by polity.lk | Feb 19, 2024 | History
Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 by Kalyani Ramnath. California: Stanford University Press, 2023, 308p. Luc Bulten Kalyani Ramnath’s Boats in a Storm contributes to the ever-growing body of literature using...
by polity.lk | Feb 12, 2024 | Education
On the Edge: University Education in Sri LankaKaushalya Perera At the COP-28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai in December 2023, Ranil Wickremesinghe announced the establishment of a Climate Change University in Sri Lanka. In the 2024 Budget Speech, Wickremesinghe...
by polity.lk | Feb 2, 2024 | Politics
Independence DayBinu Peiris The Lankan flag sways high and mighty on Galle Face Green,The Lion roars with pride, bowing before Samarakoon’s words,A twenty-year-old is asked by her father,‘How do you feel on Independence Day?’,She feels a numbness in her throat,She...
by polity.lk | Jan 29, 2024 | Field Notes
“One day, nobody will even ask about us”: The obsolete silversmiths of KandyHasini Lecamwasam In the course of research into why the traditional craft economy, despite being a key medium through which Sinhala nationalism is expressed, was not lifted with the rising...
by polity.lk | Jan 22, 2024 | Intervention
The Cannon and the Cranium: Towards a Wider Agenda for Reparatory Justice in Sri LankaAndi Schubert Lara Wijesuriya’s excellent recent essay is a wonderful invitation for further conversation about the politics of repatriation and the role of museums, archives, and...
