Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

Political Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka | A Public Lecture

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The Asian Center will host a lecture, “Political Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka” by Ambassador S.V.D. Gamini Samaranayake, Ph.D. on Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Seminar Room, Hall of Wisdom, GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.

Dr. Samaranayake will give an overview of Sri Lanka’s political history from colonization to post-independence, which saw the rise of the pro-Maoist party Janatha Vimukthi  Peramuna (JVP) and of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, both of which took up arms against the government. He will analyze the causes and patterns of these armed conflicts and government responses thereto. Exploring these issues from a broader perspective, he argues that modernization in the form of social, economic and political expansion created conducive factors that contributed to the origin and development of underground organizations that have challenged the existing political fabric. These factors include the question of ethnicity, which has proven more powerful than social class in explaining Sri Lankan political dynamics.

S.V.D. Gamini Samaranayake, Ph.D. is the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Philippines. He was Senior Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka. He obtained his Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of St. Andrews and specializes on various aspects of Sri Lankan politics, from ethnicity to conflict resolutions. His publications include book reviews and journal articles such as “Political Terrorism of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka, South Asia”, which was published in the Journal of South Asian Studies and reprinted in South Asia: The Spectre of Terrorism (2009).

Seats are limited and are available only on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please contact Mr. Denzel Sarmiento at 981.8500 local 3577 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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