Workshop on the Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka, Colombo
August 28 and 29th, 2008
This workshop will bring together experts and scholars who have researched and studied the decorative arts of Sri Lanka. It is hoped that future workshops will be organized in the following years, to bring together Sri Lankan and international experts to discuss the history, culture, design, and preservation of objects found in private and institutional collections.
The program has not yet been finalized but will include the following presentations:
- Senake Bandaranayake, Some Reflections on the History of Sri Lankan Furniture
- Nimal de Silva, Concepts and Principles used in Sri Lankan Decorative Arts
- Ebeltje Hartkamp-Jonxis, Dutch VOC Trade Textiles
- Robin Jones, Sources for Study of 19th Century Sri Lankan Furniture
- Sudharshan Seniviratne, Stone Decorative Arts of the Historic Period
All AISLS members and others interested in Sri Lankan decorative arts are welcome to attend.
For more information, please contact the workshop organizer,
2008 AISLS Forum at the Association for Asian Studies, Atlanta
The AISLS forum at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies featured a discussion of current events in Sri Lanka. Panelists included Barney Bate, Neloufer de Mel, Jeanne Marecek and Mark Whitaker.
From left to right: Jeanne Marecek, Barney Bate, Neloufer de Mel, Bambi Chapin, and Dennis McGilvray
2006 Conference on South Asia
The 2006 Annual Conference on South Asia had a special emphasis on Sri Lanka, and its program included over 50 academic
presentations concerning the island. The AISLS sponsored a workshop on the films of Prasana Vithanage and a slideshow and
talk by Abby Robinson on photography studios and film-making in Sri Lanka. The AISLS also co-sponsored the keynote address
by Gananath Obeyesekere.
Participants at a lunch to honor Gananath Obeyesekere at the Annual Conference on South Asia, 2006.
From left to right: Kaushik Ghosh, Susan Reed, Gananath Obeyesekere, Ranjani Obeyesekere, Bambi Chapin, Lauren Leve,
Ernestine McHugh, Jonathan Spencer, Charles Hallisey, Janet Gyatso, Namika Raby, and Mark Whitaker.
Workshop Program in Sri Lanka
Since 2001, the AISLS has sponsored fourteen workshops in Sri Lanka. We seek
proposals for additional workshops for 2007 and 2008. For information on proposing a
workshop and a list of previous ones, go our our Workshops in Sri Lanka page.
2008 Fellowship Awards
Nalin Jayasena (English Literature, Miami University of Ohio), "Ethnicity and the Politics of the Body in Postcolonial Sri Lanka".
Jody Miller (Criminology/Sociology, University of Missouri--St. Louis), "The Gendered Social Organization of Commercial Sex in Sri Lanka".
Patrick Peebles (History, University of Missouri--Kansas City), "The Making of Ceylon, 1833-50".
Fellowship Awards since 2000.
2008 Dissertation Planning Grant Awards
Kevin Fingerman (Energy & Resources, University of California--Berkeley), "Mitigating Water Resource Impacts of Biofuel Production on Rural Sri Lankans".
Annelies M. Goger (Geography, University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill), "Managing Global Guilt on the Shop Floor: Ethical Apparel Initiatives in Mexico and Sri Lanka".
Kaori Hatsumi (Anthropology, Columbia University), "The City of Joseph Vaz".
Romesh Silva (Demography, University of California--Berkeley), "Demographic Estimation Techniques and Conflict-Related Mortality in Sri Lanka".
Other News
AISLS Workshops and Panels in the United States
Minutes of the 2007 AISLS Annual Meeting (pdf)
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