System Stability not Change: The NPP abandons populism for liberal democracy

Judging by its record over the past six months, the National People’s Power (NPP) government arguably stands as one of the more committed liberal democratic regimes in Sri Lanka’s recent memory. Thus far, there has not been any serious allegation of corruption or abuse of office against the NPP parliamentarians…

(π‘πž-)𝐏𝐨π₯𝐒𝐭𝐒𝐜𝐒𝐬𝐒𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐑𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐑𝐚𝐰𝐞π₯𝐒 πƒπžπ―πžπ₯𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 π‰πšπ²πšπ¬π’π§π π‘πž

Critical Agrarian Studies Seminar 2025:02

Date: Wednesday 28 May 2025
Time: 5.00 PM-6.30 PM
Location: Social Scientists’ Association 380/86, Sarana Road Colombo 07

German Elections and the Rise of the Far Right in Europe by Britta Petersen

The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) hosted a talk by Britta Petersen, a political philosopher, analyst and currently Resident Representative of the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Asia based in New Delhi on the topic, β€œ German Elections and the Rise of the Far Right in Europe” on 06th of May 2025.

Sex/Work, and the Gendered Division of Labour in Sri Lanka by Themal Ellawala

The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) hosted a talk by Themal Ellawala, doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA on the topic, β€œ Sex/Work, and the Gendered Division of Labour in Sri Lanka” on 30th of April 2025.

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