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University of Peradeniya

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Ms. H.M Lecamwasam

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Education

MA

Central European University

2018

BA

University of Colombo

2015

Current Positions

Lecturer - Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya

2018 - To Present

Co-editor, Polity - Social Scientists' Association

2020 - To Present

Positions Held

Reseacher - Social Scientists' Association

2015-2017 - To Present

Awards

CEU Master’s Scholarship - Central European University

2017-2018

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Public administration in a patronage democracy: Opportunities in limitations? (forthcoming)

Democratic Governance and Public Administration in Sri Lanka. Peradeniya: Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya

Women’s Rights NGOs between the Discourses of Universality and Relativism: Lessons from Sri Lanka (forthcoming; co-authored with Navaraththinam Sivakumar)

State, Politics and Human Rights in the Context of Post-Conflict Sri Lanka. Peradeniya: Post-Graduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Not-so-free education: State-citizen relations in Sri Lanka’s educational policy response to the pandemic

2020, Pradeep Peiris (Ed.). Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Reflections on COVID Governance in Sri Lanka (pp. 129-148). Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives

JOURNAL ARTICLES

නවලිබරල්වාදය සහ ‘නගරයට ඇති අයිතිය’: මෑතකාලීන කොළඹ නාගරික අවකාශමය නවීකරණයෙහි බහිෂ්කරණය

ප්‍රවාද online. Available at http://ssalanka.org/%e0%b6%b1%e0%b7%80%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%92%e0%b6%b6%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%bd%e0%b7%8a%e0%b7%80%e0%b7%8f%e0%b6%af%e0%b6%ba-%e0%b7%83%e0%b7%84-%e0%b6%b1%e0%b6%9c%e0%b6%bb%e0%b6%ba%e0%b6%a7-%e0%b6%87%e0%b6%ad/

Recipe for Assimilation: National Integration, Ethnic Other, and the Evolution of Kandyan Consciousness in Sri Lanka

2017, South Asianist, 5(1), pp. 323-344.

The Role of Buddhism and Democracy in the Reproduction of Caste-Based Differentiation in Sinhalese Society (co-authored with Pradeep Peiris)

2019, Economic and Political Weekly, LV(32 & 33), pp. 64-71

TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION OF BOOKS OF SCHOLARLY WORK

ප්‍රතිකර්මය රෝගයට වඩා භයානකද? ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොවිඩ් ආණ්ඩුකරණය පිළිබඳ ආවර්ජනා (translated into Sinhala by Hasini Lecamwasam)

2020, Pradeep Peiris (Ed.). Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Reflections on COVID Governance in Sri Lanka (pp. 129-148). Colombo: Centre for Policy Alternatives

Conferences

International Research Conference (iConArts)

Title - Neoliberalism and the ‘Right to the City’: Socio-spatial politics in Colombo’s Galle Face Green

University of Colombo

2021, December

International Research Conference (IConArts)

Title - Adaptable Sinhala-Buddhist Hegemony: Understanding JHU’s Changing Electoral Strategy

University of Colombo

2015, December

Social Innovation Research Conference

Title - East is East and West is West, Can the Twain Ever Meet? A Critique of Policy Transfer from West to East

Center for American Study, Fudan University School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Shanghai, China

2015, May

SAARC Regional Seminar on Cultural Dynamics in National Harmony in South Asia

Title - Recipe for Assimilation: National Integration, Ethnic Other, and the Evolution of Kandyan Consciousness in Sri Lanka

University of Peradeniya

2015, May

Research Interests

Political geography

Political sociology