ZOOM SEMINAR ON “NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 5”
REGISTER HERE FOR ONE OR MORE SESSIONS OF SERIES 5
This Seminar series is scheduled from 8.30 P.M.-10.00 P.M. (Sri Lankan Time) every Friday (except October 20th) from the 6th October – 3rd November 2023.
The scheduling according to different Time Zones is as follows:
Sri Lanka/India 8:30 PM — 10:00 PM
Amsterdam 5:00 PM — 6:30 PM in October. 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM on November 3rd.
London 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM in October. 3:00 PM — 4:30 PM on November 3rd.
New York 11:00 AM — 12:30 PM
Chicago 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM
Denver 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM
San Francisco 8:00 AM — 9:30 AM
6th October
“Learning the Tropics: The Rise of Agricultural Education in Ceylon and the British Empire.”
Speaker: Clare Anderson (Harvard University)
Discussants: Tamara Fernando (Stonybrook University and Sumit Guha (University of Texas, Austin)
13th October
“Cultivating Perceptions: Tropicality and Environmental Knowledge in Ceylon’s Coffee Culture”
Speaker: Raymond Hyser (University of Texas, Austin)
Discussants: Cherry Briggs (SOAS, London) and Stuart McCook (University of Guelph)
27th October
“The Moors Islamic Cultural Home and the Modern Muslim Ummah: Negotiating Identity, Politics, and Community in 1940s Sri Lanka”
Speaker: Farzana Haniffa (University of Colombo)
Discussants: Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh) and Chitralekha Zutshi (College of William & Mary)
3rd November
“Entangled in Turmoil and Envisioning the Future: Hussein Salahuddeen’s Dhivehi Writings from Ceylon in 1902 and 1933”
Speaker: Garrett Field (Ohio University)
Discussants: John Rogers (AISLS) and Nile Green (UCLA)
NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 4
ZOOM SEMINAR ON “NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 4”
This Seminar series is scheduled from 8.30 P.M.-10.00 P.M. (Sri Lankan Time) every Friday for 4 weeks running from the 28th October – 18th November 2022.
The scheduling according to different Time Zones is as follows:
Sri Lanka/India 8:30 PM — 10:00 PM
Amsterdam 5:00 PM — 6:30 PM on 28th Oct. 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM for the three dates in November.
London 4:00 PM — 5:30 PM on 28th Oct. 3:00 PM — 4:30 PM for the three dates in November.
New York 11:00 AM — 12:30 PM on 28th Oct. & 4th Nov. 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM on 11th & 18th Nov.
Chicago 10:00 AM — 11:30 AM on 28th Oct. & 4th Nov. 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM on 11th & 18th Nov.
Denver 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM on 28th Oct. & 4th Nov. 8:00 AM — 9:30 AM on 11th & 18th Nov.
San Francisco 8:00 AM — 9:30 AM on 28th Oct. & 4th Nov. 7:00 AM — 8:30 AM on 11th & 18th Nov.
NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 4
FRIDAYS FROM 28 OCTOBER TO 18 NOVEMBER
28th October
“Triangulating Hector Macdonald in Ceylon: Early 20th-Century Scandal and Reputation on a “Spicy Little Isle Where Ladies were Few”
Speaker: Kristen Thomas-McGill (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Discussants: John Rogers (AISLS) and Rachel Hope Cleves (University of Victoria)
4th November
“The Siamese Prince and the Portuguese Priest: Monks, Kings, and Dutch East India Company Schemes in Eighteenth Century Kandy and Ayutthaya”
Speaker: Tyler Lehrer (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Discussants: Zoltán Biedermann (UCL) and Tilman Frasch (Manchester Metropolitan University)
11th November
“Muslim Colombo: Preliminary Thoughts”
Speaker: Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge)
Discussants: Farzana Haniffa (University of Colombo) and Laurence Gautier (Centre de Sciences Humaines, Delhi)
18th November
“Parallel Lives or Interconnected Histories: Anagarika Dharmapala and Muhammad Barkatullah’s ‘world religioning’ in Japan, 1884-1914”
Speaker: Samee Siddiqi (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Discussants: Ramla Wahab-Salman (AILS Colombo) and Neilesh Bose (University of Victoria)
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NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 3
FRIDAYS FROM 25 FEBRUARY TO 1 APRIL 2022.
25th February:
“The Jews of Ceylon”: Antisemitism, Prejudice and the Moors of Sri Lanka
Speaker: Shamara Wettimuny (Oxford University)
Discussants: Michael Laffan (Princeton University) and Neilesh Bose (University of Victoria)
4th March:
Salt and Convicts: Bonded Labour in Early 19th Century Sri Lanka
Speaker: Sanayi Marcelline (University of Colombo)
Discussant: John Rogers (AISLS) and Aparna Balachandran (University of Delhi)
11th March :
Healing Buddhist Knowledge from Palm Leaves to Print: Exorcising Yakṣas from Sinhala Literary Reproduction
Speaker: Alexander McKinley (Lake Forest College)
Discussant: Sandagomi Coperahewa (University of Colombo) and Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge)
18th March:
Humanizing Nationalism? Reflections on ‘Buddhist Humanism’ in the Sinhala novels of Jayasena Jayakodi and Arrawala Nandimithra
Speaker: Liyanage Amarakeerthi (University of Peradeniya)
Discussant: Charles Hallisey (Harvard University) and Padma Dorje Maitland (California Polytechnic State University)
25th March:
Voicing the Nation: The Politics of Voice and Un/Belonging in Song of Ceylon (1934)
Speaker: Deborah Philip (CUNY Graduate School)
Discussant: Harshana Rambukwella (OUSL) and David Campion (Lewis & Clark)
1st April:
The Jaffna Circuit, 1812
Speaker: Paul Halliday (University of Virginia)
Discussant: Kalyani Ramnath (Harvard University) and Bhavani Raman (University of Toronto)
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NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 2
EVERY FRIDAY FROM SEPTEMBER 24th TO NOVEMBER 5th, 2021 (EXCEPT OCTOBER 22nd):
Sri Lanka/India 8:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Amsterdam 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM (On November 5th, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM)
London 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (on November 5th, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM)
New York 11:00 AM – 12:30 AM
Chicago/Austin 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Denver 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
San Francisco 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
September 24
Michael Laffan (Princeton University), Seven Pashas for Ceylon, or exile and the limits of Muslim community.
DISCUSSANTS: John Rogers (AISLS), Eric Tagliacozzo (Cornell University)
ABSTRACT
October 1
Tamara Fernando (Institute of Historical Research, London), Historicizing marine science in Ceylon, 1850-1925.
DISCUSSANTS: R.L. Stirrat (University of Sussex), Debjani Bhattacharyya (Drexel University)
ABSTRACT
October 8
Darshi Thoradeniya (University of Colombo), Birth control and reproductive rights in Sri Lanka
DISCUSSANTS: Nira Wickremasinghe (Leiden University), Douglas E. Haynes (Dartmouth College)
ABSTRACT
October 15
Janice Leoshko (University of Texas at Austin), The significant place of geology for Ananda Coomaraswamy.
DISCUSSANTS: Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh), Romita Ray (Syracuse University)
ABSTRACT
October 29
Alicia Schrikker (Leiden University), Cashing on conflict: Dutch colonialism and social control in eighteenth century Jaffna.
DISCUSSANTS: Mark Balmforth (University of Toronto), Danna Agmon (Virginia Tech)
ABSTRACT
November 5
Arjun Guneratne (Macalester College), The origins of ornithology as a science in nineteenth century Sri Lanka
DISCUSSANTS: Sujit Sivasundaram (University of Cambridge), Nancy Jacobs (Brown University)
ABSTRACT
EARLIER SEMINAR SERIES
ZOOM SEMINAR ON “NEW RESEARCH IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY, SERIES 1”
EVERY FRIDAY FROM FEBRUARY 5th TO MARCH 12th, 2021
February 5
Dileepa Witharana (Open University of Sri Lanka), Some missing pages from history: D.J. Wimalasurendra and developmental nationalism of Ceylon.
DISCUSSANTS: Harshana Rambukwella (Open University of Sri Lanka), Douglas E. Haynes (Dartmouth College)
BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WITHARANA’S PAPER
February 12
Dries Lyna (Radboud University), Justice consumed: Dutch civil courts in 18th-century Sri Lanka.DISCUSSANTS: John Rogers (American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies), Aparna Balachandran (University of Delhi)
ABSTRACT FOR LYNA’S PAPER
LINK TO “COLONIALISM INSIDE OUT” PROJECT
February 19
Bente de Leede (Leiden University), Life after death: dying, mourning and inheriting in Dutch Sri Lanka.
DISCUSSANTS: Charles Hallisey (Harvard University), Danna Agmon (Virginia Tech)
EXTENDED ABSTRACT OF DE LEEDE’S PAPER
LINK TO “COLONIALISM INSIDE OUT” PROJECT
February 26
Luc Bulten (Radboud University), Entangled categories? Dutch and Lankan tenurial, fiscal, and social concepts in the colonial records, southwestern Sri Lanka 1745-1796.
DISCUSSANTS: Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri (University of Colombo), Sumit Guha (University of Texas at Austin)
ABSTRACT OF BULTEN’S PAPER
LINK TO “COLONIALISM INSIDE OUT” PROJECT
March 5
Mark Balmforth (University of Toronto), Tobacco rāṇi: commodity, caste, and slavery in British colonial Jaffna.
DISCUSSANTS: Paul Halliday (University of Virginia), Indrani Chatterjee (University of Texas at Austin)
ABSTRACT OF BALMFORTH’S PAPER
March 12
Binyamin Blum (University of California, Hastings College of the Law), Herbert Dowbiggin and the new vision of colonial policing.
DISCUSSANTS: Nira Wickramasinghe (Leiden University), John Rogers (American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies)
ABSTRACT OF BLUM’S PAPER
