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Sri Lanka as a Member of the United Nations
by Jayantha Dhanapala
November 15th 2007 in Colombo |
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“We live in a world of nation states. But beyond the concept of Nation State lie the common interests of humankind; the desire for a just and secure world order in which all people, in all countries, can live in peace, comfort and dignity.
The United Nations can be described as the international instrument that enables the world community to work towards this cherished goal. Sixty years since its inception, way back in 1945, it remains the cornerstone of the international system, and the strongest source of legitimacy for collective international action.
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Discussion on: Women Analyzing and Transforming Conflict:
Lessons from Colombia for Sri Lanka
By Dr. Cristina Hoyos
November 6th 2007 in Colombo |
Dr. Hoyos has been involved in peace negotiations with subversive groups in Colombia (ELN and FARC). Previous to her work with the Swiss Development Agency, she has served as a Colombian diplomat in Brazil and Germany, focusing her diplomacy on issues of human rights and illicit crop cultivation central to the Colombian conflict, and was the Head of International Co-operation at the Ministry of the Environment. She also worked for the German government...
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Transforming Security and Development
in an Unequal World
Colloquium, Sri Lanka, 24th-27th September 2007 |
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The Colloquium brought together over 75 eminent participants to begin rethinking current approaches and sharing innovative research in the areas of security and development. The Colloquium focused on developing strategies for establishing the Consortium over the long term as well as its goals, stream of activities, governance arrangements and funding...
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Globalization, national identity & violence: Exploring South Asian masculinities in the new millennium
Mid-term review workshop
Colombo, August 9-10 2007 |
A mid-term review workshop for the project on “Globalization, national identity & violence: Exploring South Asian masculinities in the new millennium” was held on 9-10th August 2007 at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. While at a general level all paper-writers continued to be preoccupied with the return of the religious to the political sphere, it would seem that this phenomenon manifested itself in diverse ways in different regional and national contexts...
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High Level Seminar "What We Know – and Still Need to Learn – about Conflict Prevention and Resolution."
By Hon. Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group
July 30, 2007, in Colombo |
The objective of the workshop held on Monday 30 July, 2007, in Colombo, under the following heading "What We Know – and Still Need to Learn –about Conflict Prevention and Resolution" was to provide an opportunity for a select cross-section of eminent and highly experienced persons drawn from the political, social, civic, media and diplomatic realms in Sri Lanka to engage more deeply wBrussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG),ith Hon. Gareth Evans AO QC, (President and Chief Executive of the and former Foreign Minister of Australia)...
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The Limits of State Sovereignty:
The Responsibility
to Protect in the 21st Century, Gareth Evans
Eighth Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture
by Hon. Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group,
July 29, 2007 |
Today more than ever, on this eighth anniversary of his assassination, Sri Lankans and those in the wider international community need to remember and be re-inspired by Neelan Tiruchelvam's life and achievements. While we can no longer benefit directly from his remarkable intelligence and learning, his boundless energy, his political commitment, and his optimism, we do still have his spirit living among us in the ideas and institutions he gave us, and in the example he set for us of an engaged intellectual and a principled politician...
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Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Identity within Cultural Diversity Professor M. A. Nuhman
Speakers: Dr. Lorna Devaraj, Dr. Sumanasiri Liyanage, Dr. Fara Haniffa
Chair: Sunil Bastian
Book Launch, June 6 2007 |
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The ICES publication Sri Lankan Muslims: Ethnic Identity within Cultural Diversity by Professor M.A. Nuhman, University of Peradeniya, was launched at the ICES auditorium on June 6, 2007. On the occasion of the launch, three guest speakers presented diverse takes on the publication...
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Civil Society-Donor Dialogue
ICES Discussion Forum on “The Politics of Foreign Aid in Sri Lanka”
June 26, 2007 |
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As part of its programme on State, Politics and Power, the International Centre for Ethnic Studies plans to run a civil society-donor dialogue on issues of foreign aid, state reforms and peace. A discussion of socio-economic and political phenomena in contemporary Sri Lanka cannot avoid the issue of foreign aid. The effects of foreign aid have impacted and permeated all levels of state and society. Nonetheless, aside from its treatment in relation to development and empowerment, and on conflict perpetuation/prevention, the wider ramifications of foreign aid in a Sri Lankan context remain under-researched. This lack exists despite a strong body of international scholarship on the perceived benefits and ills of the aid-development nexus, and its effect on conflict resolution...
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Meeting with Professor Johan Galtung
January 23, 2007 at ICES |
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The International Centre for Ethnic Studies hosted a roundtable discussion over lunch with the renowned founder of peace research, Professor Johann Galtung. Professor Galtung, an active and influential peace practitioner and author of hundreds of books on issues related to peace and conflict, led a lively and stimulating discussion surrounding the pitfalls and successes of peace negotiations throughout the world and particularly in Sri Lanka.
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Tribhangi Dance Theatre (South Africa)
A Unique Fusion of Indian and African Dance
Presents
Winds of Change |
A Concert for Peace & Reconciliation in memory of 63rd Birth Anniversary of Late Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam was held at Bishops College Auditorium on January 30 and 31, 2007. A Combination of Tribhangi Dance Theatre of South Africa and Sri Lankan Popular Dance Group entertained the large gathering.
The Tribhangi Dance Theatre combine Bharatanatyam and African Zulu styles to percussion rhythms from both traditions. Tribanghi represent the post-apartheid era by uniting communities through inter-cultural dialogue based on Zulu and Indian dance.
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Methodology Workshop
Post Tsunami Reconstruction in Contexts of War |
Methodology workshop of the study on Post Tsunami Reconstruction in Contexts of War: A Grassroots study of the Geopolitics of Humanitarian Aid in Sri Lanka and Aceh” was held on Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Centre for International Studies, Social Science Building, University or Science, Malaysia
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| New Executive Director for ICES |
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Dr.Rama Mani has joined as the new Executive Director/CEO of International Centre for Ethnic Studies Colombo Office with effect from 1st January 2007. She is presently attached to the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), Geneva. She is the author of Beyond Retribution: Seeking Justice in the Shadows of War (Cambridge: Polity, 2002). An established international practitioner and scholar, she teaches, publishes and does policy work on issues of justice and human rights, conflict and peacebuilding, rule of law and the security sector, the United Nations and terrorism.
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Terror
and the Constitution:
Notes From
America Since September 11
Steve
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Steve
Coll, Staff Writer, The
New Yorker, Former Managing Editor, The Washington Post delivering
the seventh Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial
Lecture at BMICH Colombo Sri Lanka
on July 29, 2006.
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Causes
of the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal
Dr.
David N. Gellner |
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Dr.
David N. Gellner (Lecturer
in Anthropology of South Asia at the
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology,
Oxford University) on Wednesday, August
16, 2006 at 5:30 p.m. at the ICES
Auditorium, 02 Kynsey Terrace, Colombo
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| Upcoming Events |
| Monday, March 19, 2007 at 5:30 p.m.
A Lecture/discussion
by
Dr. Paul R. Brass
(Professor, Emeritus Political Science and International Studies,
University of Washington, Seattle)
on
Forms of Collective Violence
at
ICES Auditorium
2, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8 |
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International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Zonta Club II of Colombo
will celebrate
"International Women’s Day"
by hosting a film festival and panel discussion
during
March 8 – 11, 2007
at
ICES Auditorium
2, Kynsey Terrace, Colombo 8 |
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Tuesday, February 27, 2007
at 5:00 p.m.
A discussion
on
Tissa Vitharana Report to the APRC
Participants:
Dr. Jayampathy Wickremaratne, Dr. Lakshman Marasinghe, Mr. N. Srikantha, M.P., Ms. Nimalka Fernando, Mr. M. Nizam Kariapper
Moderator:
Mr. Jeevan Thiagarajah
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
at 5:30 p.m.
A Lecture/discussion
by
Dr. Edward Simpson
(Lecturer, Anthropology Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London)
on
Nationalism and Other Memory Practices Following the Gujarat Earthquake of 2001 |
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