Enhancing Civic Education: Teacher Training Programs (March – April 2018)

by polity.lk | Jul 26, 2021 | Workshops

Enhancing Civic Education: Teacher Training Programs (March – April 2018) Training programs were conducted for teachers of Civic Education, and addressed key topics in the local Ordinary Level syllabus. The trainings were conducted in two phases based on medium of...

Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’

Devaka Gunawardena

by polity.lk | Jul 23, 2021 | Intervention

Sri Lanka’s Left isn’t ‘Taking Democracy Seriously’ Devaka Gunawardena The Left in Sri Lanka—currently more of an aspirational idea, than an active movement—is once again at the crossroads. Those people who at least explicitly self-identify as Left appear to be split...

A call to action against the detention of Hejaaz Hizbullah and Ahnaf Jazeem, anti-Muslim violence, and attacks on democracy

by polity.lk | Jul 14, 2021 | Statement

A call to action against the detention of Hejaaz Hizbullah and Ahnaf Jazeem, anti-Muslim violence, and attacks on democracy Decades of majoritarian politics, and the more recent descent towards authoritarianism and militarisation, have eroded the foundations of our...

In Memoriam: Malathi de Alwis (1963 – 2021) and Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021)

by polity.lk | Jun 28, 2021 | Essay

In Memoriam: Malathi de Alwis (1963 – 2021) and Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021) It is with deep sadness that Polity marks the untimely loss of not one but two great Sri Lankan scholars Malathi de Alwis and Qadri Ismail in the space of five months of each other. As Andi...

Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021): Abiding, Acknowledging, and Accounting for Intellectual Debts

Andi Schubert

by polity.lk | Jun 27, 2021 | Essay

Qadri Ismail (1961 – 2021): Abiding, Acknowledging, and Accounting for Intellectual Debts Andi Schubert Fuck 2021. Well, that seems like an appropriately Qadri-esque way[i] to open a reflection on his untimely and sudden death, only a few months after the loss of Dr...