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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Atrocity Nation / State Amnesia : The Photographic Debris of the Sri Lankan Civil War The final years of the Sri Lankan civil war were transformed by a significant development in the technics of photography Vindhya Buthpitiya 09 Dec 2021
2 Invoking 'Transitional Justice' without a Transition: Reflections on Sri Lanka's Transitional Justice Programme, 2015-2019 Kumaravadivel Guruparan gives a talk as part of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR) Seminar Series. Kumaravadivel Guruparan 18 Mar 2021
3 Creative Commons CSASP Event - The Political Crisis in Sri Lanka Disscussion on the Political Crisis in Sri Lanka Gehan Gunatilleke, Rajesh Venugopal, Asanga Welikala, Shamara Wettimuny 18 Jan 2019
4 Creative Commons The Production of Buddhist-Violence in Sri Lanka: A Reading through the Development of the Idea of Holy City of Anuradhapura in the Early-Twentieth Century Pradeep Sangapala and Nihal Perera speak at the 'Interrogating Buddhism and Nationalism' workshop 28 January 2018. Pradeep Sangapala, Nihal Perera 11 Jul 2018
5 Creative Commons Authoritative Ideals: variations in the use of 'nationalism' among Buddhist activists in Sri Lanka and Myanmar Neal Apel speaks at the 'Interrogating Buddhism and Nationalism' Workshop on 27 January 2018. Neal Apel 29 Jun 2018
6 Creative Commons Querying the Cosmopolitan in Sri Lankan and Indian Ocean History Zoltan Biedermann and Alan Strathern speak at the South Asia Seminar on 6 February 2018. Zoltán Biedermann, Alan Strathern 28 Feb 2018
7 OxPeace 2017: The role of school curriculum in sustainable peace-building: A case study from Sri Lanka How schools are contributing to truth-seeking, social cohesion and active citizenship in Sri Lanka. Jeremy Cunningham, Suren Ladd 13 Jun 2017
8 Creative Commons Historian and trip scholar for Spectacular Ceylon, Dr Maria Misra (Christ Church, 1982) Dr Maria Misra shares her experiences as both a student and academic at Oxford University, as well as her love of South Asia, in this podcast. Maria Misra 26 Oct 2015
9 Creative Commons FMR 48 - Engaging IDPs in Sri Lanka: a Buddhist approach A Buddhist Sri Lankan NGO provides an example of how endogenous faith-based civil society organisations can help mobilise IDPs in owning and defining strategies for their own protection. - See more at: http://www.fmreview.org/faith/contents#sthash.Ktl8olu Emily Barry-Murphy, Max Stephenson 03 Jun 2015
10 Creative Commons Janus: At the mirror wall Romesh Gunesekera, the celebrated British/Sri Lankan author of the Booker-prize nominated 'Reef', presents the first of the 2014 Wolfson Lecture series on 'New Challenges for South Asian Writing in the 21st century'. romesh gunesekera 28 May 2014
11 Anti-Muslim Movements in Sri Lanka and Myanmar: Connections and Commonalities This talk examines the recent rise of violence perpetrated by Buddhist nationalists on Muslim and Christian residents in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Matthew Walton 08 Apr 2014
12 Creative Commons FMR 35 To return or stay? The views of Sri Lankan refugees in India challenge some of the assumptions inherent in promoting repatriation as the most desirable durable solution to protracted displacement. John Giammatteo 08 Apr 2013
13 Creative Commons FMR 35 Negotiating inclusion in Sri Lanka In providing effective assistance to displaced people with disabilities in Sri Lanka, partnerships and negotiating skills have proved essential. Valerie Scherrer, Roshan Mendis 08 Apr 2013
14 Creative Commons FMR 35 Perception and protection in Sri Lanka An assessment conducted in Sri Lanka in 2008 revealed that displaced people with disabilities were extremely vulnerable to protection incidents and their vulnerability was increased by their lack of voice. Francesca Bombi 25 Mar 2013
15 Conflict in the Plural In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh) examines 'eastern Sri Lanka as a complex religious field'. 18 May 2012. Jonathan Spencer 27 Jun 2012
16 Creative Commons Opportunistic violence and the impossibility of intimacy In this Anthropology Departmental Seminar, Dhana Hughes (St John's College, University of Oxford) examines 'memories of revenge and denunciation in Sri Lanka's Southern Terror'. 11 May 2012. Dhana Hughes 27 Jun 2012
17 Creative Commons The Constitutional Accommodation of National Pluralism in Post War Sri Lanka: The Lessons for the Present from Sri Lanka's Pre-Colonial Past Asanga!Weikala, PhD Candidate, School of Law, University of Edinburgh gives a talk for the OTJR trinity term 2012 seminar series. Asanga Weikala 06 Jun 2012
18 Creative Commons OxPeace 2012: Practical skills of Peacemaking, Peacebuilding and Peacekeeping, part 1 Dr Marcus Mayer, International Alert gives a talk for the 2012 OxPeace Conference; Disciplines of Peace. Marcus Mayer 21 May 2012