Social Scientists' Association

"Disaster relief", writes Shashik Silva (Shashik Dhanushka), "is never just about the money or the process. It is about what people bring with them when they access relief, their memories, their political loyalties, and their sense of who they are in the community."

Shashik Silva | Ditwah Relief Management: Politics and Perceptions in ‘Kolamba Gama’ Shashik Silva is Chief Operations Officer of the Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) and the Quantitative Research Lead for the SSA January 2026 survey on public perceptions of Cyclone Ditwah impact, response and recovery.

"A true academic colleague", writes Dennis B. McGilvray of Gananath Obeyesekere, whom he first met in Peradeniya in August 1969, and with whom friendship grew over the decades notwithstanding quarrel over Brahmanical priestly ideology and its influence on Hindu Tamil women in east coast .

Dennis B. McGilvray | Gananath Obeyesekere: Dazzling Scholar of Integrity Dennis B. McGilvray is Professor of Anthropology emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a past president of the American Institute of Sri Lankan Studies (AISLS). His new book, A House for Every Daughter: Matrilocal Marriage and Dowry in Sri Lanka and South India, is forthcoming from Rut...