Published 11 September 2017 On Thursday 21 September 2017, 15-17 a Higher Seminar in Linguistics with the title "Language documentation and revitalization in northern Pakistan" was held at Stockholm University. Speakers were Fakhruddin Akhunzada, Naseem Haider and Muhammad Zaman Sagar (Forum for Language Initiatives (FLI) at Islamabad, Pakistan). The three seminar speakers work with a regional lan

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Published 11 September 2017 The Exeter South Asia Centre will host the 2018 British Association for South Asian Studies Annual Conference from Wednesday 18th April to Friday 20th April 2018 at the University of Exeter. The organisers are now accepting panel and paper submissions for this conference. They invite proposals for panels and papers from scholars and practitioners involved with the cultu

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Published 11 September 2017 Northwestern University seeks to appoint a tenure-track assistant professor of modern South Asian history. Candidates must have their Ph.D. in hand before the start date of September 1, 2018. A letter of application, CV, writing sample (no longer than an article or dissertation chapter), and three letters of recommendation (sent separately) must be submitted electronica

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Published 14 September 2017 Photo: Jonas Andersson On Friday 15 September, Lund University celebrated its 350th anniversary together with staff and students. To start off the festivities, the USV Centres had a pre-party where SASNET researchers Admir Skodo and Maria Tonini, amongst other USV researchers, held mini talks to highlight the work and research of the USV. The pre-party and mini talks to

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Published 14 September 2017 Photo: lnu.se A one year Postdoc fellowship in colonial history is available at the Department of Cultural Sciences, Linnaeus University in Sweden. The last day of application is 15 October 2017. Context of position: The project ‘Huseby in the world’ (‘Huseby i världen’) engages with the unique collection of historical documents, the Joseph Stephens Archive, that encomp

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Published 14 September 2017 Photo: soscbaha.org The Seventh Annual Kathmandu Conference on Nepal and the Himalaya organised by Social Science Baha, Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Britain-Nepal Academic Council, Centre for Himalayan Studies-CNRS & Nepal Academic Network (Japan) will be hold 25-27 July 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Proposals are invited for stand-alone papers or three-pape

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Published 18 September 2017 On the 14th of September SASNET and the Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art in Lund, screened the movie "A Million Rivers". The event was well attended and the audience showed great interest at the Q&A session with the award-winning film artist Sarah Singh.

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Published 22 September 2017 If you are working on a MA or PhD thesis during Spring 2018 and need some inspiration, literature or simply just time to write on your thesis, then NIAS has something to offer: the Nordic Scholarship! The deadline for application is 1 October 2017. The Nordic Scholarship covers inexpensive travel to Copenhagen, two weeks board and accommodation plus a working place at N

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Published 22 September 2017 Photo from https://iias.asia/page/about-iias The Collège d’études mondiales of the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme in Paris and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) in Leiden are glad to announce their partnership for a joint post-graduate fellowship, which includes a maximum number of ten months at IIAS, immediately followed by a stay of two mo

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Published 22 September 2017 Photo: https://www.ubc.ca/about/ The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, invites applications for a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor specializing in the history of the art, architecture and visual culture of South Asia. Applicants' research interests may include any hi

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Published 22 September 2017 Photo: https://www.utexas.edu/about/overview The Department of Asian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a tenure-track position in Hindi at the rank of Assistant Professor, anticipated to start in Fall 2018. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a strong research profile while teaching a variety of courses at the underg

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Published 22 September 2017 Photo: https://www.bucknell.edu The Department of Religious Studies at Bucknell University invites applications for the Josephine Hildreth Detmer & Zareen Taj Mirza Professorship in Islamic Studies, to begin in August 2018. The position can be filled at any rank from tenure-track assistant professor to full professor. The Department of Religious Studies at Bucknell serv

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Published 26 September 2017 Photo from https://itu.edu.pk IT University of the Punjab, based at the state of the art Arfa Software Technology Park in Lahore, Pakistan, seeks faculty in its interdisciplinary Centre for History and Politics and its think tank, the Centre for Governance and Policy. The centres complement the IT focus of the university through research cutting across various academic

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Published 26 September 2017 Photo: Mehrangarh Trust, Jodhpur, Rajasthan The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and Ashoka University, India invites you to submit organized panels and roundtable proposals (no individual paper proposals accepted) to be presented at the fifth AAS-in-ASIA Conference to be held between the 5th and 8th of July, 2018 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, India. The

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Published 3 October 2017 On Wednesday 4 October 2017, 10.00-10.20 Andindita Datta held a lecture entitled: "Misogyny, media and resistances to genderscapes of online hate: Of Bharat Mata and Bharat ki Mata" in room M:226 at the Department of gender studies (Allhelgona Kyrkogata 14M). The lecture is part of the Global Gender Matters Workshop organised by the Department of gender studies. Research o

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Published 3 October 2017 Dr. Anindita Datta arrived in Lund as a guest researcher at Lund University for ten days (1-11 October). SASNET provided her with an office during her time here. Anindita Datta is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her research interests are in the area of feminist geography, conceptual traditions in geogra

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Published 10 October 2017 Dr. Khaleda Gani Dutt and Dr. Liz Adams Lyngbäck were successful in the Planning Grant application submitted to the Forum for Asian Studies at Stockholm University earlier in June this year. Both Dr. Khaleda Gani Dutt and Dr. Liz Adams Lyngbäck are working as a University Lecturers at the Department of Special Education at Stockholm University.The main purpose of the Foru

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Published 13 October 2017 Members of NCI The Nordic Centre in India announces a spring internship position for the NCI India Liaison Office for 2018. The deadline for receiving applications is the 31st of October, 2017. The purpose is to provide the intern with exposure to hands on experience on the working in an organisation that works in the area of international higher educational collaboration

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Published 16 October 2017 Religious Studies at Karlstad University needs to recruit a senior lecturer with expertise in Islam, and preferably also in areas such as globalisation, migration, cultural meetings and research experience in empirical quantitative and/or qualitative methods. This is a full-time, non-fixed term position with starting date by agreement.Religious Studies at Karlstad Univers

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Published 16 October 2017 Kathmandu University, Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute invites applications for a full-time, twelve-month teaching position in Buddhist Studies starting on August 15, 2018. This position may be extended depending on funding and department need.The Assistant Professor will teach graduate seminars and undergraduate courses in Buddhist Studies. A PhD i

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