Published 2 November 2016 Anna Lindberg and Nishi Mitra vom Berg, Photo: Lars Eklund On 20-22 September 2016, the Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) successfully organized a conference entitled ”Modern Matters: Negotiating the Future of Everyday Life in South Asia” at Lund University. Keynote session Photo: J.R. Jishnu The conference attracted more than 60 researchers, Swedish and Europe

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Published 29 September 2023 The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve int

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Published 29 September 2023 MOCCA team at the ESCAS Conference The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated regional conference, "Power, People, and Cultural Change in an Ever-Evolving Central Asia," held from September 21 to 24, 2023 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts

https://www.mocca.lu.se/article/mocca-project-participants-presented-their-research-escas-2023-regional-conference - 2025-08-01

Published 10 August 2016 Chair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren and J R Jishnu VENUE: Sångsalen, AF Borgen, Sandgatan 2, Lund  Schedule panel 8. DAY 1:  20 September (Tuesday)Slot 1 Time: 14.30 – 16.30Venue: SångsalenChair: Henrik Chetan Aspengren Public Spheres and Private Lives30 min./paper including discussion. Mohammad Tareq Hasan,  University of Bergen:“Becoming Garment Workers: Social Reproduction i

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By jenny [dot] loftrup [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jenny Loftrup) - published 17 December 2020 Earning money on the book is not an incentive for either of them. Charlotta Turner intends to donate her share to Nadia Nurad’s initiative to rebuild the villages destroyed by ISIS. Former doctoral student Firas Jumaah and supervisor Charlotta Turner have had a special bond since 2014, when Jum

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Published 21 April 2017 The Young South Asia Scholars Meet (Y-SASM) call for papers for its 2018 conference. The conference will be held in Zurich, Switzerland on 15-17th June, 2018. Submit applications before 30th September 2017. Y-SASM provides a platform for young scholars working on South Asia to present their work and to ensue fruitful discussions and debates.The theme for the conference in 2

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Published 3 August 2017 Göteborg Book Fair 2013 as seen from the second floor. In this year's Göteborg Book Fair there will be two seminars with a South Asian theme. One is a dialogue on contemporary literature in Bangladesh and the other is a talk with Arundhati Roy on her new book, which deals with modern Indian history. SASNET director Andreas Johansson will also be at the fair talking about th

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Published 6 November 2023 Photographer: Tove Smeds For Anders Wittrup, clinical WCMM researcher and oncologist, the choice of this year's Nobel laureate in Physiology and Medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, was quite expected. They recieved the prize for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 such

https://www.wcmm.lu.se/article/anders-wittrup-about-years-nobel-prize - 2025-08-01

By ylva [dot] van_meeningen [at] cec [dot] lu [dot] se (Ylva van Meeningen) - published 28 May 2025 Photos by Yuan Liu and Quang Ngyuen from Unsplash and LU media bank. The Sustainable Development Goal number 8, ‘Decent work and economic growth’, is based on the idea that decent employment opportunities create fair globalization and reduce poverty. But the goal is often seen as conflicting with ot

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/workshop-12-september-decent-work-and-economic-growth-possibility-or-miss - 2025-08-02

Published 28 November 2017 Tomas Bergström, Head of Department of Political Science, explains the rule of thumb of a 40-60 percent ratio between female and male authors represented in course reading lists. "Only one of many tools for generating awareness of gender issues among the department’s staff and students." How are reading lists adopted at the Department of Political Science?In light of the

https://www.svet.lu.se/en/article/objective-serves-tool-reflection-not-straightjacket - 2025-08-01

Published 14 November 2018 Kick-off for LU Futura in August 2018. Photo: Kennet Ruona With research at eight different faculties, Lund University has a unique opportunity to look at future problems from all possible perspectives. LU Futura, the University’s new think-tank, will take an interdisciplinary approach to important future issues.  LU Futura operates in the interface between the Universit

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/new-lund-university-think-tank-looks-future - 2025-08-01

Publicerad 5 april 2019 ElsevierförhandlingarnaPreliminära resultat från utvärderingen av Elsevier-avtalets uppsägning presenteras på BIBSYSEn presentation hölls i Trondheim 12 mars. Presentationen redovisar preliminärt vad BIBSAM fått fram av sin enkät om Elsevieruppsägningen. Enkäten undersöker både biblioteks- och forskarreaktioner.Länk till ppt-presentationen: https://openaccess.blogg.kb.se/fi

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Published 2 June 2017 Why is the Stringhyllan bookshelf considered a design classic but not the Billy? And what makes the Lamino armchair into the furniture design of the century while Norrgavel’s Länstol chair isn’t even considered a classic? “I believed, rather naively, that it was quality that determined whether a piece became a Anna Wahlöö has her personal favourite among the design classics i

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By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 September 2019 "We must historicize the interaction between women and the state regarding the ban, as well as the broader societal and cultural barriers, intrastate divides and international dynamics that have contributed to the longevity of the exclusion of women from sports spectatorship over the long forty years t

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/mobilizing-pity-iranian-women-long-road-azadi-stadium-cmes-nazanin-shahrokni-and-spyros-sofos - 2025-08-01

Published 4 October 2023 In this research event, professor Shannon Jackson and curator Milena Högsberg discuss curatorial and performance methods that create critical dialogues with a specific landscape. The discussion is facilitated by Gigi Argyropoulou, curator, writer, practitioner and post doc researcher at Malmö Theatre Academy. Welcome to Inter Arts Center, Friday 13 October 17.30-19.00. No

https://www.thm.lu.se/en/article/research-event-performance-and-politics-landscapes - 2025-08-01

Published 30 October 2023 The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) successfully hosted its highly anticipated annual conference held from October 19 to 22, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh, United States. The event brought together esteemed scholars, researchers, practitioners, and enthusiasts from across the globe to delve into the multifaceted dynamics of Central Eurasia’s ongoing transf

https://www.centralasianlaw.lu.se/article/central-asian-law-project-participants-presented-their-research-cess-annual-conference-university - 2025-08-01

By anna [dot] mansfeld [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Anna Mansfeld) - published 3 December 2024 The Administrative Prize for 2025 has been awarded to Head of Finance Charlotte Solberg, Department of Physics, and Curator Jenny Bergman, Historical Museum. The University’s Administrative Prize is an annual award for outstanding administrative efforts of an innovative nature that have contribu

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/winners-universitys-administrative-prize-2025-announced - 2025-08-02

By sanna [dot] trygg [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Sanna Trygg) - published 8 May 2025 Photo: Pexels Me time, couple time and more free time in everyday life. Many people wish they had more time – but is there a sustainable approach to time? Historian David Larsson Heidenblad is looking for the answer. In many Swedish homes there is a well-thumbed copy of Bodil Jönsson’s book Ten Thoughts

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Published 11 May 2017 The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York is currently seeking a C-MAP fellow specializing in Asian art, with a focus on Indian and South Asian art. Application deadline is June 1, 2017. In 2009, The Museum of Modern Art launched Contemporary and Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP), a global research initiative. The program is intended to deepen the Museum’s range of expertise;

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By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 December 2020 CMES Spyros Sofos was awarded a PhD in Regional and Cross-cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen after the examination of his thesis entitled “The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy” on Monday 7 December. The Meanings of the People in Turkish Politics: A Genealogy This the

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/new-phd-thesis-meanings-people-turkish-politics-genealogy - 2025-08-01