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Workshops and Panels in the United States
"Early Modernity" in Sri Lanka, South Asia and Southeast Asia
On October 22nd, 2009, AISLS sponsored a one-day conference at the University of Wisconsin--Madison on "early modernity" in Sri Lanka and the wider Indian Ocean and Asian regions. The conference featured six papers with substantial Sri Lanka material, presented by Charles Hallisey, Zoltan Biedermann, Alan Strathern, Alicia Schrikker, Sujit Sivasundaram and Patrick Peebles. The discussants -- Prachi Deshpande, Ramya Sreenivansan, Preeti Chopra, Anne Hansen, Penny Edwards and Tony Day -- were specialists on India and Southeast Asia. The conference was organized by John Rogers.
2009 AISLS Forum at the Association for Asian Studies, Chicago
On Friday 27 March, AISLS sponsored a roundtable discussion on Dennis McGilvray’s new book, Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka. Participants included Stephen Dale, Tudor Silva, Jonathan Spencer, Mark Whitaker, and Dennis McGilvray.
South Asia Seen From the East: Lessons and Questions from Lansing’s "Perfect Order"
On October 16th 2008, AISLS sponsored a one-day conference at the University of Wisconsin--Madison considering insights for the study of South and Southeast from J. Stephen Lansing's book Perfect Order: Recognizing Complexity in Bali, which focuses on social organization, religious practices, and irrigation networks in Bali. Professor Lansing participated by videoconferencing from Bali. The conference was organized by Charles Hallisey and Deborah Winslow. Other participants included Kenneth George, Leedom Lefferts, Anne Hansen, John Rogers, Dennis McGilvray, Preeti Chopra and Anne Monius.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2008 Association for Asian Studies
Annual Meeting
The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion of current events in Sri Lanka. Panelists included Barney Bate, Neloufer de Mel, Jeanne Marecek and Mark Whitaker.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2007 Association for Asian Studies
Annual Meeting
The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion on contemporary Sri Lankan fiction in English. The discussion was led by
Carmen Wickramagamage (University of Peradeniya).
AISLS Preconference Workshop at the 2006 Annual Conference on
South Asia
The AISLS sponsored a workshop on "Cinema of Violence: A Workshop on the Films of Prasana Vithanage. Organizers were Geeta Patel and Caitrin Lynch.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2006 Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting
The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion on "Tales from the Trenches: Teaching, Learning & Intellectual Life in Sri Lankan Universities." Panelists were S. Walter Perera, Dennis McGilvray, and Jeanne Marecek.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2005 Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting
The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion of Neil Devotta's Blowback: Linguistic
Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. Participants
included Jim McDonald from Amnesty International.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2004 Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting
The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion on Steven Kemper's Buying and Believing:
Sri Lankan Advertising and Consumers in a Transnational World. Participants
included Dennis McGilvray (chair), George Bond, Julien Cayla, and Steven Kemper.
AISLS Panel Discussion at the 2003 Association for Asian Studies
Annual Meeting
Steven Kemper and Jeanne Marecek
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The AISLS sponsored a panel discussion on H. L. Seneviratne's The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in
Sri Lanka. Participants included Brad Clough (chair), Charlie Hallisey, Steve Kemper, Ananda Abeysekara,
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Brad Clough, Charles Hallisey, H.L. Seneviratne, Chandra de Silva
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