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New to the AILS Colombo Library! Stories and Histories: Sri Lankan Pasts and the Dilemmas of Narrative Representation by Gananath Obeyesekere (Published by Sarasavi Publishers (Pvt) Ltd, 2024) #NewBook #History #SriLanka #BooksWorthReading

REMINDER: Lecture on "From Sri Lanka to Boston and Beyond: The Significance of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s Collections", happening tomorrow! REGISTER NOW AT: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

AILS Colombo successfully organized a joint lecture by Dr. Janice Leoshko and Dr. Laura Weinstein titled "From Sri Lanka to Boston and Beyond: The Significance of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy's Collections" on November 21, 2024. #fineart #History #SriLanka #AnandaCoomaraswamy

Making a Canon: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka, and the place of Buddhist art by Janice Leoshko (University of Chicago Press, 2024) #srilanka #buddhist #coomaraswamy #finearts #historiography #history

New to the AILS Colombo Library! Mirage by K. Daniel (Kumaran Book House, 2016) #NewBook #SriLanka #Tamil #Casteism

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REMINDER: Zoom lecture on "Reflections on the use of the Coomaraswamy Photo Albums on Sri Lanka held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston", happening tomorrow! Don't miss to register at link below REGISTER NOW AT: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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On January 23, Roman Gautam, Editor, and Shwetha Srikanthan, Associate Editor, of Himal Southasian visited AILS Colombo for a discussion on shared interests, potential collaborations, and a tour of the AILS Sri Lanka Studies Research Library. #SriLanka #colombo #himalsouthasian

REMINDER: Happening tomorrow! Don't miss to register at link below REGISTER NOW AT: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

New to the AILS Library ! The Red Lotus and Other Stories by Liyanage Amarakeerthi, English translation by Manel Eriyagama ( Sarasavi Publishers, 2024) #translation #SriLankan #ShortStory #Sinhala #English #literature #NewBook

New to the AILS Library ! A Modest Arsenal: Gunpowder Weapons in Sri Lanka 1500-1820 by Channa Wickremesekera (Tambapanni Academic Publishers, Colombo, 2024). #History #BooksWorthReading #militaryhistory #NewBook

AILS visited the Jaffna University Library to discuss potential areas of collaboration and conducted a workshop for the library staff. This visit marked a positive step toward establishing a strong and collaborative partnership with Jaffna University.

Yesterday, AILS Colombo hosted a gathering bringing together visiting AILS-affiliated scholars and current US Fulbrighters in Sri Lanka for an evening celebrating US–Sri Lanka research connections and collaboration. Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸  #july4th #USA #SriLanka

AILS Colombo recently hosted a private international workshop in Colombo on Authenticity in History and Historiography, uniting Sri Lankan and American scholars to explore how we construct authenticity in historical narratives. #AILS #SriLanka #History #Historiography #Academia

AILS Colombo recently organized two private international mentoring sessions: “When History Interrupts” by Prof. Jonathan Spencer (University of Edinburgh) and “Studying the Humanities Here and There” by Prof. Charles Hallisey (Harvard University and Past President, American