Published 9 August 2017 Meredith College seeks qualified candidates for a tenure track assistant professorship in the Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies. Ideal candidate will offer teaching and research strengths in modern Chinese history and one or more of the following fields: South Asia, 20th century world, Middle East, Africa, women’s history, international or

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-asian-history - 2025-04-25

Published 9 August 2017 Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor or a tenured Associate Professor faculty position focused on law and legal institutions of Islam and/or Muslim societies in any time period. Submit application before 15 October. The successful applicant for this position will be jointly appointed in the Stanford Law School and one of the follow

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Published 9 August 2017 Martin Chautari (MC) is organizing the Chautari Annual Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal on 22-23 April 2018. The aim of this conference is to promote research culture in the humanities and social sciences in Nepal. Submit abstract before 20 November. MC invites submission of abstracts of research papers or abstracts of the theme-based panels from eligible researchers or insti

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Published 9 August 2017 Cornell University from atop McGraw Tower looking southeast; Barnes Hall, Sage Hall, Source: sach1tb, https://www.flickr.com/photos/sach1tb/274991658/ The 2017 Sri Lanka Graduate Conference will be held on October 13-14 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The conference theme is “Sri Lanka: Critical Reflections on Legacies of Authority and Difference.” Submit proposa

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Published 14 August 2017 The conference 'Examining the Processual in Kinship and Family in South Asia', will be held at the Department of Liberal Arts, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad 1-2 February 2018. The deadline for submission is 31 August 2017. Within kinship today, the idea of being related and constructing relatedness has been revived through the insightful essays by Marshall Sahli

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Published 15 August 2017 By Tubantia https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Faculteit_der_Sociale_Wetenschappen_Leiden.jpg, via Wikimedia Commons Faculty of Humanities, Leiden Institute for Area Studies is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Buddhist Studies/Digital Humanities. Applications must be received no later than 15 September 2017. The fellow will join the ERC-funded Open Phi

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Published 15 August 2017 Wesleyan University’s Department of Religion invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Religion, with a focus on Buddhist Studies, beginning July 1, 2018. The Department is seeking scholars who specialize in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, or Southeast Asia, and who are capable of applying their methods to other religious cultures or traditions. T

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Published 23 August 2017 Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) is seeking to fill two faculty positions for its interdisciplinary research programme on Climate Change Mitigation and Development. The programme focuses on building an interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges to and solutions for achieving low-carbon, local environment-friendly and equitable develop

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/faculty-positions-available-climate-change-mitigation-and-development - 2025-04-25

Published 23 August 2017 Photo: Amir Nabizadeh SASNET researcher Admir Skodo was interviewed by the Taiwanese newspaper United Daily News Global about Ung i Sverige, the protest movement started by unaccompanied minor asylum seekers from Afghanistan.

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/admir-skodo-interviewed-taiwanese-newspaper - 2025-04-25

Published 24 August 2017 Photo: Sage Encyclopaedia of Social Research Methods SASNET researcher Admir Skodo has been commissioned to write an entry on idealism in the Sage Encyclopaedia of Social Research Methods.

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Published 24 August 2017 Photo: The Institute for Security & Development Policy On May 11, 2017, researchers from all over Sweden focusing on East Asia (and Asia in general) gathered in Stockholm. The conference, organized by the Institute for Security & Development Policy and the European Institute of Japanese Studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, aimed to create opportunities to discuss

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Published 24 August 2017 The Department of History at Salisbury University is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of History (South Asian History specialization).  This is a full-time tenure-track position. Teaching load is 3-3 to include World Civilizations, upper-division undergraduate, and graduate courses for our M.A. in History program. Salisbury University faculty

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-history - 2025-04-25

Published 24 August 2017 The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, has been authorized to fill a tenure-track faculty position in Tamil Studies at the level of Assistant Professor. The expected start date is July 1, 2018. The Department seeks candidates with native or near-native ability in written and spoken Tamil and who can ideally work with both c

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Published 29 August 2017 Between 2004 and 2005 Lund University published the Swedish journal Chakra: tidskrift för indiska religioner. The journal published peer-reviewed articles and book reviews on religions on the Indian subcontinent. The founding editors of Chakra were Associate Professor Kristina Myrvold and Dr. Katarina Plank. The four issues of the journal are now republished on our website

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Published 31 August 2017 On Thursday 14 September at 19.00 director Sarah Singh comes to Skissernas Museum (Museum of Sketches for Public Art) in Lund to screen "A Million Rivers".  A Million Rivers - a contemporary black and white surrealist film work exploring Bertolt Brecht’s ‘alienation effect’ and the notion of expanded cinema. Radically re-inventing the geo-political narrative through themes

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Published 6 September 2017 Photo: Kennet Ruona SASNET already has experience in funding research projects after having funded the South Asia Media Project, coordinated by Andreas Mattsson. SASNET has now renewed its commitment to help develop exciting research projects at Lund University. The main goal with this initiative is to help researchers secure external funding for projects on South Asia a

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/sasnet-helps-develop-research-projects-south-asia-lund-university - 2025-04-25

Published 6 September 2017 Photo from: https://religion.fsu.edu The Department of Religion at Florida State University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure track Assistant Professor in Religions of South Asia to begin on August 7, 2018. Specialization is open, but preference is for competency in Hindu and/or Buddhist traditions in India with an excellent command of Sanskrit and/or

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-religions-south-asia - 2025-04-25

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

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/stockholm-seminar-language-documentation-and-revitalization-northern-pakistan - 2025-04-25

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

https://www.sasnet.lu.se/article/position-available-assistant-professor-modern-south-asian-history - 2025-04-25