Yearly Archives: 2021

AISLS GUIDE TO RESEARCH LIBRARIES IN SRI LANKA

The AISLS Guide to Research Libraries in Sri Lanka is designed for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences and related fields. Each entry provides information on contact information, location and access, the scope of the library’s holdings, and

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DIGITAL LIBRARY ON DISSIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS IN SRI LANKA, 1960s TO 1990S

This collection, which is available on open access through Princeton University Library and the South Asia Open Archives, documents the activity of a generation of Sri Lankan radical activists who, in their different ways, attempted to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and

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“NEW BOOKS IN ANTHROPOLOGY” ZOOM TALKS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE

Christina Davis, The Struggle for a Multilingual Future: Youth and Education in Sri Lanka (2020). Session chaired by Daniel Bass.  Mythri Jegathesan, Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka (2019). Session chaired by Sharika Thiranagama. Sandya Hewamanne, Restitching Identities in Rural

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AISLS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT GRANT COMPETITION

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 content, which are suitable for use in introductory classes in American

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ZOOM TALK BY MYTHRI JEGATHESAN, TUES. MARCH 9TH

AILS Colombo is sponsoring a talk by Mythri Jegathesan on her book, Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postcolonial Sri Lanka (University of Washington Press, 2019). This will take place through Zoom on Tuesday, March 9th. The session

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FEBRUARY 17 ZOOM BOOK TALK ON CHRISTINA DAVIS, THE STRUGGLE FOR A MULTICULTURAL FUTURE

AISLS is very pleased to announce that registration for Christina Davis’s talk on her new book, The Struggle for a Multilingual Future: Youth and Education in Sri Lanka (Oxford University Press, 2020) is now open.The session is being held on Wednesday, February

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