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 build alternative political and development projects, drawing on Marxism, Christian socialism, and feminism, among other inspirations. The digital library is the product of a collaboration among the American Institute for Lankan Studies (AILS), the University of Edinburgh, Princeton University Library, and the South Asia Open Archives. It was produced as part of a larger project entitled A Comparative Anthropology of Conscience, Ethics and Human Rights. The project was generously supported by a European Research Council Horizon 2020 Consolidator Grant (648477 AnCon ERC-2014-CoG), with additional support from the American Institute for Lankan Studies.