by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 18, 2024 | Palestine
Two conceptions of Jewish identity Rohini Hensman Critics of religion who regard it as illusory and harmful, from Marx and his associates and followers to militant atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, assume implicitly that religions are monolithic....
by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 12, 2024 | Human Rights
Undermining statutory rape protection in Sri Lanka Kumudini Samuel and Chulani Kodikara On 9th February, the government gazetted a Bill to amend Sections 363 and 364 of the Penal Code (Chapter 19) which deals with statutory rape. According to these sections, sexual...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Mar 4, 2024 | Education
Privatisation from within ‘Free Education’: Tuition Classes in Anuradhapura Amali Waidyasekera The school attendance of students facing national level examinations such as Ordinary and Advanced Level, drastically drops closer to the respective examinations according...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 26, 2024 | Politics
Zionism in Crisis after October 7? What Crisis? Neve Gordon I was asked to speak on the topic of ‘Gaza and the Crisis of Zionism’. I am not sure there is a crisis in Zionism. My view is based on analysis of developments in Israel, where it seems to me that 99% of...
by ssa-admin-032024 | Feb 19, 2024 | History
Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 by Kalyani Ramnath. California: Stanford University Press, 2023, 308p. Luc Bulten Kalyani Ramnath’s Boats in a Storm contributes to the ever-growing body of literature using...
