Shamara Wettimuny
@shamara4w
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Historian | Founder, https://t.co/3dxZcEhfL9 | Postdoctoral Fellow @QueensCollegeOx
Oxford/Colombo
Joined September 2015
My article on '"The Jews of Ceylon": Antisemitism, prejudice, and the Moors of Ceylon' was published in Modern Asian Studies. The article explores how and why antisemitic epithets came to be used in prejudicial speech against Muslims in #SriLanka
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RT @AsianStudies_Ox: Next Tuesday (28 Jan) the MSAS Seminar @CSASPOxford with @shamara4w 2pm @StAntsCollege From 'Riot' to 'Pogrom' : A…
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RT @mplreforms: We urge Minister Paulraj, the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus & Ministry of Justice to concurrently advance the long-overdue…
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RT @mplreforms: This should apply to all children in the country irrespective of religion and ethnicity. Muslim girls and boys, being citiz…
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RT @mplreforms: We applaud the Women Parliamentarians' Caucus of Sri Lanka, under leadership of Minister Saroja Savithri Paulraj, for prior…
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RT @NathalieSmuha: It’s finally out! After years of work, I’m very glad to announce that my #book Algorithmic Rule by Law is now published…
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RT @SriLankaTweet: RIP 🙏 Former Editor of the newspaper 'Ravaya', veteran journalist Victor Ivan has passed away at the age of 75. #SriLan…
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This full-house opening session with @AmeenaHussein3 and Savithri Rodrigo was a great start to #CeylonLiteraryFestival
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RT @lankafiles: 156 boxes with skeletal remains found in Sri Lanka’s largest mass grave in Mannar have been handed over by court to Judicia…
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RT @ProfSrilaRoy: Should be compulsory reading for all, starting with high schoolers - scarcely anything is more universal than the vilific…
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Excited for ‘Islanded and Connected’ with Prof Sujit Sivasundaram, in conversation with Dr. Judith Perera. At the Ceylon Literary Festival on 19th January 2025. #lkahistory
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RT @ManikkageYasuni: It's nauseating to read this when we know how much suffering & how many procedures our transplant patients go through…
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RT @hxhassan: A dispatch from Syria's Sednaya Prison, once a fortress of silence, is now a chaotic site of hope and despair. With heartbrea…
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RT @Oxford1871: Checkout the latest blog in our series from Shamara Wettimuny @shamara4w who explores the experience of the first Sri Lanka…
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RT @CameliaDewan: 5 paid PhD positions advertised at the Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (IKOS), Universi…
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RT @Ahmed_Nashwan_: Today, my mother told me that we have no bread, and she was confused about what we would eat, especially with the child…
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RT @t30m2: University of Jaffna has advertised permanent positions in English Literature (English) and English Language Teaching. Deadline:…
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