In January 2023, AISLS published a statement on Best Practices for Foreign Researchers. The document is intended to provide guidance on ethical issues in conducting research in or on Sri Lanka. It is the product of a series of conversations…
1. April 29, 2022: Photographs from Sri Lanka in the British Library and other Selected Collections. Speaker: John Falconer (Former Curator, British Library). Discussion with Jagath Weerasinghe (PGIAR). 2. May 6, 2022: The Hugh Nevill Collection in the British Museum. Speaker: Sushma Jansari…
The AISLS Guide to Research Libraries in Sri Lanka is designed for students and scholars in the humanities, social sciences and related fields. Each entry provides information on contact information, location and access, the scope of the library’s holdings, and…
This collection, which is available on open access through Princeton University Library and the South Asia Open Archives, documents the activity of a generation of Sri Lankan radical activists who, in their different ways, attempted to escape the claims of rival ethno-nationalisms and…
Christina Davis, The Struggle for a Multilingual Future: Youth and Education in Sri Lanka (2020). Session chaired by Daniel Bass. Mythri Jegathesan, Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka (2019). Session chaired by Sharika Thiranagama. Sandya Hewamanne, Restitching Identities in Rural…
The American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS) announces a new round in its Community College Curriculum Development Grants competition. AISLS seeks proposals for developing instructional materials that include Sri Lanka content, which are suitable for use in introductory classes in American…
AILS Colombo is sponsoring a talk by Mythri Jegathesan on her book, Tea and Solidarity: Tamil Women and Work in Postcolonial Sri Lanka (University of Washington Press, 2019). This will take place through Zoom on Tuesday, March 9th. The session…
The office and library of the American Institute for Lankan Studies, Colombo, will close at 4:00 PM on Friday, December 19, 2020; and reopen at 9:15 AM on Friday, January 1, 2021.
2021 Sri Lanka Graduate Student Workshops February 26 and March 12, 2021 Hosted by Cornell University CALL FOR PAPERS In February and March 2021, the South Asia Program at Cornell University will host two virtual workshops for graduate students working…
AILS Colombo re-opened at its new location on September 2nd, 2020. We ask visitors and library patrons to bring their own mask or request one from AILS staff. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer is available at the centre. We also ask everyone…
