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ICSLS
Current News
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Conference registration now open [ READ
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Abstract submission period extended upto February 15th 2010
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[ New
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Abstracts in Sinhala or Tamil languages are accepted for presentattion
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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. 11th ICSLS was held in 2007
at the University of Portsmouth, the UK. A detailed description of past
ICSLS is available at
the Sri
Lanka Studies Network Homepage
[ Visit Sri
Lanka Studies Network Homepage ]
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12th
ICSLS in Sri Lanka
12th 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
20th 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. In addition to
the main theme individual papers are also invited on a broad variety of
disciplines 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 12th ICSLS.
[ New Policy
] Abstracts in Sinhala and Tamil languages will also be
accepted. They will be published in English. Presentors can be done in
English, Sinhala or Tamil. Arrangements will be made to concurrently
translate presentations conducted in Sinhala or Tamil to English.
Download a printable conference flyer
in
MS-Word or PDF [ HERE
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12th ICSLS will be jointly organized by the
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka and the Open University of Sri
Lanka. A national organizing committee comprising of representatives
from other academic institutions will be responsible for various
activities related to the organizing of the conference.
Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
Established in 1845, the Royal
Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka (RASSL) is the oldest academic society in
“modern” Sri Lanka. The society played a pioneering role on
research on the history and culture of the land and its people.
Visit Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
Website:
http://www.royalasiaticsociety.lk/
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Open University
of Sri Lanka
TThe Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) was
established in 1979 with the aim of facilitating access to education
for all by embracing the principles of open and distance learning that
breaks the barriers of age, gender, previous educational background.
Academic activities of the OUSL are organized around four faculties,
Engineering Technology, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social
Sciences, and Education.
The Open University of Sri Lanka Website: http://www.ou.ac.lk
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Important
Dates
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Final
Date for Submission
of Abstracts
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15th February 2010
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Notification
of Acceptance |
Ongoing
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Registration
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Early
Bird Registration Period Ends
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[ Extended ]
15th February 2010
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Submission
of Full Papers
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28th February
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12th
ICSLS
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18th -20th
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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 MS-Word attachments
of a single e- mail to abstracts.12thicsls@slageconr.net
filenames for abstracts and resume should
respectively follow the format, Lastname_abstract.doc and
Lastname_resume.doc . Please use the subject line " Submission of
Abstracts".
Abstract
Submission Deadline is 31st January 2010.
For more details and for alternative modes of submission, please Visit
12th
ICSLS Abstract Submission Page
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Submission
of Panel Proposals
Brief
proposals (450-500 words) justifying the relevance of the
topic to the context of Sri Lanka Studies, tentative list of
topics and the areas to be covered should be sent to the
Secretary/ National Organizing Committee-12th ICSSL. A list of
proposed speakers, and
their brief resume should also be included.
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Conference
Registration
Registration
is mandatory for all presentors and participants. Conference registration is now open.
Registration
fee is US$ 250 for participants
from developed
counrries and SLR 2,500 (US$25) for participants from developing
countries.
The fee will cover lunches, refreshments and conference dinner.
Early-Bird Registration
Early-bird registration rates of US$ 150 (US$15) and SLR 1500 will be
applicable respectively to participants from developed and developing
countries if they register before 15th February 2010.
For more
details on regestration and conference venue: Visit
12th ICSLS
Registration and Pre-arrival Information Page
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12th ICSLS Contacts
For
inquiries, Please contact:
Secretary to the National Organizing
Committee
12th ICSLS
Royal Asiatic Society of
Sri Lanka
Mahaweli Center,
Ananda Coomaraswamy
Mawatha,
Colombo 07 - 00700
Sri Lanka.
Telephone:     +94-077-725-7020
Fax: +94 (011)-269-8249
http://www.slageconr.net/12thicslshome.html
E-mail:
12thicsls@slageconr.net
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