by ssa-admin-032024 | May 29, 2023 | Intervention
Don’t Use Class as a Weapon to Dismiss Social Struggles Devaka Gunawardena We can blame the chaos of the contemporary global moment for many problems. From rising prices, to rearmament and the possibility of outright military conflict between hegemonic powers, there...
by ssa-admin-032024 | May 24, 2023 | Review
Shehan Karunatilaka’s The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Impunity, violence, and the politics of representation The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. Shehan Karunatilaka. Gurugram, Harayana: Penguin Books, 2022 Reviewed by Harshana Rambukwella A murdered journalist...
by ssa-admin-032024 | May 23, 2023 | Discussions
The Political Economy of Neoliberal Hindu Nationalism in India Alf Gunvald Nilsen A discussion with Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria and Director, the Centre for Asian Studies in Africa, University of Pretoria on ‘The...
by ssa-admin-032024 | May 16, 2023 | Essay
Budget 2023: Heal the Wound or Worsen it? Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana This text is adapted from a presentation made at a virtual discussion on the 2023 Budget organised by the Professionals’ Centre for People, on 26 November 2022. The 2023 Budget proposals will further...
by ssa-admin-032024 | May 15, 2023 | Discussions
Seminar series on Critical Agrarian Studies 2023, Seminar 03 – “The Agrarian Basis of Resistance to Dispossession” A talk by Devaka Gunawardena The Critical Agrarian Studies seminar series of the Social Scientists’ Association held its third talk titled “The Agrarian...
