Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Dr. Anton Piyarathne

Room: 403
Email: anton.piyarathne@sai.uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: 06221 - 54 8913


  • Sri Lanka Chair (April - September 2018)
  • Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka.

Short CV

  • Senior Lecturer (Grade I) in Anthropology/Sociology, The Open University of Sri Lanka (Current Position)
  • PhD in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Macquarie University, Australia, 2014.
    Thesis Title: Constructing Commongrounds: Everyday Lifeworlds Beyond Politicised Ethnicities in Sri Lanka.
  • MA in Sociology, University of Colombo, 2005.
    Dissertation Title: A Sociological Analysis of the Changing Social Identity of Estate Tamil Workers.
  • B.A (Special Degree) in Sociology, 1998.
    Dissertation Title: “Changing Occupational Patterns between Two Generations of the Indian Descent Plantation Tamil Workers in Sri Lanka: A Sociological Analysis”.

Research

  • Ethnoreligious Nationalism
  • Nation Building
  • National Integration and Disintegration
  • Ethnicity and Ethnic Boundary Negotiations
  • Religious Pluralism and Religious Syncretism
  • Religious Rituals and Pilgrimage
  • Urban Religious Practices
  • Ethnic Conflict and Peace Making
  • Development and Resettlement
  • Social Stratification Systems
  • Existential Realities


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