures and field trips organized by the Study in India Program at
the University of Hyderabad in
the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. More
information.
•EU’s
6th Framework Programme launched The European Commission has now launched its much awaited 6th Framework
Programme, FP6. 11 500 Expressions of interest were received in
beforehand for participation in research. 17.5 Billion Euro will be distributed
to research during the period 2003-2006. The seven thematic areas which
are entitled for support are:
‡ Life sciences,
Genomics and Biotechnology for Health
‡ Information society technologies
‡ Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences,
knowledge-based functional materials, new production processes and devices
‡ Aeronautics and space
‡ Food quality and safety
‡ Sustainable development, global
change and ecosystems
‡ Citizens and governance in a knowledge-based
society More information from
the CORDIS FP6 page.
• Swedish Research Council supports South
Asia related projects In November 2002 the Swedish Research Council distributed 1.700 Million
SEKto research projects in all the disciplines for the period
2003–2005. A limited number of projects related to South Asia were
given grants. See SASNET’s presentation
of these projects (in Swedish only).
• Visiting fellow
position announced at Karolinska Institutet A position is announced as visiting
fellow at Karolinska Institutet, Department of Molecular Medicine and
Department of Endocrinology. It is a research
training position on Calcium- and cAMP signaling networks in the pancreatic
ß-cells, and will last for one–two years funded by the Swedish
Research Council. The ideal candidate is registered in a PhD programme
outside of Sweden or in a different university in Sweden and would like
to perform part of his/her thesis work in the department’s laboratory.
Women and candidates from developing countries are encouraged to apply.
More information (as a pdf file).
• Aalborg University announces position as
PhD Scholarship holder SPIRIT, the doctoral school within the Institute for History, International
and Social Studies, at Aalborg University, Denmark, announces a
position as PhD Scholarship holder from May 2003. Applicants are particularly
welcome in the thematic area of Global Markets and Organisations: Co-operation
and Competition, and applicants are strongly advised to consult the outline
of this research area on the
SPIRIT website. Application deadline is 15 January 15, 2003.
• PhD fellows positions announced at GSSS,
University of Bremen The Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS) at the University of
Bremen, Germany, invites applications to its 3-year PhD programme in three
specified research fields, including ”International Relations
and Political Theory”. GSSS which is part of an international
network of graduate education, and is funded by the Volkswagen Foundation,
will accept 15 PhD fellows, nine of whom will receive a stipend of €
1000/month for 36 months according to the ranking list. Foreign students
(with an excellent undergraduate record and command of English) are encouraged
to apply. Last date for applications: 15 January, 2003. More
information from the GSSS home page.
• SEPHIS announces five fellowships for post-doctoral
research SEPHIS, the South-South exchange programme for research on the history
of development, based at Amsterdam (and fully sponsored by the Netherlands
Ministry for Development Cooperation), announces five fellowships for
post-doctoral research in 2003. Funding will be provided for travel and
research costs, and salary according to local standards. Eligible are
scholars who have received their PhD degrees, preferably within the last
five years, and who are employed by or affiliated to a university, a research
institute or development agency in a developing country. Another five
grants are also available for PhD research. Under the sub-themes of ”The
forging of Nationhood, and the contest over Citizenship, Ethnicity and
History”; and ”Equity, Exclusion and Liberalisation”,
Sephis will give special attention to the search for new identities and
visions on development which arise in the South. Deadline for applications:
30 April, 2003. More information from
the SEPHIS web page.
• SSAAPS invites for applicationsfor
PhD student positions
The Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies (SSAAPS) invites for
applications for a maximum of six PhD student positions for the fall term
2003. Students who are planning to pursue doctoral studies at Swedish
university departments that provide economic, cultural, political and
social perspectives on developments in the Asia Pacific region (note!
the South Asian countries excluded!) are eligible to apply. Deadline
for applications: 1 March 2003 – changed date!
Conferences
and courses
• Anna Lindberg presents
paper at Conference on Dowry in New Delhi The Sixth International Conference on Dowry,
Bride-Burning and Son-Preference is held
3–6 January, 2003, at New Delhi, India. The conference is arranged
by the Gender & Religions
Research Centre, School of Oriental and African Studies, University
of London; and the International Society against Dowry and Bride Burning
in India (ISADABBI).
On Saturday 4 January Dr Anna Lindberg from the University of Pennsylvania
(but originally Dept of History, Lund University)
will present a paper on ”Can there be Dowry-Related Problems in
Progressive Kerala?”
• Conference on Communication for Development
at BHU in Varanasi An International Conference on ”Communication for Development
in the Information Age – Extending the Benefits of Technology for
All”is arranged at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India,
on 7–9 January 2003. The conference is organised by the Global
Communication Research Association, in cooperation with the Dept
of Extension Education at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences,
BHU; the Indian Society of Extension Education, New Delhi, and
the Center for South Asian Studies at Gifu Women’s University,
Japan.
• Conference on recent
Swedish development research 9–11 January in Lund A large number of Swedish researchers
in Development studies will present their projects/programmes during the
conference ”Fattiga och rika. Aktuell utvecklingsforskning och
dess villkor i Sverige”, arranged at Lund University 9–11
January, 2003. Prof Keith
Griffin from the University of California, Riverside, and Prof Barbara
Harriss-White from the Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University, are
specially invited guests. They will discuss ”Meeting the Challenges
of Globalisation: Opportunities and Threats for the Developing World”
with researchers from Asia and Africa. More
information.
• City One – Sarai conference in
Delhi on Asian urban experiences City One, The First South Asian Conference
on the urban experience is organised by Sarai,
a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi,
on 9–11 January, 2003. People working on South Asian city projects,
in India and elsewhere. It will be a cross-disciplinary conference, bringing
people from different areas (history, sociology, anthropology, cultural
studies, urban design, architecture, film and media studies) and also
include practitioners like architects and urban designers, as well as
representatives of urban social movements. More
information.
• All India Cultural Studies Workshop for
young researchers at Goa The eighth All India Cultural Studies Workshop will be organised
at Goa, India, 17–22 February, 2003. The workshop, which is intended
to give young researchers in India and other countries of the South and
opportunity to share their work with a selection of senior scholars, is
arranged by the Centre for Studies in
Social Sciences, Kolkata, but funded jointly by the Danish ENRECA
programme, and the Dutch SEPHIS-CSSSC
collaboration programme. It is aimed for doctoral and postdoctoral
students (preferably under the age of 35) who will be able to present
a research paper for discussion. The broad theme for this year’s
workshop is ”Citizenship and Identities”, where the aim
will be to understand and investigate the centrality of these twin notions
in contemporary social and human sciences.
• Workshopfor young researchers in
the social sciences at Kolkata The Association Jeunes Etudes Indiennes, AJEI, organizes a workshop
for young researchers in the social sciences, in Kolkata, India, 19–20
February, 2003. The theme for the workshop is ”Contemporary perspectives
on Identity and Territory in India”.
• Training course on methodological problems
in social science research in Asia
PhD students in the Social Sciences are encouraged to apply in a Research
training course on ”Solving Methodological Problems in Social
Science Research in Asia”, arranged by the Centre of East and
Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University, and Nordic Institute for Asian
Studies, Copenhagen. The course will be held in Lund and Copenhagen, 17–20
March 2003. A total number of 20 students will be selected for participation.
Six Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies (SSAAPS) PhD students
and another six Swedish PhD students will be wholly financed by SSAAPS.
The remaining eight PhD students, six from the other Nordic countries
and two from the Asia Alliance (not including South Asia!), will be called
upon to seek funding of their own expenses. Application deadline is 31
January 2003.
• Seminar on Religious Mobilisation and Organised
Violence in South Asia A two days seminar on ”Religious Mobilisation and Organised Violence
in Contemporary South Asia” will be arranged for Nordic PhD candidates
in Roskilde, Denmark, 3–4 April 2003. The seminar is aranged by the
Graduate School of International Development Studies, Roskilde University
Centre. Deadline for paper submission 15 February, 2003. Read
SASNET’s review of the Roskilde seminar (as a pdf-file)
• Workshop on Sufi-based popular Islam
in April in Berlin A workshop on ”Modern adaptations
of Sufi-based popular Islam: Concepts, practices and movements in a translocal
perspective” is held at the Centre for Modern Oriental Studies,
Berlin, 4–5 April, 2003. The workshop includes studies on the Sufi
reformist movements in Pakistan. Note, the dates for the conference have
been changed! More
information.
• The British Association for South Asian
Studies, BASAS, arranges its annual conferenceon 7–9
April, 2003, at Balliol College, Broad Street, University of Oxford. The
panels include such issues as: • Partition: Refugees, Resettlement
and Rehabilitation; • Contemporary Society and Politics in Uttar
Pradesh; • Gender and the South Asian Diaspora; and • Economic
Liberalisation, labour and politics. Closing date for paper offers is
31 January 2003. More
information.
• The 20th annual meeting of the Sanskrit
Tradition in the Modern World(STIMW)
The twentieth STIMW seminar will take place 23–25 May, 2003, at Minsteracres
Retreat Centre, a monastery in the Tyne valley near to Newcastle, U.K.
The seminar is arranged by the Department of Religious Studies at the
University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
• Changed date for global conference on Mountain
Ecotourism The conference is now scheduled to be held at Namche Bazaar, Khumbu,
Nepal, on 24–26 May, 2003. The conference is arranged by the Department
of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation of Nepal, in collaboration
with Bridges-PRTD (Projects in Rational Tourism Development), and
the Laboratory of Geoecology, Hokkaido University, Japan.
• Halmstad conference on Women and Politics
in Asia An international multi-disciplinary and cross-disciplinary conference
on ”Women and Politics in Asia” will take place at Halmstad
University 6–7 June 2003. The aim of the conference is to study different
dimensions of Asian women in politics, with contributions from scholars
within the social sciences and the humanities from various parts of the
world. Abstracts for papers expanding on the central theme, and on other
relevant topics, are invited. Deadline for submission: 31 January 2003.
The conference is organized jointly by the School of Social and Health
Sciences at Halmstad University, the Centre for Asian Studies at Göteborg
University, the Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies at Lund University,
and Nordic Institute for Asian Studies, NIAS. More
information on the conference website.
• Third International
Convention of Asia scholars The so-called ICAS3 conference will
be arranged at Raffles City Convention Centre in Singapore 19–22
August 2003. The convention is organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, National University of Singapore. Due to the high number of
requests, the proposal submission deadline has been extended to 31 January
2003. Proposals on all aspects of Asia research are invited. More
information.
• Conference on South Asian History of Religions A regional conference of the International Association of the History
of Religions(IAHR) will be arranged in New Delhi, India, 18–21
December, 2003. The conference, whichs aims to encourage rigorous secular
studies of religious traditions in India: Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism,
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Sikhism, is organised by the Centre
for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), in collaboration with India
International Centre. Last date for submission of abstracts is 15 December,
2002. Final date for confirmation of accepted proposals: 31 January 31,
2003.
• Danish symposium on the Future for Environment
in Development Assistance
This is arranged by the Danish 92-gruppen, on Friday 31 January, 2003,
9.00–15.30. Venue: Landstingssalen, Christiansborg, Copenhagen. Representatives
from several NGO’s will participate besides the Danish Minister for
Foreign Affairs Per Stig Møller (kf), other politicians, and representatives
from WNF and the European Union.
Summer Schools
• CERES organises Summer school on Faces of
Poverty in Amsterdam A
Summer School on ”Faces of Poverty” will be organized in Amsterdam,the Netherlands, 23–26 June, 2003. It is arranged by CERES, the
National Research School on Resource Studies for Development in the Netherlands,
which organizes more than 200 senior social science researchers in this
domain together with about 240 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
of whom almost half come from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The summer school is seen as an occasion to establish or renew contacts
with various development institutes across Europe, and it is first and
foremost a meeting ground for young (PhD) researchers. At the summer school
they can present their findings to each other and to senior staff. The
event is comparable to an international conference with submission of
abstracts, selection of contributors and paper presentation. Abstracts
of papers should be sent to the organizers before 1 March 2003.
News on courses and education
• Masters course in Asian studies at Lund
University in 2003/04 The planning for a 60 credits Masters Course (Magisterutbildning)
in Asian Studiesat Lund University goes ahead. It will start in
September 2003, with two separate tracks – one for East and South
East Asian studies, and the other for South Asian studies. The courses
are currently planned by teachers and researchers in the Faculties of
Humanities and Social Sciences (assisted by SASNET), in collaboration
with the Centre for East and South East Asian Studies at Lund University.
Deadline for applications to the courses is 15 April 2003. More
information.
• New Masters programme in Development Studies
at Uppsala University
The Department of Government, Uppsala University,
will start a 60 ECTS-credits (40 Swedish points) Master’s Programme
in Development Studies from September 2003. The programme, which partly
focuses on South Asia, is designed to attract students with a special
interest in development issues, and might be useful for personnel working
in the foreign services, aid organisations, the UN, and non-governmental
organisations. Application deadline for students with non-Swedish degrees
is 15 February 2003, and for students with Swedish degrees 15 April 2003.
More information on the course (as a pdf
file)
• Maximum number of Indian students in the
U.S.
Open Doors 2002, a report published by the Institute
of International Education (the leading not-for-profit educational
and cultural exchange organization in the United States) informs that,
with a 22% increase by Indian students, India has now surpassed China
as the leading sending country to American universities. India’s
66,836 students now represent 12% of the total number of international
students in the United States. From the other South Asian countries the
following number of students were sent to the U.S. last year: Pakistan
8,644; Bangladesh 3,935; Nepal 3,019; Sri Lanka 2,069; Afghanistan 92;
Bhutan 78; and the Maldives 16.
New and updated items on SASNET
web site
• More Swedish departments where research
on South Asia is going on: Added to the list of research environments at Swedish universities,
presented by SASNET. The full list now includes more than 70 departments.
Go to the presentation page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/environment.html.
• Several new articles recommended for reading
Look at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/recreading.html
for suggestions on interesting new articles on South Asia in International
media. Many new items added, especially on Pakistan, India, and Nepal.
• Distributors of South Asia related literature
SASNET now presents some selected books distributors
which are available on the Internet. See our special page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/books.html.
There you find:
• South Asia related academic and developmental
institutions in South Asia and around the world
SASNET’s link pages to universities and other research institutions
expand all the time.
•
South Asia related developmental and political organisations
issuing newsletters and bulletins, are found at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/webnews.html
Cultural Events connected to South
Asia in Scandinavia
• Last stop for the exhibition on religions
in Sweden Riksutställningar and SKS has produced an exhibition on ”Gud
har 99 namn”, on tour through Sweden. From 4 January, 2003, the
exhibition will be shown at Dunkers Kulturhus in Helsingborg. This is
the final point on the three years tour. More
information.
Best regards, and a
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2003
Staffan
Lindberg Lars
Eklund
SASNET/ Swedish South Asian Studies Network
SASNET is a national network
for research, education, and information about South Asia, based at
Lund University. The aim is to encourage and promote an open and dynamic
networking process, in which Swedish researchers co-operate with researchers
in South Asia and globally.
The network is open to all sciences. Priority is given to co-operation
between disciplines and across faculties, as well as institutions in
the Nordic countries and in South Asia. The basic idea is that South
Asian studies will be most fruitfully pursued in co-operation between
researchers, working in different institutions with a solid base in
their mother disciplines.
The network is financed by Sida (Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency) and by Lund
University.
Postal address: SASNET – Swedish South Asian Studies Network,
International Office,
Lund University, P O Box 117, S-221 00 Lund Visiting address: Gamla Kirurgen, Sandgatan 3, first floor,
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Last updated
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Reviews from the SASNET symposium 
A
Summer School on ”Faces of Poverty” will be organized in Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, 23–26 June, 2003. It is arranged by CERES, the
National Research School on Resource Studies for Development in the Netherlands,
which organizes more than 200 senior social science researchers in this
domain together with about 240 PhD students and post-doctoral researchers
of whom almost half come from Africa, Asia and Latin America. 