• Decisions on panels for the 18th EASAS
conference 2004 under way The closing date for leaving panels suggestions to the 18th
European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, organized by SASNET
and Lund University, on behalf of the European
Association for South Asian Studies, EASAS, 6–9 July 2004, was
June, 30, 2003. A total number of 59 suggestions are under consideration.
As there will be a limit to the number of accepted panels the planning
committee has already approached some of the panels with somewhat similar
themes to consider amalgamation. Decisions on panels will be taken by
the EASAS conference planning committee on 15 August 2003, after which
the complete list will be presented on the conference
web page.
• Local SASNET symposia at Karlstad
and Göteborg in September As a follow-up on the discussions that emerged at SASNET’s
symposium for South Asia oriented PhD students in Marstrand in October
2002 (read the reports) Staffan Lindberg and
Lars Eklund from SASNET visited Stockholm and Uppsala 14–16 May
2003, and had local meetings with researchers, teachers and students.
Now similar meetings will be held also in Karlstad and Göteborg.
Meeting jointly organized by SASNET and South Asia oriented researchers
and students at the local universities will be organized in Karlstad on
Wednesday 24 September, and in Göteborg on Thursday 25 September
2003. More information will appear on http://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnetf.html.
• Use SASNET’s advanced search function
An advanced search function was created for SASNET last year by Netlab
at Lund University. It provides for a full text search not only to our
own web site, but also to all the pages we link up to, in two steps (at
present that approximately 20 000 web pages). Therefore our engine is
most useful for searching material specifically connected to South Asia.
It is found at http://www.sasnet.lu.se/searchf.html
Community News:
• Students Research papers on India
published by Högskolan Dalarna ”Political Visions and Social Realities in Contemporary
South India” is the title of a book that will be published by Högskolan
Dalarna in September 2003. It will be the first volume in the university’s
new International Studies Series, and consists of papers by students at
the C- and D-level in History and Religion at Högskolan Dalarna,
Campus Falun, who made a field study tour to South India in the Spring
2002. The project, called the South India Field Study Project is partly
funded by a SASNET planning grant. The book is being edited by Lars Berge
and Gunnel Cederlöf, and will be presented at a seminar open to the
public, at Högskolan Dalarna, Campus Falun, on Friday 5 September
2003, 10.30–13. More information on the
South India Field Study Project.
• International Conference on South
Asian Archaeology held in Germany The 17th International Conference on South Asian Archaeology
was held in Bonn, Germany, 7-11 July 2003. Approximately 150 scholars
took part in the conference, out of which 17 came from Asia, 109 from
Europe, 3 from Australia and 22 from North America. There was only one
participant from the Nordic countries. As usual two parallel sessions
were held, comprising in all more than 100 presentations. One session
concerned archaeological periods up to the iron age in various parts of
South and West Asia, and one concerned the historical period. The latter
had an emphasis on studies of numismatics, art and architecture. See
the full programme for the conference.
• Proposals for the EU-India Economic
Cross Cultural Programme 2003 invited The Delegation
of the European Commission to India, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives
calls for proposals for the EU-India Economic Cross Cultural Programme
2003. The programme supports projects from networks of Indian and European
non-profit organizations working in the following dimensions: •
Media, Communication and Culture; • Entrepreneurial Networking;
and • University & Studies. The projects should involve civil
society from both sides, as the idea is to promote civil society links
by co-financing activities and partnerships such as exchange programmes,
publications, networking, seminars and workshops that are structured around
specific projects. To be eligible, a network has to comprise of minimum
one organisation from India and two from two different member states of
the European Union. Minimum amount to apply for an individual project
is 250.000 Euro (and maximum: € 500.000). Deadline for applications:
12 September 2003.
• NIAS Contact Scholarships for Graduate Students
The Nordic Institute for Asian Studies offer scholarships designed to
make NIAS‚ library and other resources accessible to graduate students
in the Nordic countries. A scholarship covers inexpensive travel to and
from Copenhagen and accommodation in a NIAS room at Nordisk Kollegium,
with full board for a period of two weeks. It must be noted that because
only one room at the Nordisk Kollegium is available for this scholarship
programme, stays are arranged subject to a time schedule administered
by NIAS. Monday 15 September 2003 is the closing date for applications
for scholarships during the period October-December 2003. More
information.
• NIAS Guest Researcher Scholarships
Senior researchers and postgraduate students based in the Nordic countries
are offered scholarships, giving an opportunity to work at NIAS as an
affiliated researcher for 2 or 4 weeks. A scholarship includes inexpensive
travel to and from Copenhagen and accommodation with full board in a NIAS
room at Nordisk Kollegium. The guest researcher enjoys full access to
the Institute’s library services and research tools, computer facilities,
contact networks and scholarly environment. Monday 15 September 2003 is
the closing date for applications for scholarships during the period October-December
2003. More information.
Conferences
and courses
• 2003 World Water Week at Stockholm
of great interest for South Asia The 2003 World Water Week is currently taking place in Stockholm,
Sweden, 10–16 August 2003, and the 13th Stockholm Water Symposium
11–14 August. Both during the symposium and the eight workshops
throughout the week a large number of South Asian researchers and professionals
– from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka –
have been invited to speak and give presentations, not the least in workshop
no 4, on ”Securing Food Production under climatic variability:
Exploring the options”, filled with South Asian participants.
More information, and the full programme to be found on on the
2003 World Water Week web site.
• Multidisciplinary conferencein Härjedalen on Peripheral Communities An international multidisciplinary conference on the theme ”Peripheral
Communities. Crisis, Continuity and Long-Term Survival” will
take place in Sveg and the forest village of Ängersjö in Härjedalen,
Sweden on August 14-17, 2003. The conference is hosted by the Swedish
interdisciplinary research project ”Flexibility as Tradition.
Culture and Subsistence in the Boreal Forests of Northern Sweden”,
which involves scholars from the faculties of natural science, humanities
and social science, and it will explore the historical and contemporary
conditions of peripheral communities from a broad multidisciplinary perspective.
More information at the conference
website.
• International Convention of Asia scholars
in Singapore The Third International Convention of Asia scholars, ICAS3, is 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. More
information.
• Conference on Education and Poverty
alleviation in the Developing World The Nordic Association for the Study of Education in Developing
Countries, NASEDEC, should have held a conference on ”Education
and Poverty alleviation in the Developing World”, in Oslo,
Norway, 21–22 August 2003. A conference addressing the issues in
the light of Nordic government policy initiatives. The conference
has however been postponed. More
information.
• International seminar an workshop
on fermented foods in Gujarat An International Seminar and Workshop on ”Fermented
Foods, Health Status and Social Well being” will be organised
by the Dept of Dairy Microbiology, SMC College of Dairy Science, Gujarat
Agricultural University at Anand, India, 13–14 November 2003. The
conference is co-hosted by the Dept of Applied Nutrition, Lund University,
Sweden; and is partly sponsored by a planning grant from SASNET. Dr V
Kurien, the father of White Revolution in India, will inaugurate the seminar
on 13 November. Full programme with registration
form (as a pdf-file).
• Workshop on Development research at
Lund University on 26 September The Centre for Environmental Studies
(MICLU) at Lund University, along with the Dept of Economic History and
the Dept of Social and Economic Geography, organizes for the second consecutive
year a Workshop on Development research on Friday 26 September 2003. PhD
students and researchers on developmental issues at Lund University are
all invited to meet.
• Annual Conference on Development in
Stockholm on 17 October The Annual Conference on Development 2003 is organized in Stockholm
on Friday 17 October 2003. The conference which is held for the fourth
consecutive year is arranged by Sida, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign
Affairs and UNDP, and will focus on the relationship between growth and
development. Venue: Münchenbryggeriet Expo Hall, Stockholm.
• Workshop on Communal Sovereignty in
the Era of Globalization at Uppsala University The Seminar for Development Studies at Uppsala University arranges
a workshop on ”Communal Sovereignty in the Era of Globalization:
Competing for Natural Resources”, Saturday 25 October 2003.
The workshop will critically analyze how local communities (primarily
in the Third World) are affected by the world-wide changes of the legally
defined rights to own and use natural resources, and the opening keynote
address will be held by Arturo Escobar, Professor of Anthropology, University
of North Carolina, USA. Escobar is internationally renowned for his work
on political ecology. More information.
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 106 departments! Go
to the presentation page
• 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 the South
Asia region.
Cultural Events connected to South
Asia in Scandinavia
• A Bollywood festival is organized
in Oslo for 11 days, 8–18 August 2003
Lots of Indian films
are shown, and the festival also includes dance performances and Indian
food. Venue: Kulturslottet Soria Moria, Torshov, Oslo, Norway. More
information.
• Images of Asia cultural festival opened
in Copenhagen on 8 August The cultural festival Images of Asia will takes place in August
and September 2003 in Copenhagen, Århus, Odense, Esbjerg and the
County of Ribe, Roskilde, Randers and a number of other cities in Denmark.
The festival aims to increase the Danish understanding of contemporary
Asia and promote co-operation between Denmark and Asia, and includes several
exhibitions, musical performances etc connected to South Asia. The Danish
Center for Culture and Development (DCCD) has the overall responsibility
for Images of Asia, which is organized in broad partnership between a
range of governmental institutions, NGOs, cultural institutions, associations,
municipalities, counties and individuals in Denmark and Internationally.
The festival opened on Friday 8 August 2003 in Copenhagen. More
information.
• Exhibition projects on Modern Indian Art
in Berlin ”body.city. New Perspectives from India” is a major exhibition
projectat the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Germany, 20 September
– 16 November 2003. In two different exhibitions, the present contemporary
Indian avant-garde art will be shown on the one hand (including works
by Atul Dodiya, Anita Dube, Subba Ghosh, Suboth Gupta, Reena Saini Kallat,
Jitish Kallat, Bharti Kher, Sonia Khurana, Surrendran Nair, Rehka Rodwittiya,
Sharmila Samant and Hema Updahyay), and the development of Indian popular
art from traditional imagery on the other hand. Programmes on contemporary
music, theatre and literature will also appear. Venue: Haus der Kulturen
der Welt, Tiergarten, Berlin. More
information on the exhibition in Berlin.
Best regards
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, c/o
International Office, Lund University, P O Box 117, S-221 00 Lund Visiting address: Gamla Kirurgen, Sandgatan 3, first floor,
room no. 230 Phone: + 46 46 222 73 40 Fax: + 46 46 222 41 11 E-mail:sasnet@sasnet.lu.se Web site:
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SASNET - Swedish South Asian Studies Network/Lund
University
Address: Scheelevägen 15 D, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
Phone: +46 46 222 73 40
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Last updated
2011-04-08
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