Research papers
Competing for Victimhood Status: Northern Muslims and the Ironies of Post-War Reconciliation, Justice and Development
ICES Research Paper No. 13
By Farzana Haniffa
July 2014
The northern Muslims together with all protracted IDPs displaced prior to 2008 became a low priority case load for return and resettlement assistance in the aftermath of the ‘end’ of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009 ...
By Farzana Haniffa
July 2014
The northern Muslims together with all protracted IDPs displaced prior to 2008 became a low priority case load for return and resettlement assistance in the aftermath of the ‘end’ of the war in Sri Lanka in 2009 ...
A History of Tamil Diaspora Politics in Canada: Organizational Dynamics and Negotiated Order, 1978-2013
ICES Research Paper No. 11
By Amarnath Amarasingam
November 2013
This paper sets out to examine diasporic mobilization in Canada in its various organizational forms, from the 1980s to the present
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By Amarnath Amarasingam
November 2013
This paper sets out to examine diasporic mobilization in Canada in its various organizational forms, from the 1980s to the present
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On (not) Knowing One’s Place: A Critique of Cultural Relativism
ICES Working Paper No. 4
By Qadri Ismail
August 2013
The paper was presented at Ethical Futures: Dialogues on state, society and ethical existence organized by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies. Held on 30th May to lst June 2013 ...
What Lessons Are We Talking About? Reconciliation and Memory in Post-Civil War Sri Lankan Cinema
ICES Research Paper No. 10
By Dinidu Karunanayake and Thiagaraja Wardas
September 2013
A collaborative research publication by a Sinhala Buddhist and a Tamil Christian. ...
By Dinidu Karunanayake and Thiagaraja Wardas
September 2013
A collaborative research publication by a Sinhala Buddhist and a Tamil Christian. ...
Only Until the Rice is Cooked? The Domestic Violence Act, Familial Ideology and Cultural Narratives in Sri Lanka (Sinhala)
ICES Working Paper No. 1
By Chulani Kodikara
September 2013
This paper maps contemporary discourses on domestic violence in Sri Lanka, especially in connection with the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (PDVA) ...
By Chulani Kodikara
September 2013
This paper maps contemporary discourses on domestic violence in Sri Lanka, especially in connection with the Prevention of Domestic Violence Act of 2005 (PDVA) ...
History After the War: Historical Consciousness in the Collective Sinhala Buddhist Psyche in Post War
ICES Research Paper No. 9
By Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
July 2013
The focus of the essay is the way in which the historical consciousness of Sinhala Buddhists operates in the post-war context. ...
By Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
July 2013
The focus of the essay is the way in which the historical consciousness of Sinhala Buddhists operates in the post-war context. ...
Post-War Sri Lanka: Is Peace a Hostage of the Military Victory?
Dilemmas of Reconciliation, Ethnic Cohesion and Peace-Building
ICES Research Paper No. 8
By Gamini Keerawella
June 2013
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The Political Economy of Post War Sri Lanka
ICES Research Paper No. 7
by Sunil Bastian
May 2013
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how deepening capitalist relations in post-war Sri Lanka will accentuate the social contradictions associated with capitalist development ...
by Sunil Bastian
May 2013
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how deepening capitalist relations in post-war Sri Lanka will accentuate the social contradictions associated with capitalist development ...