Published 20 April 2017 Papers are invited for the 5th International Congress of Bengal Studies scheduled to be held during 25th – 28th January, 2018. The 5th Congress will be hosted by Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Last date for submission of abstract is 15th May, 2017. Papers, in English or Bengali, on all areas of Bengal Studies, including, but not limited to, Literature a

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Published 18 April 2017 The conference entitled: “Challenging Perspectives on the Indian Diaspora: A Global Conference on Diaspora Studies and Policies.” will be held at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands from 5 to 7 October 2017. Submit abstract before 30 May 2017. In this international conference the organizers would like to broaden the scope on the Indian

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Published 24 September 2018 Erik Hannerz at the Department of Sociology and Peter Bengtsen at the Division of Art History and Visual Studies recently attended the annual Street Art & Urban Creativity Conference in Lisbon, Portual. Here they presented their plans for the upcoming Pufendorf research theme on Urban Creativity. The theme will run 1 October 2018 - 31 May 2019. During this period, an in

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By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] cme [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 20 February 2020 18 March 2020, @ 15:00 CMES, Lund University, Finngatan 16 Please register here: maria.lofstedt@cme.lu.se Photo: Meriç Dağlı on Unsplash Speakers:Pınar Dinç, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University“Turkey's Unchanging Raison d'État? Narratives on Dersim 1938”Reyda Ergün, Faculty of Law, Kadi

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Published 11 December 2019 A new book, edited by Cecilia Cassinger, Andrea Lucarelli, and Szilvia Gyimóthy, explores the mobility of Nordic brand imaginaries and the global relevance of Nordic place branding practices. The edited volume unpacks the specificity of Nordic brand imaginaries, practices, and their political consequences. The contributions consolidate Nordic place branding scholarship a

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Published 26 September 2019 Tree plantations. Mostphotos. Wim Carton discusses why tree planting is not a panacea for the climate. According to him, too many studies and stakeholders fail to see that the method is inherently fraught and can take away focus from the need to drastically reduce emissions to meet our climate targets. "Tree planting is seen as an easy method that can be scaled up. But

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Published 29 August 2017 Together with Ron Eyerman and Todd Madigan, sociologist Magnus Ring has published the article “Cultural Trauma, Collective Memory and the Vietnam War” in the Croatian Political Science Review, Vol. 54. More information and a link for downloading the article can be found here at the Portal of Scientific Journals of Croatia. Abstract:Part of a wider project on how the Vietna

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Published 13 September 2019 Marie Leth-Espensen has co-authored an article on the recent gastronomic trend known as “New Carnivorism.” Marie Leth-Espensen, doctoral student at the Sociology of Law Department, has together with Mathias Elrød Madsen studied this relatively new food media trend. In an article in the journal Society & Animals, they discuss how examples such as the Danish TV show “Kill

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By lotte [dot] billing [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Lotte Billing) - published 22 December 2023 Photo: Fredrick Tendong | Unsplash Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institu

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By elmurod [dot] sobirov [at] soclaw [dot] lu [dot] se (Elmurod Sobirov) - 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 t

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Published 23 October 2023 Photo: Dean Drobot/MostPhotos Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This according to a new report from Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many

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Published 22 December 2023 Video games are easy to exploit, and are being used by actors ranging from IS and Hizbollah for recruitment, to Russia, who use it to spread propaganda during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. This states a report from the Psychological Defence Research Institute at Lund University in Sweden. Since the 2016 US Presidential election, many democratic governments have paid c

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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 20 June 2016 On June 17, Jacob Stenberg obtained his doctoral degree in Media and Communication Studies with his thesis entitled “The Communicative State: Political Public Relations and the Rise of the Innovation Hype in Sweden”. The thesis poses the question of what happens when a political hype occurs, that is, when a political issue suddenly becomes highly topical, and political stake

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By jan [dot] olsson [at] kommunikation [dot] lu [dot] se (Jan Olsson) - published 30 May 2024 Mozhgan Zachrisson, head of The Department of Strategic Communication, and Ulrika Holgersson, head of the Department of Communication and Media. In January the two departments will merge. Photo: Jan Olsson Several faculties have merged different departments or are about to do so. The Faculty of Engineerin

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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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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 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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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

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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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