Monthly Archives: June 2017

AISLS COLOMBO LIBRARY LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE CATALOGUE

The American Institute for Lankan Studies (Colombo) has announced the launch of its new online library catalogue.  Patrons will now be able to identify very easily the books held in our collection, and locate them on our shelves.  The catalog

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LECTURE BY GARRETT FIELD ON SINHALA SONG, POETRY AND POLITICS IN 20TH CENTURY SRI LANKA, AMERICAN CENTER, COLOMBO, 6 JULY 2017, 4 PM

Field’s presentation will explore the ways in which Sinhalese lyricists and poets sought to raise the standards of song and poetry between 1900 and 1960. Garrett Field is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology/Musicology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and School

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