DISASTER NATIONALISM: DISPATCHES FROM THE SHORELINES OF SRI LANKA TO THE STREETS OF MINNEAPOLIS

Date: Tuesday, 04 August πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ”
Time: πŸ“.𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 – πŸ”.πŸ‘πŸŽππŒ
Location: π’π¨πœπ’πšπ₯ π’πœπ’πžπ§π­π’π¬π­π¬’ π€π¬π¬π¨πœπ’πšπ­π’π¨π§, πŸ‘πŸ–πŸŽ/πŸ–πŸ”, π’πšπ«πšπ§πš π‘π¨πšπ, 𝐂𝐨π₯𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨 πŸŽπŸ•

SOUTHERN AUTHORITARIAN POPULISM BY ALF GUNVALD NILSEN

Date: π–πžππ§πžπ¬ππšπ², 12 August πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ”
Time: πŸ“.𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 – πŸ”.πŸ‘πŸŽππŒ
Location: π’π¨πœπ’πšπ₯ π’πœπ’πžπ§π­π’π¬π­π¬’ π€π¬π¬π¨πœπ’πšπ­π’π¨π§, πŸ‘πŸ–πŸŽ/πŸ–πŸ”, π’πšπ«πšπ§πš π‘π¨πšπ, 𝐂𝐨π₯𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨 πŸŽπŸ•

SHALLOW BLUE EMPIRE: PEARLING IN SRI LANKAN HISTORY BY TAMARA FERNANDO

Date: π–πžππ§πžπ¬ππšπ², 19 August πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ”
Time: πŸ“.𝟎𝟎𝐏𝐌 – πŸ”.πŸ‘πŸŽππŒ
Location: π’π¨πœπ’πšπ₯ π’πœπ’πžπ§π­π’π¬π­π¬’ π€π¬π¬π¨πœπ’πšπ­π’π¨π§, πŸ‘πŸ–πŸŽ/πŸ–πŸ”, π’πšπ«πšπ§πš π‘π¨πšπ, 𝐂𝐨π₯𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐨 πŸŽπŸ•

The Peradeniya School, Psychoanalysis, and the Problem of Perversion by Praveen Tilakaratne

On the 22nd of July 2026, the Social Scientists’ Association hosted a discussion with Praveen Tilakaratne, which focused on the β€˜Peradeniya School’ and the debates and conversations that took place in the 60s with regards to perversion in modernist Sinhala literature. Tilakaratne outlines the work and deliberations surrounding writers of the time, while the discussion reflected on the interpretive evolution of concepts such as perversion and eroticism in Sri Lanka.

A Heart That Never Forgets by Binu Peiris

Over the high walls of the white mansions where our money lay,

Our youth sped their way holding the tears of our motherland.

This is a history that our young historians wrote,

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Out Now! Vol. 13 No. 2 (July - December 2025).

148 pages.Β #SriLankaΒ . Politics. Cyclone Ditwah. Ecology. Feminism. Education. Justice. Domestic Violence Act. History. Culture. Work. Labour. Books. Cover PictureΒ Sakuna Miyasinadha Gamage. LKR1000 from the Social Scientists’ Association or Barefoot orΒ SLBOOKS.lk.

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