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SASNET contact journey to Pakistan and Afghanistan The SASNET director Professor Staffan Lindberg, and deputy director/webmaster
Lars Eklund have successfully completed a contact journey to Pakistan
and Afghanistan (photo from Kabul above) lasting from Thursday
20 November – Sunday 7 December 2003. The aim of the tour was to
link up the SASNET activities with universities and research institutions
in the two countries, They visited Karachi, Islamabad, and Lahore in Pakistan;
and Kabul in Afghanistan. It turned out to be an extremely fruitful journey,
both building on the already existing academic links between a few researchers/institutions
in Sweden and Pakistan, and promoting new forms of cooperation there as
well as in Afghanistan. Full reports on the journey will appear on the
SASNET web site in January 2004.
Limitations in changes of the web site due to the
webmaster’s absence
SASNET takes a pride in updating its website daily and keeping the best
record of coming conferences/important lectures in Scandinavia. During
December will the site however be less updated. This is because the webmaster,
Lars Eklund, takes out his holiday in his beloved second hometown Kolkata.
It means that minor faults are not possible to correct during his absence.
But the SASNET Director, Staffan Lindberg (photo from Islamabad to
the left), is back in office from Tuesday 9 December. Contact him
at Staffan.Lindberg@soc.lu.se
• Schedules fixed for the panels to
the 18th EASAS conference The 18th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies,
organized by SASNET and Lund University, 6–9 July 2004, will have
a total number of 49 panels, covering a wide scope of research fields.
Please note that individual researchers who like to present papers at
the 18th EASAS conference should contact the convenor of the panel into
which his/her paper fits. Each panel has a convenor who organizes the
panel autonomously. All communications regarding the panels content should
therefore be directed directly to the panel organizers, and not to the
executive conference committee. Last date for registration and submission
of papers is 1 February 2004. The schedules are now fixed. Go
for the panels schedules page with links to abstracts.
• Registration to the conference before
1 February 2004
Last date for registration to the 18th EASAS conference is 1 February
2004. A registration form, which includes details on how to pay the conference
fee, is available at the conference web page, http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASAS18.html
• Limited number of travel and accommodation
grants available
Two categories of participants to the 18th EASAS conference in Lund are
eligible to apply for the limited number of travel and accommodation grants
available, namely:
1/ Panel convenors from South Asia and Eastern Europe who need financial
support to attend the conference; and
2/ Younger researchers from South Asia and Eastern Europe who need financial
support to attend the conference, and has got his/her paper accepted by
a panel (maximum one scholarship per panel).
The applying panel convenor or young researcher, should submit a copy
of the paper that has been accepted for the conference, along with his/her
CV, and a confirmation that the paper has been accepted by a panel. Applications
have to reach the secretariat, by e-mail (sasnet@sasnet.lu.se)
or by post (SASNET, Scheelevagen 15, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden) no later
than 1 February 2004, which is also the closing date for registration.
The grants consist of getting flight tickets to and from Lund, plus food
and accommodation during the conference period. Only few travel and accommodation
grants are available, and we therefore advise anybody who really desires
to participate in the conference to secure funding from other sources.
• Hotel accommodation for
participants to the 18th EASAS conference
The conference will arrange lodging only for those persons who receive
a travel and accommodation grant to attend. Other participants must arrange
and pay for their own lodging. There are however several alternatives
for accommodation.
Rooms have been booked in advance for participants in the 18th EASAS conference
at all hotels in town. When making the final reservation you should therefore
mention the booking code mentioned in SASNET’s directory of hotels
and youth hostels available at Lund.
Community News:
• The Faculties of Humanities
and Theology at Lund University has now announced the new professorship
in History of Religions, concentrated
on the Indic religions Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The position
will be appointed from 1 July 2004. More information
on the Section of Indic Religions at Lund University. Last date for
applying for the position is Friday 9 January 2004. More
information, as a pdf-file (only in Swedish).
• The Center on International Cooperation
(CIC) of New York University, in collaboration with partners in Kabul,
has been working to establish an Institute for Social and Economic Policy
Research in Afghanistan. This institute will be an Afghan-owned and run
center for policy-related research and training focused on the reconstruction
of the country. CIC now invites proposals for research projects, focusing
on issues important for the reconstruction of Afghanistan. It should be
led by a qualified research professional, preferably of Afghan origin,
who can work in Afghanistan with an Afghan staff, and have a budget of
under 15,000 US-dollars. Proposals should be sent to Barnett
R. Rubin, Director of Studies, Center
on International Cooperation, New York University, U.S.
• The new Indian book publisher Witness Books,
based at Panaji, Goa, invites scholars from all faculties associated with
SASNET to publish their manuscripts. Witness Books has during the
last year committed itself to publishing intellectually engaging titles
in arts, science and social sciences, which impact on the present social,
political and scientific environment. 10 p.c. royalty will be paid annually
for both paperbacks and hardbacks. Those who are interested should
contact the publishers directly.
Conferences
and courses
• Norwegian conference on Evaluating
Research Results from the South The Second NETREED Conference with the theme ”Communicating
and Evaluating Research Results from the South” will take place
8–10 December 2003 at Gausdal Høifjellshotell, Norway. NETREED
is a network of individuals and institutions based in Norway, who do research
and evaluation on education and development (with a focus on developing
countries). Key note speaker at the conference will be Dr. Iffat Farah
from the Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. The theme of the conference
is chosen in order to get a wide discussion and different perspectives
on research results of researchers in the North doing research in countries
in the South. There will also be a debate on ethical questions and dilemmas
for those working as researchers on the one hand and as evaluators on
the other hand. Paper presentations by graduate students, researchers,
evaluators and representatives from NGO's will be organised in parallell
sessions.
• International Conference on business
management of developing countries in Sri Lanka The first International Conference on business management of
developing countries, with the theme ”From information to
knowledge to competencies: Key success factors for innovation and sustainable
development”
is held at the University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
11–12 December 2003. The conference is organized by the university’s
Faculty of Management and Commerce.
• International Conference on Women
and Migration in Asia in New Delhi An International Conference on ”Women and Migration in
Asia” is held at New Delhi, India 10–13 December 2003. The conference
is organized by the Developing Countries Research Centre, DCRC, at the
University of Delhi, and has the ambition to bring together scholars from
across Asia and other countries working in the broad thematic area of
Women and Migration.
• International conference on the studies
of religious traditions in India at New Delhi 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.
• Indian History Congress holds its
64th Annual Session in Mysore The Indian History Congress (IHC) will hold its 64th Annual
Session in Mysore, Karnataka, 28–30 December 2003. As ususal
there will be five panels sections, for 1. Ancient India, 2. Medieval
India, 3. Modern India, 4. History of Countries other than India, and
5. Archaeology. Besides this the IHC, which is the oldest and one
of the most prestigious academic organizations in India, proposes
to hold a special panel on the ”History of Information and Communication
Technologies in India” during the session. Eminent scholars
from history and related disciplines would be presenting papers in it
and the IHC has plans for publication of a volume with selected papers.
• International conference on ”Conflict,
Peace and Development in South Asia” at Colombo An International conference on ”Conflict, Peace and Development
in South Asia” is held at Colombo, Sri Lanka, 8–10 January 2004.
The conference is arranged by School
of Management, Binghamton University, New York State, USA, in cooperation
with the the International Center for Conflict Prevention and Management,
Sydney, Australia. More information
(as a pdf file).
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,
Scheelevägen 15 B, S-223 70 Lund, Sweden Visiting address: Ideon Research Park, House Alfa 1 (first
floor, room no. 2042), in the premises of the Centre for East and
South East Asian Studies at Lund University (ACE). Phone: + 46 46 222 73 40 Fax: + 46 46 222 30 41 E-mail:sasnet@sasnet.lu.se Web site:
http://www.sasnet.lu.se Staff:Staffan
Lindberg, director/co-ordinator & Lars
Eklund, webmaster/deputy director
SASNET - Swedish South Asian Studies Network/Lund
University
Address: Scheelevägen 15 D, SE-223 70 Lund, Sweden
Phone: +46 46 222 73 40
Webmaster: Lars Eklund
Last updated
2010-11-18
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SASNET contact journey to Pakistan and Afghanistan