“Sri Lanka after the War: Prevention of recurrence, reaching for prosperity”

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Introduction to the ICSLS

International Conference on Sri Lanka Studies (ICSLS) is a bi-annual meeting of scholars researching on historical, socio-economic, cultural, and political aspects of Sri Lanka. After its humble beginings at a gathering of 25 scholars at Sussex, the UK in 1987, the ICSLS was held in venues across the globe. The Conference continued its scholarly spirit and tradition and has now grown into a major academic event. 10th ICSLS held at the University of Kelaniya marked the largest social science conference held in Sri Lanka with participation of about 250 scholars.The most recent conference was held at the University of Portsmouth in England in November 2007.  11^th ICSLS was held in 2007 at the University of Portsmouth, the UK.

12th ICSLS in Sri Lanka

A12th ICSSL will be held in Sri Lanka at a time decisive to the country. The country marked the end of the war that disturbed the lives of people for more than 35 years. Scholars have gathered knowledge of the processes that lead to  continuation and ending of the war. Use of this knowledge in planning the future prosperity of the country is imperative. 12th ICSLS, following its long held tradition of openness will provide a scholarly  forum  to debate and to faciliate emergence of new knowledge useful in shaping the country in the future. The conference will be held from 18th to 20^th March 2010.  Theme for the 12th ICSLS will be “ Sri Lanka after the War: Prevention of recurrence, reaching for prosperity “.

The conference will also provide a forum to present and discuss in a scholarly enviornment,  studies conducted and thoughts to guide the future directions of research in topics other than the theme on the past, and contemporary society in Sri Lanka  as well as the Sri Lanka in a global context.

Scholars are invited to contribute by submitting papers.  Individual papers are invited from a wide variety of fields such as; anthropology, archeology, architecture, culture and society, defense studies, demography, development studies, diasporic studies, distance learning; economics, education, ethnic studies, environmental studies, fine arts, gender studies, geography, history, information science, languages and literature studies, library and information studies; management studies, media studies, philosophy, political science, post-tsunami studies, psychology, religious studies, risk studies, science and technology policy; and sociology.

Contributed papers will be organized into several sub themes.  Please share your ideas with the Secretary to the National Organizing Committee for the 12^th ICSLS.

Scholars are also invited to submit proposals to organize panels on relevant topics related to Sri Lanka.

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts Content Guidelines

Abstracts should be based on previously unpublished empirical or theoretical work and should preferably give a concise overview of the presentation, including objectives, scope of the problem, major issues addressed, and conclusions.  Abstracts should contain 250-300 words.  Authors are requested to identify and submit five key words to be used for indexing purposes.

Prefered Mode of Submisson

Abstracts and brief resume/s of author/s should be send as attachments of a single e- mail to srilankastudies@slageconr.net.  Abstracts and resume should respectively be given titles as,  Lastname_abstract.doc and Lastname_resume.doc . Please  use the subject line ” Submission of Abstracts”.

Abstract  Submission Deadline is  31^st January 2010.

Please visit official website for more information.

Source: 12^th ICSLS Website

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