by ssa-admin-032024 | May 9, 2023 | History
Sri Lanka 2023: Anniversaries of Struggle Q. M. Saul No matter what happens for the rest of this year, 2023 will go down in the history books of Sri Lanka. This year is like one of those astronomical alignments which only come around once every few centuries. Not only...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 27, 2023 | Workshops
Agrarian Studies in Sri Lanka A workshop organised by the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) in collaboration with the Young Researchers’ Network (YRN)- Sri Lanka Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) has a deep legacy for creating debate and discussion on the...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 8, 2023 | Interview
“Women Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Have Never Been a Concern of Plantation Companies” An Interview with Menaha Kandasamy Menaha Kandasamy is the first woman to serve as the President and General Secretary of the Ceylon Plantation Workers’ Union and a Founding Member...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Apr 4, 2023 | Conference, Discussions
Policy dialogue on Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka A policy dialogue titled, “Recognizing, Reducing, and Redistributing Unpaid Care Work in Sri Lanka” organized by the Women and Media Collective was held on March 31st, 2023 at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo from 9 am to...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 30, 2023 | Review
Entangled Lives and the Crisis of Care – Linked Lives: Elder Care, Migration, and Kinship in Sri Lanka. Michele Ruth Gamburd. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2020 Reviewed by Asha L. Abeyasekera Michelle Gamburd’s ethnographic...
