This weekly digest is a collection of news, upcoming events and other opportunities from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Lund University and the wider area, compiled by Graduate School students.
- SASNET Seminar with Anisur Rahman: “Censorship, Silence and Persecution of Writers in South Asia”
- Workshop | Brown, Black, Queer and In-Between: Remembrance
- Work like any other but like no other: Labour rights for working prisoners in Sweden
- Fika with the Graduate School Study Council
SASNET Seminar with Anisur Rahman: “Censorship, Silence and Persecution of Writers in South Asia”
On Tuesday, SASNET is hosting a public seminar with Anisur Rahman, Bengali-Swedish poet, public educator and journalist, on the decline in press freedom in Bangladesh and the South Asia region
In recent years, South Asia has seen a rapid deterioration in press freedom and freedom of expression. Censorship, silence, and persecution of writers are increasingly prevalent in South Asian countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The severe decline in press freedom in Bangladesh, particularly in recent months following the downfall of the Sheikh Hasina regime, marks one of the most drastic setbacks in the country’s fifty-year history.
In this SASNET seminar, Bengali-Swedish poet, playwright, public educator, and journalist Anisur Rahman will share his observations on this pressing issue, focusing on Bangladesh and drawing insights from his two-decade career in journalism and creative writing.
Date and time: 08 April 2025 13:15 to 14:30
Location: Department of Political Science, Room Ed222A, Lund
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Workshop | Brown, Black, Queer and In-Between: Remembrance
In connection with the on-going studies of PhD candidate Iury Salustiano Trojaborg at Malmö Theatre Academy and Agenda 2030 Graduate School.
Following up on the workshop “Identity and Change-Making: Black, Brown, and Queer Experiences in the Nordics”, facilitated by Nana Osei-Kofi in November 2024, we will continue our work of community building through creative storytelling. This time our work will be focused on counter-archiving as a black feminist methodology of care.
How do we remember, and more importantly who do we remember?
As black and brown people living in the Nordics we rarely figure in public archives. This is true for the way we tell stories of queer resistance and struggles for liberation as well.
Inspired by queer of colour and black feminist approaches to memory and counter-archiving, we will explore what we know, and don’t know about our kin from the past. Who has been organising for queer, black and brown liberation before us? How are we connected to our ancestors, by blood and by collective struggle?
Each participant will bring the name of a person, known or unknown that has lived before them and that they would like to inscribe into a collective counter-archive. The second part of the workshop will be an exercise in developing our personal archives through creative journaling practices.
Facilitator: Oda-Kange Midtvåge Diallo
Target audience: QTBIPOC Community
Date and time: 08 April 2025 10:00 to 16:00
Location: Inter Arts Center, Bergsgatan 29, 214 22 Malmö (Black Room)
Register here
Work like any other but like no other: Labour rights for working prisoners in Sweden
Welcome to the Higher Seminar in Labour Law with Petra Herzfeld Olsson, Professor of labour law, Stockholm University and Sigrid Nikka, Doctoral student in criminal law, Lund University.
Incarcerated workers earn SEK 13 an hour in Sweden. They are not categorised as workers, however, and therefore are not covered by labour law or collective agreements. But the products of their work – goods and services – are either sold on the open market or used for the benefit of the Swedish Agency for Prisons and the Probation Service, as the services or goods do not have to be bought on the open market. Such low pay would be considered unreasonable for any other work. However, work has been a central aspect of serving time in Swedish prisons for a very long time. Over time, such work has been motivated and governed by different principles and aims, such as the work-first principle, meaning, i.e., that work is both a societal duty and a right, and the aim of disciplining the incarcerated workers for internal and external purposes (resocialisation). The rehabilitative aspect of work has been emphasised. Proposals to raise the pay level have been rejected as being too expensive and counteracting the rehabilitative function of serving time in prison. In this talk I will explain the perceived rationale behind this state of affairs and ask if the situation is compatible with the requirements of dignity set out in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Suggested reading: https://doi.org/10.1177/20319525241266351
Petra Herzfeld Olsson, Professor of labour law at Stockholm University, will give a talk, followed by comments by Sigrid Nikka, Doctoral student in criminal Law, Lund University.
Everyone is most welcome – please spread the word. No registration is required, but we will be happy if you send us an email if you plan to attend.
Questions? caroline.ferngren@jur.lu.se; niklas.selberg@jur.lu.se
Date and time: 10 April 2025 13:15 to 15:00
Location: Konferensrummet, 4th floor Tryckeriet, Faculty of Law, Lund and on Zoom
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Fika with the Graduate School Study Council
Learn about new student leadership opportunities, PLUTO, and the Social Science Student Union!
Hej Hej Graduate School Students!
The Study Council would like to invite you to a little fika! While you’re planning the third term, the Study Council would like to offer you the opportunity to get involved in the student union as a student representative. This is where we have the ability to speak and vote directly on issues related to our program and courses with the program coordinators and directors at Graduate School. This fika will give you the chance to learn a little bit about the role and structures of the union. It’s low effort, boosts your resume, and you get to have a real voice in your education. Not really interested? That’s okay! Come grab free fika! Come vent to us! Maybe we can answer some of your questions regarding the third semester, thesis semester and more! Hope to see you there!
Date and time: 15 April 2025 13:00 to 15:00
Location: Student Lounge at Gamla Kirurgen (R), Lund