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A total number of 17 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Total amount applied for was 968 500 SEK. Decisions were taken on 29 August 2006. SEK 458 000 were distributed. Networking grant/planning for continued research project Marc Katz, Dept. of Religious Studies, Karlstad University: ”The Vitality and Role of ‘Sporting Clubs’ in the Multi-Cultural Community: A Study of the Tra
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2006 - 2026-04-27
A total number of 20 applications for SASNET planning grants were received. Decisions were taken on 28 August 2007. Total amount applied for was SEK 1,798,285. Networking grants/planning for new research projects Maria Andersson, Department of Biotechnology, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University: ”Sol-gel encapsulation of biomolecules – special emphasis on developing cost-
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2007 - 2026-04-27
A total number of 52 applications for SASNET planning grants were received.Total amount applied for was SEK 4 289 019. Decisions were taken on 26 August 2008. SEK 965 000 were distributed. Networking grants/planning for new research projects Anders Björkman, Malaria Research Unit, Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet Medical University, Stockholm: ”Molecular characterization of clinical isola
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/planning-grants-2001-09/2008 - 2026-04-27
PhD candidate Shveta Soam from Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research in Faridabad, India, did a short-term fellowship at the Division of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies in the Department of Technology and Society in September till November 2015. SASNET asked Shveta five questions after her leave:Who are you?Shveta Soam, PhD Research scholar, IOC-DBT Centre for Advanced Bioenergy Research
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/shveta-soam - 2026-04-27
Dr. Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth from the Department of History at University of Delhi in India, did a short-term fellowship at the Department Human Geography in September till October 2015. SASNET asked Nisha five questions after her leave: Who are you?Dr. Nisha Poyyaprath Rayaroth, Independent ScholarWhat did you do at Lund University?I was on a short term postdoctoral fellowship with the Departmen
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/nisha-poyyaprath-rayaroth - 2026-04-27
Mashiur Rahman from the Department of Sociology at Dhaka University in Bangladesh, did a short-term fellowship at the Department of Sociology in May till June 2015. SASNET asked Mashiur five questions after his leave.Who are you?Md. Mashiur Rahman, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka.What did you do at Lund University?2015 - Post-doctoral; Lund University, Sweden2011 -PhD in So
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research/former-research/former-researchers/mashiur-rahman - 2026-04-27
For the Spring semester 2015, SASA awarded travel grants to Jacco Visser Masters student in Asian Studies, Sharmin Rashid Master student in Social Studies of Gender, Sixten Lundquist and Anna Berggren Bachelor students in Developments Studies. Jacco VisserJacco Visser, Masters student in Asian Studies, went to Dhaka, Bangladesh to look at how rural-urban migrants are included in the global economy
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/students/travel-grants/sasa-travel-grant/spring-2015 - 2026-04-27
Anna Lindberg was the director of SASNET, the South Asian Studies Network at Lund University, from July 2007 until November 2016. Her aim has been to transform SASNET from a national network financed by SIDA, whose financing ended in 2010, into a Lund University based research network. She formerly taught history and gender studies at Lund University, and at the University of Pennsylvania and Pe
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/about-sasnet/brief-history-sasnet/former-directors/anna-lindberg - 2026-04-27
SASNET has organised various conferences and workshops since the creation of the network in 2001. Find an overview of previous conferences and other events in the left menu. Calendar Don't miss out on our upcoming events.
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/activities/previous-sasnet-events - 2026-04-27
SASNET conducts and promotes interdisciplinary research on South Asia. Read more about current and past research projects in the left menu.
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/research - 2026-04-27
On behalf of the European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS), SASNET successfully hosted the Ninth European PhD workshop in South Asia Studies, in Höllviken 30 km south of Malmö, Sweden, on 18–19 May 2015. SASNET has organised these EASAS workshops twice before. This was a two-day annual workshop for a maximum of 20 PhD candidates and six faculty members from European universities with an
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/activities/previous-sasnet-events/9th-european-phd-workshop-south-asia-studies-2015 - 2026-04-27
Former Professor emeritus in sociology at Lund University From 2000 to 2007, Lindberg founded and coordinated the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) at Lund University. During this time, a number of collaborative research projects were stimulated, including support for meetings of South Asian sociologists in 2005. In the fall of 1966 he studied Tamil at Annamalai University in Tamil Na
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/about-sasnet/brief-history-sasnet/former-directors/staffan-lindberg - 2026-04-27
Here SASNET puts up information about upcoming South Asian Conferences outside Lund. Read more in the left menu.
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet-conferences/international-conferences-20172018 - 2026-04-27
22-23 September in New York, USA The Hobart and William Smith Colleges will host the 53rd annual meeting of the New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) on September 22-23, 2017 with the theme: “Consuming Asia” on September 22-23, 2017 in Geneva, USA. NYCAS is a regional conference of the Association for Asian Studies.The NYCAS 2017 program committee invites proposals for panels, roundtables,
https://www.sasnet.lu.se/sasnet-conferences/international-conferences-20172018/nycas-annual-conference - 2026-04-27
Welcome back to a new termAfter a quiet August at Fysicum, everyone is back. Lund is once again a lively city, and there are more student activities at Fysicum than just resits. Last week, a mischievous group of students caused a commotion in the office corridor, but we will soon get used to it again. And of course it's nice to have the students back! Some are here for the first time, and the new
‘It's about feeling safe.’ That's roughly how the advert broadcast in Denmark during my youth went. I'll avoid mentioning the company behind it, although I agree with the message: we need to feel reasonably safe in order to be creative and dare to look beyond short-term solutions.Security is a broad concept. It can mean not being exposed to violence, threats or unpleasantness in the workplace. It
I have taken part in many interviews during the autumn, and especially when the candidates come from the business world, there are often jokes about how slow the decision-making processes are in the academic world. Even those of us who work at the university can sometimes feel frustrated by the seemingly endless processes. This is often attributed to collegial leadership – where we strive to ensur
A Different YearWe are soon coming to the end of 2025, a year that in many ways turned out very differently from 2024.The International Year of Quantum Physics has given us a real energy boost, not least at the Rydberg Meeting Place (Mötesplats Rydberg). It has also been a year of major applications, which we hope will soon bear fruit, and a year in which future-oriented issues took centre stage.A
Head of Department Letter February 2026.
https://www.fysik.lu.se/en/about-us/head-department-letter/head-department-letter-2026 - 2026-04-27
About traditionsMost academic institutions have traditions intended to foster a sense of belonging and to promote community, identity and shared values within educational environments. At older universities, this is also about continuity: connecting past, present and future generations through more or less formalised, recurring rituals. Rituals evidently give us a sense of control in a chaotic wor
