Heritage Odyssey: Unfolding the Multifaceted Personality of an Island Civilization

Seneviratne, Sudharshan

Heritage Odyssey: Unfolding the Multifaceted Personality of an Island Civilization

Department: Swarthmore College. Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology;
Swarthmore College. Dept. of History;
Swarthmore College. Dept. of Religion

Publisher: Swarthmore College

Issue Date: 2010-12-08

Permanent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10066/13706

Abstract:

Visiting Cornell Professor Sudharshan Seneviratne draws on his scholarly work and work as Director General of the UNESCO Central Cultural Fund to present a visual history of Sri Lanka. His work examines how the island society of Sri Lanka is attempting to look beyond its painful experience of a devastating 30-year civil war and how the processes of reconciliation and reconstruction can draw on the island's rich and shared cultural legacy.

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