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Message from the DirectorAt SASNET and Lund University, we have arrived at the
end of the academic year. We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to
everyone who has participated in our events during the past ten months, and
especially to the many, and truly great, scholars who have presented their work
at SASNET-organised seminars and workshops. | | | | Ted Svensson, Director, SASNET. | | | | | | |
While we look forward to the summer here in Sweden, we
are also eager to meet many of you as part of our ambitious autumn programme.
An early highlight of the programme is the roundtable on Akshay Mangla’s Making
Bureaucracy Work: Norms, Education and Public Service Delivery in Rural India.
The roundtable takes place on 21 September.
Before the summer, SASNET is involved in one final
event. If you happen to be in Visby on 29 June, do attend the panel that we are
arranging together with the Project for Nordic-India Relations at the Swedish Institute
of International Affairs. The panel, which is attending to India’s present role
in global politics and its particular relevance for Sweden, is part of the
Almedalen Week (“Almedalsveckan”).
On behalf of SASNET, I wish
you all a pleasant summer.
| | | News from SASNETFor the latest updates from SASNET, follow us on our social media: | | | SASNET at the Almedalen Week: What Does India Want in Global Politics and How Does it Affect Sweden?
On 29 June, SASNET is
co-organising a panel debate, together with the Swedish Institute of
International Affairs, at the annually recurring Almedalen Week in Visby,
Sweden.
Read more | | |
Workshop on Hindu Majoritarianism, Caste Politics and Minoritisation
At the end of May, SASNET organised a two-day workshop at Lund University that brought together scholars from a range of disciplines, including social anthropology, history, psychology and political science.
Read more | | | Seminar About the Politicisation of Natural Disasters in South Asia
In May, Niladri Chatterjee and Eleonor Marcussen presented ongoing
work as part of the SASNET Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series. The overarching
theme was “Shaken and Stirred: Politics of Disasters and Aid in South
Asia”. Read more | | | Watch the SASNET Annual Lecture 2023 | New Publications from Lund University | Performing Agency in Shrinking Spaces: Acting Beyond the Resilience–Resistance Binary
In this article, Soumi Banerjee, doctoral student at the School of Social Work, Lund University, studies how governments worldwide have attempted a shift away from activism and advocacy among civil society organisations, favouring apolitical service‐driven organisations while disabling those perceived as political. Read the article here. | | | |
Authority Traversed: Police, Politics and the Urban Poor in Dhaka
In this article, Morten Koch Andersen,
Deputy
Research Director and Senior Researcher at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, addresses territorial claims, authority and rights in an urban settlement or “bosti” in central Dhaka. It
provides insights regarding how intimacies of violence interlink with
wider political configurations and economic conditions. Read the article here. | | | |
About SASNET
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