SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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SASNET Regional News:

Seminar on Afghanistan, on 13 April in Eslöv

• A full day seminar on ”Afghanistan – yesterday, today and tomorrow”, is arranged by Skånes FN-distrikt at Eslöv, Saturday 13 April, 2002, 9.00–16.00. Lectures are held by Prof Bo Utas, Dept of Asian and African Languages at Uppsala University, Prof Göran Melander, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University, Peter Hjukström from Svenska Aghanistankommittén, and others. Venue: Medborgarhusets restaurang, Södergatan 29. In order to take part in the seminar, report to Knut Rang, 040-18 36 29, not later than 8 April, and send 250 SEK to postal giro 73 49 21-0 (Skånes FN-distrikt).

Inauguration ceremony for new Urdu magazine, 10 April in Lund

• The Urdu Academy of Sweden inaugurates its new magazine, Zafia, with a ceremony in Lund on Wednesday 10 April, at 19.00. The function is arranged in collaboration with Vuxenskolan. Venue S:t Hans församlingshem, Fäladstorget. Chief guests at the ceremony are Jan Hjärpe, prof of Islamology at Lund University, and the SASNET director, Prof Staffan Lindberg. After the inaguration and serving of tea/coffee there will be a mushaira – recital of Urdu poetry. All interested persons are welcome.
For more information contact Mr Zubair Warsi from the Urdu Academy, ph: 0706-56 74 86.

 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, 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 96 65
E-mail: sasnet@sasnet.lu.se
Web site: http://www.sasnet.lu.se
Our office is manned weekdays 9-17, and open to visitors.

Staff: Staffan Lindberg, director/co-ordinator &
           Lars Eklund, webmaster/programme secretary