Dr. Ahilan Kadirgamar
B.Sc in Electrical Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology), MA in Economics (New School for Social Research), PhD in Anthropology (City University of New York)
Senior Lecturer Gr II
Email -ahilank@univ.jfn.ac.lk
- PhD in Anthropology (City University of New York)
- MA in Economics (New School for Social Research).
- BSc in Electrical Engineering (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Transnational Institute, Netherlands – Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative Research Grant (2017).
- Social Science Research Council, USA – International Dissertation Research Fellowship (June 2012).
- Wenner-Gren Foundation, USA – Dissertation Fieldwork Grant (April 2012
Economic Anthropology, Economic Sociology, Rural Development, Political Economy, Co-operatives, Gender and Livelihoods.
Refereed and Indexed Journals
- Kadirgamar, A., Rashid, H., & Shah, A. (2021). Contesting Agricultural Markets in South Asia: Farmer Movements, Co-operatives and Alternative Visions. Millennial Asia, Vol 12, Issue 3.
- Gunawardena, D., & Kadirgamar, A. (2021). Crisis and Self-Sufficiency: The Left and Its Challenges During the Long 1960s in Sri Lanka. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 52(3-4).
International Conferences
- “Reserves of Resistance in Post-war Sri Lanka”, Left Politics in South Asia: Present, Past, Future, University of Toronto, Canada, March 2018.
National and Regional Conferences
- “From Stateless Migrant Plantation Labour to Landless War-torn Labour in Northern Sri Lanka”, Special Lecture, Sixth Annual Research & Orientation Workshop & Conference on Global Protection of Migrants and Refugees, Calcutta Research Group, November 2021.
Studies and Reports
- “Socio-Economic Conditions of Up-Country Origin People in Kilinochchi and Development of Women’s Livelihoods through Co-operatives”, University Research Grant, University of Jaffna (2021).
- “Muslim Returnees of the North and their Livelihood Possibilities through Co-operatives”, Research Grant, Strengthening Reconciliation Processes in Sri Lanka (SRP), GIZ (2021).
- Researcher, REINCORPFISH Research Project. Re-incorporating the excluded: Providing space for small-scale fishers in the sustainable development of fisheries of South Africa and South Asia. Research on socio-economic issues relating to fisheries in Northern Sri Lanka. (2013 – 2016)
Key Note Addresses
- “Rethinking Pluralism from the Peripheries of Sri Lanka: Engaging the Challenges of Hill Country Tamils and Muslims in the North”, Key Note Address, National Conference on Plural Sri Lanka: Exploring paths to Reconciliation, National Peace Council, November 2021.
- “Post-war Conundrum: Return, Recovery and Alternatives”, Key Note Address, Sri Lanka Roundtable, University of Zurich, September 2018.
Membership in Editorial Boards of Research Journals
- Editorial Board Member, Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS).
- Member of the Board Himal Southasian, quarterly magazine on South Asia.
Panelist of Research Conferences and Symposiums
- Panelist, “The Neoliberal Turn Interrogated: The Impact of Reforms to Humanities and Social Science Programs in the Sri Lankan State University System”, Maanudam Research Conference, University of Jaffna, July 2022
Reviewer of Research Publications
- Reviewer for Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS).
Writer of Chapters
- ‘Tamil Nationalism, Political Parties, and War-Torn Political Culture’ in Political Parties in Sri Lanka: Change and Continuity edited by Amita Shastri and Jayadeva Uyangoda, Oxford University Press. 2018.
- “Neoliberal State, Rural Dispossession and Struggles for Education” in Kumar, Ravi, ed. Neoliberalism, Critical Pedagogy and Education. Routledge, 2015.
Author / Editor of Books
- Course Team Chair and Course Writer for Course Book, Economy and Society, Open University of Sri Lanka, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences, Level 4, SSU 2154, Economy and Society. Published 2015.
Resource Person
Member, Committee to draft the Economic Development Framework for a Northern Province Master Plan. Central Bank of Sri Lanka (2018).
Member, His Excellency the President’s Committee of Experts to formulate the National Sustainable Development Vision of Sri Lanka -2030. (2017)
Mentor / Consultant
Advisory Committee Member, Jaffna District Co-operative Council, 2017 to 2018.
Others
Honorary Chairman, Northern Co-operative Development Bank (NCDB).
Member of the Executive Committee, Sri Lanka Forum for Small Scale Fisheries (SLFSSF).
University of Jaffna
- Contributed to Department of Sociology Curriculum Development.
- Supervisor for Faculty of Graduate Studies MPhil Students
- Inter-Department Services
- Lectures on Qualitative Methodology for Department of Law
- Lectures on Marxist Theory for Department of English
- Inter-Faculty Services
- Faculty of Graduate Studies Supervision
Others
- Vice President of Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA)
- Visiting Lecturer Economics Department, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Academic Year – 2016/2017
- Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, USA. (May 2007 to May 2008)