Aruni Samarakoon … I sing of Israel and Palestine: The world as neither yours nor mine How many different men will fit Themselves how fast into that place? A Woman’s body as the universal shelter To the demon or the sweet as paradigm Of home that starts and ends with face to face Surrendering to […]
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Recently, I was in a discussion on Feminism with the members of the Post-Graduate Research (PGR) community at the University of Hull, in the United Kingdom. They were my colleagues, from the Middle-East, Asia and Europe, representing the natural and social sciences, but, apparently, did not possess any prior knowledge on feminism.
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By Aruni Samarakoon Modern university education was introduced to Ceylon by the British colonisers in 1921 with the establishment of the Ceylon University College, which eventually developed into the public university system where academics and researchers could explore universal knowledge. In 1947, the very first University, the University of Ceylon, was established. Later, the Ceylon
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