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SASNET Newsletter - May 2022 | |
Message from the DirectorIt is with great pleasure that I note that the spring has been a very productive period for SASNET. Not only have we launched a number of new grant initiatives, we have also been able to, once again, invite external speakers and guests to Lund University.
We are currently planning the autumn seminar schedule and we expect to be able to offer numerous fascinating in-person as well as hybrid events. To stay informed about the constant addition of new events, do follow us on our social media channels. | | | | Ted Svensson, Director, SASNET, Lund University | | | | | | | Planning grants for the submission of a major research application
Lund University researchers who are in the process of putting together and submitting a major national or international research application may apply for a planning grant.
The deadline for applying is 10 June 2022. Read more. | | | News from SASNETFor the latest updates from SASNET, follow us on our social media: | | | Best South Asia Thesis Award 2021/2022 SASNET will award an annual Best South Asia Thesis Award for an excellent Bachelor or Master thesis in the humanities or social sciences, submitted and defended by a student at Lund University. The deadline to nominate is 24 June 2022.
Read more.
| | | Grants for writing a research application Two grants intended to support individual researchers at Lund University in their writing of research applications. The grant equals one month’s full-time work and should be used by June 2023.
The deadline for applying is 31 May 2022
Read more. | | | South Asia travel grants for PhD studentsLund University PhD students may apply for two travel grants. Each grant amounts to a maximum value of 25000 SEK (direct costs) and shall be used to cover travel expenses such as flight tickets, accommodation, and visa fees.
The deadline for applying is 1 September 2022. Read more. | | | Lecture with Professor Sten WidmalmWelcome to a lecture with Sten Widmalm, Professor in Political Science at Uppsala University, on 24 May, 18.00 in Lund. The lecture will attend to findings about regime change as analysed and presented in the recently published book “Autocratization in South Asia”.
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| | | Exhibition: Liminal Urban DwellingLiminal Urban Dwelling is an ongoing photo exhibition at the School of Social Work, which captures Mumbai’s most significant resettlement programme and the ways in which it exemplifies racialised forms of housing for poor populations in urban zones that have been deemed unfit for human habitation. Copyright: Rishi Jha.
Read more. | | | New article about protests in Sri LankaIn a new article, published in The Conversation, former SASNET Director Andreas Johansson writes about the recent protests in Sri Lanka. The article is part of Johansson’s research project at SASNET, Religion and politics in Sri Lanka. Read more. | | | New Publication from Lund University |
Colonial origins of modern bureaucracy? India and the professionalization of the British civil service
In a new article, published in Governance, SASNET Director Ted Svensson (together with Agnes Cornell) examines the diffusion of meritocratic practices as a potential instance of policy transfer by scrutinizing the introduction of open and competitive examinations during the mid-nineteenth century in the British Civil Service.
Link to abstract.
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About SASNETSASNET, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network, is an interdisciplinary network for the production and dissemination of research, education, and information about South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), based at Lund University in Sweden. About this newsletter
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