Hem / Att delta i NSU / Förslag till nya studiekretsar / 2008 / A. South Asia in the 21 Century

South Asia in the 21 Century: 
Explorations in Multidisciplinary Methodology

Proposal for a multidisciplinary Nordic Summer University cluster on South Asia. By applying a multidisciplinary methodology and focusing on South Asia’s political and economical change, our aim is to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the subcontinent in the 21st century.

Over the last few decades interaction between European countries and South Asian counterparts have increasingly underscored the need to acquire better and more comprehensive knowledge of the countries in South Asia. This is needed as economic possibilities develop, migration is picking up speed, ecological disasters may be looming, conflicts persist and political changes are taking place. Against this backdrop, there has been a notable growth in Nordic South Asia related research, both within specific disciplines and within South Asian area studies. However, so far the activities have been scattered throughout the region.

This Nordic Summer University cluster will focus on the interaction between political, cultural, economical and ecological developments in South Asia. A series of topically very different workshops will be organized so that the specific issues that they address are related to a more general level concerned with political and economical developments in South Asia. By dealing with South Asia in this way, the cluster will study what the region can teach us about the challenges of the 21st century as well as create a much needed common base for Nordic South Asia research.

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