Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Transition in Sri Lanka
A discussion with Jayadeva Uyangoda and author @bartyklem on his new book
Monday 21st October 2024 at 4.00 PM
at the @ices_lk Colombo Auditorium
Sri Lanka President @anuradisanayake secures agreement with @IMFNews delegation today to discuss “alternative approaches” to reach the objectives of the $2.9 billion bailout program. AKD wants to reduce taxes on lower income groups.
How should we rethink decolonisation when it is hijacked by authoritarian forces? A few thoughts from me: hope they help all those grappling with these pressing issues, inc profs & students. Do read+spread this open access article @AmAnthroJournal
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https://t.co/05ucC7wRYa
excited to share ✍️ by @tkelegama and me for @ConversationUK to celebrate #SriLanka 's political rupture and moment of hope ✨
a ⛰️ to climb but "The winds of change could finally have arrived"
https://t.co/ZGHPzm1km6
via @ConversationUK
@BorderCrim With many thanks to @emm_achiri and @oguzh_ f joint work in n cyprus, to @DarrianTraynor for photos and @HishamRifaei and @Ayman_makarem for creative collaboration and @mikisosnowski for academic collaboration.
@BorderCrim The dynamics of a #defactostate and the dynamics of (forced) #migration are typically described as separate things. But #Northerncyprus shows they are closely interconnected. This is part 1 of a 3-part story.
Now this is something you can write a poem about.
Sri Lanka’s first woman prime minister (not from dynastic politics that is).
A victory to working, voting women in Sri Lanka.
#PE2024#SriLankaElections
#SriLanka: President Dissanayake picks MP and former academic Harini Amarasuriya as PM
Read about Sri Lanka's 3rd woman PM's India connection, academic career, and activism 👇
https://t.co/zAC10c4LRY via @the_hindu
#SriLanka: Leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday emerged winner in Sri Lanka’s presidential race, obtaining a mandate that signals a clean break from the island nation’s political establishment and ushers in unprecedented change - reporting @the_hindu
A million dollar question! What is the population of northern #Cyprus? In this episode of Figure It, @SapientaCY director @FionaMullenCY hosts senior @PRIOCyprus reseacher @MeteHatay1 to discuss this much speculated issue with numbers.
https://t.co/98hyvreeLH
#Cypruspodcast
SAVE THE DATES: We look forward to welcoming you at UCLan Cyprus on 26-28 May 2025 for the “Contested Borderlands as Spaces of Negotiation and Adaptation” conference.
Here’s the website with more information:
https://t.co/yfgQb5l4YS