History and Politics:  Millennial Perspectives.  Essays in Honour of Kingsley de Silva

Edited by

Gerald Peiris and 
S W R de A Samarasinghe

Aftab Ahmed PhD (London), is Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

S N Arseculeratne, MBBS (Ceylon), Dip Bact (Manch), DPhil (Oxford), is Emeritus Professor (Microbiology), University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Radhika Coomaraswamy, BA (Yale), JD (Columbia), LLM (Harvard). She serves on the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka, and is United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.

H L de Silva, LLB (Ceylon), and Advocate of the Supreme Court, is President’s Counsel and former Permanent Representative for Sri Lanka in the United Nations in New York.

Lorna Dewaraja, MA (Ceylon), PhD (London), is Director, Bandaranaike International Diplomatic Training Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka and former Associate Professor of History, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

K N O Dharmadasa, BA Hons (Ceylon), M Phil (York), PhD (Monash), is Dean, Faculty of Arts and Professor of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Robert Eric Frykenberg, BA (Bethel College, Minnesota), MA (University of Minnesota), PhD (London) is Emeritus Professor of History and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.

Partha S Ghosh, PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University), is Director, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India.

Robert B Goldmann, BS, MS (Columbia), is European Representative, Anti-Defamation League and was Program Officer, the Ford Foundation, New York (1968-1982).

John Clifford Holt, PhD (Chicago), is Professor of Religious Studies, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, USA.

Tissa Jayatilaka, BA Hons (Ceylon), MA (Wake Forest), is Executive Director, United States Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission.

Dayan Jayatilleka, BA Hons (Sri Lanka), is Director, Premadasa Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka and former editor of Lanka Guardian.

James V Jesudason, BA (Wesleyan), MA (Harvard), PhD (Harvard), is Lecturer, Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.

Stanley Kalpage, BSc (Ceylon), PhD (London). His former posts include High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in India; Permanent Representative for Sri Lanka in the United Nations in New York and Chairman, University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka.

Sirima Kiribamune, BA (Ceylon), MA (Ceylon), PhD (London), is Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka and former Professor of History, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Mahendra P Lama, MA, PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University), is Associate Professor, South Asian Division, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Ajay K Mehra, PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University), is Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.

Vishwanath Pai Panandiker, MA, LLB, (Bombay), MPA & PhD (Michigan), is President and Professor, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, India.

Gerald Peiris, BA (Ceylon), PhD (Cambridge), is Professor of Geography, University of Peradeniya and Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Rasul Bakhsh Rais, MA (University of Punjab, Lahore), PhD (University of California, Santa Barbara) is Professor/ Director, Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

John M Richardson Jr, PhD (University of Minnesota), is Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, School of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, USA.

Michael Roberts, BA Hons (Ceylon), DPhil (Oxon), is Reader, Department of Anthropology of the University of Adelaide, Australia and former Lecturer in History, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

S W R de A Samarasinghe, BA Hons (Ceylon), PhD (Cambridge), is Director, Tulane Institute for International Development, Arlington, Virginia, USA, and former Lecturer in Economics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He serves on the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and is also the founder-editor of The Kandy News.

Vidyamali Samarasinghe, BA Hons (Ceylon), PhD (Cambridge), is Associate Professor, International Development Programme, School of International Service, American University, Washington DC, USA and former Senior Lecturer in Geography, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Vijaya Samaraweera, BA (Ceylon), DPhil (Oxford), is Consultant to the Indian Mentor Program, Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, United Nations and former Lecturer in History, University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Neelan Tiruchelvam, LLB (Ceylon), STD (Harvard), is President’s Counsel and Member of Parliament and serves on the Board of Directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Sri Lanka. He is also the Chair of the Minority Rights Group, London.

Mohammad Waseem, MA (Punjab), PhD (London), is Quaid-I-Azam Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Ananda Wickremeratne, BA (Ceylon), DPhil (Oxford), is Associate Member of the University of Chicago and Lecturer in the Theology Department of Loyola University of Chicago, USA and was Senior Lecturer in Economic History, University of Sri Lanka, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.