by polity.lk | Mar 25, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
‘A literary man interested in anthropology’ Ranjini Obeyesekere interviewed by Crystal Baines Dr. Ranjini (Ellepola) Obeyesekere is one of Sri Lanka’s leading translators, and among its first female theatre directors. She is the author, among other works, of Sinhala...
by polity.lk | Mar 21, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Conversion and Tradition: The Religious Public in Millennial Sri Lanka Geethika Dharmasinghe A proletarian ethic parallel to the bourgeois ethics of Protestant Buddhism has not developed in the city’s working class, and in spite of many years of left politics, Marxist...
by polity.lk | Mar 17, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
A Tale of Two Islands Anne M. Blackburn As long as I have studied Buddhism and Southern Asia, Gananath Obeyesekere has been a guide and interlocutor, always through his powerful writings, and sometimes in person. Though we are all missing Professor Gananath greatly...
by polity.lk | Mar 13, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
Gananath’s Tryst with Lawyers Radhika Coomaraswamy After the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) was set up in 1982, it gradually became a dynamic centre for the interaction between lawyers and social scientists, especially anthropologists. Led by Dr....
by polity.lk | Mar 10, 2026 | Gananath Obeyesekere
An Accidental Education with Gananath Obeyesekere Mark P. Whitaker I must begin with an embarrassing admission. Although Gananath Obeyesekere became my PhD thesis supervisor in 1981, our association was accidental; or perhaps I should say fortuitously...
