On March 25, the renowned Sri Lankan social anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton University, passed away ...

An aftershock yesterday struck Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, near the epicenter of the initial quake, toppling ...

His wide-ranging work drew on field research in his native Sri Lanka as well as his extensive study of English literature and ...

Few foresaw the skeletons of Batalanda come crashing down in a London television interview. There have been plenty of speculations about the intended purposes and commentaries on ...

Photo courtesy of The Island In my tribute to her last week, I noted that Sumitra Peries belonged to a generation which also ...

For his students and others who derive inspiration from his life, research, publications and lectures, in shot by his very being, Gananath has set very high scholarly standards. He encouraged critical ...

Emeritus professor of anthropology Gananath Obeyesekere has passed away at the age of 95. Obeyesekere, a renowned professor ...

It is axiomatic that whatever greatness he accomplished would have been highly unlikely if he stayed in the local university ...

Photo courtesy of The Island Professor Gananath Obeyesekere was an excellent teacher, researcher and scholar as well as an ...