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Research Publications

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On The Move In Search of Greener Pastures : Unsafe Migration and Human Trafficking in Sri Lankas Tea Plantation Sector

The tea plantation sector, which is closely-connected to the colonial history of Sri Lanka, is important
in terms of foreign exchange earnings and securing millions of peoples livelihoods.

Reports

On The Move In Search of Greener Pastures : Unsafe Migration and Human Trafficking in Sri Lanka’s Tea Plantation Sector

The ICES is happy to share the policy recommendations originating from the study

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We are Present: Women's Histories of Conflict, Courage and Survival

We are Present: Womens Histories of Conflict, Courage and Survival is a collection of womens experiences of conflict in Sri Lanka published by

Research Papers

Disability policy brief for law makers, administrators and other decision makers

Research Papers

Music and Song Traditions of the Muslims of Sri Lanka: An Overview

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Her Smile Lingers : a collection of selected essays by Malathi de Alwis

Her Smile Lingers’ : a collection of selected essays by Malathi de Alwis, edited by Kanchana N Ruwanpura, Caryll Tozer, Chulani Kodikara, Sonali Deraniyagala and Vraie Cally Balthazar

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Shared Sanctities

Since time immemorial, people have experienced the divine spiritual through art and architecture. In shared Sanctities, museuologist and writer Hasini Haputhanthri explores some of the historically sacred spaces in Sri Lanka together with photographer and film maker Sujeewa de Silva, producing five visual narratives on religious confluence.

Reports

Countering Hate Speech: Towards safer digital spaces

The webinar series ‘Countering Hate Speech: Towards safer digital spaces’ was hosted by ICES

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The Complicated Relationship between People, State, and Land in Eastern Sri Lanka

Based on field research in Eastern Sri Lanka, we found that land conflicts can emerge for very practical

Reports

The Relationship Between Truth Seeking and Prosecution

This reports summarizes the discussion of a meeting on the The Relationship between Truth-Seeking and Prosecution held at the...

Reports

Memorialisation and Reparations: Report of Dialogues

This report captures the key themes arising from four dialogues on memorialisation and reparations in Jaffna, Trincomalee, Colombo and...

Reports

Sri Lanka Women Living with Disabilities : Report submitted by: ICES

Reports

On the Move: Gender and Seasonal Fisheries Migration in Sri Lanka

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies is pleased to share policy recommendations stemming from a study on four fishing communities...

Research Papers

Disability Policy Brief for Law Makers, Administrators and other Decision Makers

Sri Lanka has had a Rights-based National Policy on Disability since 2003. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities...

Research Papers

From Combatant to Civilian : The Psychosocial Wellbeing of Ex-combatants in Kilinochchi and Mullaiti

After the end of a nearly three-decade civil war in 2009, the combatants of the LTTE were enrolled in a rehabilitation programme...

Research Papers

IDENTITY, INFECTION AND FEAR

A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF COVID-19 DRIVERS AND RESPONSES IN SRI LANKA

Research Papers

Understanding Women’s Livelihood Outcomes and Economic Empowerment in the Eastern Province of Sri La

Since the end of the war in 2009, the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka has benefited from state and non-state investments in large-scale...

Research Papers

Tracking Coexistence: Understanding Perceptions of the Religious ‘Other’

What does one religious community think of the other? Under what conditions may communities be willing to resolve differences through...

Research Papers

Estate Workers in Sri Lanka: An Account of the Legal and Policy Framework

The plantation sector continues to be an important source of foreign exchange and a vital source of employment. Today, nearly one million...

Research Papers

Intersecting Marginalities: Social-exclusion of women with disabilities in Sri Lanka

This paper is a study of women living with disabilities in two regions of Sri Lanka – Kilinochchi, which was directly affected by the...

Research Papers

The Battleground of Sri Lankan History Education : Barriers to Teaching Inclusive Histories

As the separation between those who lived through Sri Lankas civil war and those who come to learn about the war grows, future...

Research Papers

Women and Land in Sri Lanka: A Literature Review

This literature review is a comprehensive exploration of the history of land tenure in Sri Lanka, recent changes to land tenure, and the...

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DS : the Life of D.S. Senanayake (1884-1952) : Sri Lanka’s First prime Minster 1948-52 : A Political

Just over 65 years after his death, D.S. Senanayake ranks as the greatest Sri Lankan political figure of the twentieth century, the one...

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Exploring Women’s Empowerment

This research has set out to understand how these initiatives have changed the economic landscape for women in the North. More...

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Sustaining a state in conflict: Politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka

This study focuses on the politics of foreign aid to Sri Lanka from developed capitalist countries of the West, Japan and multilateral...

Research Papers

Factors Associated with Female Labour Force Participation in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province

Using primary data, this study investigates the factors that affect womens labour market choices and opportunities in the Eastern...

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On the Move: Gender, migration and wellbeing in four fishing communities in Sri Lanka

Country Monograph Every southwest monsoon season, men and women from west coast fishing villages migrate to east coast villages, leaving...

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Beyond Boundaries: Lived Pluralistic Memories

This book is the result of research conducted in Anuradhapura district under the Pluralistic Memories Project, hosted at the...

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2019

Books

Paradise Poisoned : Learning about Conflict, Terrorism and Development from Sri Lanka’s Civil Wars B

“Paradise Poisoned” draws crucial lessons from Sri Lanka’s civil wars to demonstrate that violent conflict and terrorism are both...

Reports

On the Move: Gender and Seasonal Fisheries Migration in Sri Lanka

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies is pleased to share policy recommendations stemming from a study on four fishing communities

Books

Up-country Tamils: Charting a New Future in Sri Lanka edited by Daniel Bass and B. Skanthakumar

The International Centre for Ethnic Studies is pleased to share with you the digital version of its latest publicationUp-country Tamils:...

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Conflict Resolution: An Introductory Textbook

This introductory textbook is intended to provide a quick overview of the field of conflict resolution as an academic discipline and to...

Research Papers

An Exploratory Study of Attitudes and Practices Towards Domestic Workers in Sri Lanka

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Negotiating Access to Land in Eastern Sri Lanka

social mobilization of livelihood concerns and everyday encounters with an ambiguous state Shahul H. Hasbullah and Urs Geiser Conflicts...

Research Papers

Craft Artisans and State Institutions in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Inter-Religious Conflict in Four Districts of Sri Lanka

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2017

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2018

Research Papers

Barriers to Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Psychosocial Assessment of the War Affected Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka: Distress and Growth Post-War

Research Papers

Sex Ratio and Vulnerability in Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

An Annotated Bibliography on Social Issues in Post-war Sri Lanka with Particular Reference to Conflict-affected Northern and Eastern Provinces

Research Papers

Breakup of Community Social Structures in the War-Affected Northern and Eastern Provinces in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Postwar Livelihood Trends in Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Coming out of the margins : Justice and Reconciliation for Conflict-Affected Muslims in Sri Lanka

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Sustaining a state in conflict: Politics of foreign aid in Sri Lanka

This study focuses on the politics of foreign aid to Sri Lanka from developed

Research Papers

Freedom of Religion, the Role of the State, and Interreligious Relations in Myanmar

Research Papers

The Chronic and the Entrenched: Ethno-Religious Violence in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Limits of Expression : Creative Artists and Censorship in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Doing This and That – Self-employment and Economic Survival of Women Heads of Households in Mullaitivu

Research Papers

Women's Labour Market Outcomes and Livelihood Interventions in Sri Lanka's North After the War

Research Papers

Making Ends Meet Women's Livelihoods in Post-War Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Towards Recovering Histories of Anti-Muslim Violence in the Context of Sinhala Muslim Tensions in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Post-War Realities: Barriers to Female Economic Empowerment

Research Papers

War and Recovery: Psychosocial Challenges in Northern Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Impact of Intimate Relationships on Livelihood Activities of Women Affected by War in Northern Sri Lanka

Research Papers

One Confession, Two Confessors : A forensic Linguistic analysis of Confessions Submitted in the High Court Cases of Nallarathnam SIngarasa and Sellapulle Mahendran

Nallaratnam Singarasa, a 20-year-old Tamil man from Navakadu, Batticaloa, was indicted on

Research Papers

New Buddhist Extremism and the Challenges to Ethno-Religious Coexistence in Sri Lanka

Books

Exploring Women’s Empowerment

This research has set out to understand how these initiatives have changed the economic

Books

DS : the Life of D.S. Senanayake (1884-1952) : Sri Lanka’s First prime Minster 1948-52 : A Political Biography

Just over 65 years after his death, D.S. Senanayake ranks as the greatest Sri Lankan

Books

The Making of a Historian : A Memoir

K.M. De Silva is a Sri Lankan historian. He was educated at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2016

Research Papers

Religious Interface and Contestations Between Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Womens Economic Empowernment : A Literature Review

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2015

Research Papers

Advancing Truth and Justice in Sri Lanka : an Introduction to Transitional Justice

Research Papers

The Chronic and the Acute: Post-War Religious Violence in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Advancing Truth and Justice in Sri Lanka: A Report of Six Dialogues

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Picturing Coexistence and Conflict: Learning about the Other through Grassroots Comics

The wall poster and eight-pager comics in this publication, represent the experiences and perspectives of

Research Papers

Self, religion identity and politics : Buddhist and Muslim encounters in contemporary Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Fracturing Community : Intra-group relations among the Muslims of Sri Lanka

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Conflict, Displacement and Post-War Recovery: A Community Profile of Passaiyoor East in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

Books

Ethnic Conflict in Buddhist Societies in South and Southeast Asia: The Politics behind Religious Rivalries

In 1988, the ICES in association with the Thai Studies Programme of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

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SRI LANKA: COME WIND, COME WEATHER : A Political History of Sri Lanka since Independence in Narrative Form, Volume 2

The two volumes of this monograph examine some of the vitally important political issues that form an essential part of

Books

SRI LANKA: COME WIND, COME WEATHER : A Political History of Sri Lanka since Independence in Narrative Form, Volume 1

The book aims to examine some of the vitally important political issues that

Research Papers

The Impact of Displacement on Dowries in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Ethical Reconstruction? Primitive Accumulation in the Apparel Sector of Eastern Sri Lanka

By Annelies Goger and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura. Research Paper No: 14

Research Papers

Contextualizing Post-War Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: The Political Economy of Territorial Control in Historical Perspectives

ICES Research Paper No. 12

Research Papers

A Quota for Women in Local Government in Sri Lanka: Questions of Equality, Modernity and Political Leverage

By Chulani Kodikara. Working Paper No: 5. Colombo, ICES, 2014. 26p.
Rs.100.00

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Human Rights Practice in Sri Lanka: Towards a Thick Description

Research Papers

Competing for Victimhood Status: Northern Muslims and the Ironies of Post-War Reconciliation, Justice and Development

ICES Research Paper No. 13
By Farzana Haniffa
July 2014

Books

War Making and State Building: the Politics of State Reform in Sri Lanka

war making and state building’ traces the failure of democratic

Research Papers

A History of Tamil Diaspora Politics in Canada: Organizational Dynamics and Negotiated Order, 1978-2013

ICES Research Paper No. 11
By Amarnath Amarasingam
November 2013

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2013

Reports

ICES Annual Report 2009-2012

Established in 1982, the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES) is one of Asia’s leading

Research Papers

What Lessons Are We Talking About? Reconciliation and Memory in Post-Civil War Sri Lankan Cinema

Research Papers

On (not) Knowing One’s Place: A Critique of Cultural Relativism

ICES Working Paper No. 4
By Qadri Ismail
August 2013

Research Papers

History After the War: Historical Consciousness in the Collective Sinhala Buddhist Psyche in Post War

ICES Research paper No. 9
By Nirmal Ranjith Dewasiri
July 2013

Research Papers

Post-War Sri Lanka: Is Peace a Hostage of the Military Victory?

Research Papers

The Political Economy of Post War Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Revised Edition of Domestic Violence Intervention Services in Sri Lanka: An Exploratory Mapping 2009-2011

Research Papers

The Transition to Civilian Life of Teenage Girls and Young Women Ex-Combatants: A Case Study from Batticaloa

Research Papers

Reconciling what? History, Realism and the Problem of an Inclusive Sri Lankan identity

Research Papers


Victorious Victims: An Analysis of Sri Lanka’s Post-War Reconciliation Discourse

Research Papers

A Provisional Evaluation of the Contribution of the Supreme Court to Political Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka (May 2009-August 2012)

Books

Healing the Wounds: Rebuilding Sri Lanka After the War

Edited by
Dhammika Herath & Kalinga Tudor Silva

Research Papers

The Promise of the LLRC: Women’s Testimony & Justice in Post War Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Only Until the Rice is Cooked? The Domestic Violence Act, Familial Ideology and Cultural Narratives in Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Producing the Present: History as Heritage in Post-War Patriotic Sri Lanka

Research Papers

Women in Local Government From 2006 to 2011: A Comparative Analysis of Representation of Women and Nominations for Women

Books

Reconciliation in Sri Lanka: Voices From Former War Zones




This book is an effort at understanding the post-war reconciliation process

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Mistaking Politics for Governance

This volume examines the origins, structures

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Electoral Processes and Governance in South Asia

ICES Kandy organized  an international conference

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Constellations of Violence Feminist Intervention in South Asia

This volume gathers together some reflections on the complex and shifting dynamic of violence and gender in South Asia.

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Visual Artists Remember Visual Artists Narrate (Sinhala)

By Sasanka Perera. Colombo, ICES, 2007. 84p.

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Walking To Kataragama

By Sunil Goonasekera. Colombo, ICES, 2007. 64p.

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Nurturing A Nation on The Net (Tamil)

By Maya Ranganathan, Colombo, ICES, 2007. 40p.

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Interrogating The Norms

This book discusses how the women’s movement in Pakistan started addressing/addresses violence.

Books

Politics, Power Dynamics & Disaster

A SRI LANKAN STUDY ON TSUNAMI AFFECTED DISTRICTS

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Sri Lanka: the Devolution Debate


By ICES

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Selected Writings of Regi Siriwardena (Vol.2)

POLITICS AND SOCIETY.
By A.J. Canagaratna

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Gendering The Tsunami

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An Annotated Bibliography on Violence Against Women in South Asia

Actions and Responses
By Bhawani Loganathan

Books

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