Public Talk/ Lectures

“A Comparison between Indian and Chinese Buddhist Iconography: Gender Transformation of Avalokitesvara”

Huang Lele

Research Centre for Buddhist Texts and Arts, School of Foreign Languages, Perking University.

22 January 2024

“Studying Popular Culture: Tamil Dance in Sri Lanka”

Dr. Kristen Rudisill

Professor (Department of Popular culture, Bowling Green State University)

20 December 2023

 

“Crossing the Ram Sethu: Historiography, Literature, and the Ramayana today”

Dr. Justin W. Henry

Assistant Professor (Department of Religious studies, University of South Florida)

08 December 2023

“Echo of Nothing”: a critique of the aesthetic of violence”

Dr. Deepak Prince

Anthropologist & Assistant Professor (IIIT Delhi)

26 June 2023

 

“Exploring Community and Identity: A Role for Archaeology”

Dr Gill Juleff, University of Exeter, UK & Prof Ruth Young, University of Leicester, UK.

13 December 2021

 

  • Short abstract: In this talk we will think about the ways in which archaeology is relevant to different communities, and how it can contribute to the development and expression of identities. We will be considering how archaeologies can contribute to understandings of human activities from the last 500 years, with a focus on the everyday lived experience.

“Discussion”

Nadaraj (Artist) & Prema Revathy (Activist)

25 June 2019

 

“Festival as Theatre: Interpreting Ritual Tradition of Tamil Society”

Dr. S. Karmegam

Assistant Professor [PG & Research Department of Folklore,St. Xavier’s College (autonomous), Palayamkottai]

27 May 2019

 

“Artist as Fieldworker”

Associate Professor Sonal Khullar (University of Washington)

15 August 2018

“My Novel, My Story”

Senthuran Varatharajah

27 February 2018

Artist Talk

 

Syd Burce Short Joe (Australian Indigenous Artist)

25 May 2017

Artist Talk

 

Associate Professor Ifthikhar Dadi (Cornell University of New York)

06 December 2016

“Water Gardens of Sri Lanka”

Dr. Shanthi Jeyawardena

11 November 2016

“Trends in Art historiography of Contemporary Sri Lanka”

Dr. Shanthi Jeyawardena

11 December 2016

“Reflection on a Diary: The Art of Method”

Professor Kamala Visveswaran (University Texas, Austin)

11 June 2014

“Art as Resistance”

Prof. Chandra Gupta Thenuwara

28 August 2013

“Visual art in Jaffna in 1980’s & 1990’s”

Kamala Vasuki & Arunthathy Ratnaraj

15 August 2013

“War & film”

Prof. Nalin Jeyasena(Miami university)

26 July 2013

 

“Making homes & engagements in art practice in Tamil Diaspora”

Prof Anna Laine(University of Stockholm, Sweden)

24 July 2013

“29 Days in Jaffna”

Muhanad Cadar

02 June 2013

“Occupying the space in between”

Ms. Nina Mangalanayagam

25 April 2012

“Modernity in Tamil and Little magazine movement”

“Ananda Coomarasamy: Life and concepts”

22, 23 October 2011

“Troskyism and Aesthetics”

Banini Vijaya Sriwardena

28 September 2011

“Documentary films: A short introduction to ‘Patricia Aufderheide.”

Aaron Burton

21 September 2011

“My photographs”

Menika van der Poorten

20 April 2011

“Layers of Anxiety”

Prof. Jegath Weerasinghe

27 April 2010

“On curation”

Ms. Sharmini Pereira

2010

“Early soap operas in Rupavahini”

Mr. Parakrama Niriella

2009

“An outline of contemporary architecture in Sri Lanka and its inspiration on my works”

Arch. T. Anjalendran

16. July 2004

“Art of 90’s in Sri Lanka”

Prof. Jegath Weerasinghe

2003

“Theatre: My experiences”

A.C.Tarcisius

2002

“Still they come from Jaffna”

Ernest Thalayasingam MacIntyre

1997