AILS Colombo re-opened at its new location on September 2nd, 2020. We ask visitors and library patrons to bring their own mask or request one from AILS staff. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer is available at the centre. We also ask everyone…
The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) announces a new round in its Community College Curriculum Development Grants competition. AISLS seeks proposals for developing instructional materials that include Sri Lanka material, which are suitable for use in introductory classes in American…
The AILS Centre and Library are closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. We expect to re-open by August. Staff are available on email.
AISLS President Sharika Thiranagama will deliver two lectures on “Ethnography and Ethnographic Research Methods for Qualitative Research” on 31 August 2019, 9 am to 1 pm. Refreshments and lunch will be provided. The venue is the Post Graduate Institute of…
On August 20, 2019, former AISLS Presidents Jeanne Marecek (2001-2007) and Dennis McGilvray (2015-2017) visited the AILS Colombo Center. Pictured below (left to right) are Crystal Baines, Jeanne Marecek, Ramla Wahab-Salman, Sharmini Nagendran, Dennis McGilvray, Deepthi Guneratne, and Nilam Hameed.
American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS GRADUATE STUDENT WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH ON SRI LANKA Dissertation Writing Workshop Thursday, October 17, 2019 Madison, WI AISLSwill hold a small afternoon workshop for 4 or 5 graduate students in Sri…
AISLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANTS The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) announces a new round in its Community College Curriculum Development Grant competition. AISLS seeks proposals for developing instructional materials that include Sri Lanka material, which are…
Michael Charlesworth (Art History, University of Texas–Austin) will be delivering a lecture on “The Modern Culture of Reginald Farrer (1880-1920): Landscape, Literature and Buddhism.” It will be held at the American Center on August 29, 2018 at 4:00 pm. Please…
Borders: Real and Imagined 2018 Sri Lanka Graduate Student Conference November 9-10, Cornell University The 2018 Sri Lanka Graduate Conference will be held on November 9-10 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The conference is hosted by Cornell’s South…
AISLS is sponsoring a public book launch for the volume Political Parties in Sri Lanka: Change and Continuity, edited by Amita Shastri and Jayadeva Uyangoda, and published in 2018 by Oxford University Press, Delhi. It is available in Sri Lanka through…
