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SASNET Newsletter - December 2020 | |
Message from the DirectorA strange year has come to an end. Researching and navigating South Asia in the times of Covid-19 is something that is discussed in our new issue of Chakra - Nordic Journal of South Asian Studies. There are 14 articles on this topic a well composed and timely issue of our journal. Read it for free here. I want to thank our readers for all the feedback and suggestions we have received over the year and I also want to express my gratuities to my co-workers and affiliated researchers for doing such great work in these difficult times. Sincerely, Andreas Johansson | | | | Andreas Johansson, Director, SASNET, Lund University | | | | | | | | | | | | Read the special issue of our SASNET Chakra Journal (Credit: SASNET) | Chakra Journal Special Issue publishedEarlier this year, SASNET had published a call for papers focusing on social-political, cultural, economic, and psychological cost of COVID-19 as well as the question of how to do proper research in area studies in times when we cannot be mobile. After a careful selection process, we have now published the 14 best articles as a special issue of our SASNET journal Chakra, titled "Articulations of a Pandemic - Researching and Navigating South Asia in the Times of Covid-19". Read the issue here. | | | Watch the SASNET online event for Sheikh Mujib's 100th anniversaryOn 03 December 2020, SASNET hosted an online conversation with Bengali-Swedish writer Anisur Rahman and his co-translator Kristian Carlsson on the occasion of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 100th anniversary, post-colonial leader and the founder of Bangladesh. The speakers also presented Anisur Rahman's book Jag är Sheikh Mujib. Rahman's epic monologue depicts the twentieth century freedom struggle on the Indian subcontinent through the voice of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Watch the panel on the SASNET YouTube channel.
| | | | | | You can now rewatch all 12 panels from our recent SASNET Conference 2020 (Credit: SASNET) | Watch panels from our SASNET Conference 2020Last week, SASNET hosted its first digital conference "Rethinking the Politics of Memory in South Asia". Over two days, more than 60 researchers from four continents presented their work and engaged in exciting discussions.If you were unable to attend, you now have the opportunity to watch the recordings of all 12 panels again on our conference website. People who had already registered should be able to access the site using the password sent to them before the conference. Others can request access by sending an email to conference@sasnet.lu.se. | | | News from and about South AsiaFor the latest updates on South Asia-related conferences and job opportunities along with other relevant news, follow us on our social media: | The SASNET PodcastThe episodes feature interviews and recordings from past SASNET events on various South-Asia related topics. Check out the latest episodes. | | |
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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