Silan Kadirgamar
Silan Kadirgamar | |
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சீலன் கதிர்காமர் | |
Born | University of Ceylon, Peradeniya International Christian University | 11 April 1934
Occupation | Academic |
Santasilan Kadirgamar (
Sri Lankan Tamil
academic, historian and author.
Early life and family
Kadirgamar was born on 11 April 1934 in
University of Ceylon, Peradeniya to study history, graduating in 1959 with a BA (General) degree.[1][2][4][6] He got involved in left wing politics whilst a student at Peradeniya and was a sympathiser of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party.[2][4]
Kadirgamar married Sakuntala.[7] They had two sons (Ajayan and Ahilan).[7] He was a first cousin of Lakshman Kadirgamar.[2][8][9]
Career
Kadirgamar taught history, politics and international relations in the undergraduate department of Jaffna College between 1959 and 1969.
Kadirgamar returned to Japan in 1983 on a Japan Foundation Fellowship and lectured at several universities in the
Kadirgamar contested the
2011 local government election as one of the candidates for the Democratic People's Front (DPF) in Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council but failed to get elected after coming fifth amongst the DPF candidates.[16][17] He died on 25 July 2015 after a brief illness.[2][4]
Works
Kadirgamar wrote several books on Sri Lankan Tamil history and politics.[2][4]
- The Jaffna Youth Congress (1980)[2][4]
- Handy Perinbanayagam: A Memorial Volume (1980, Handy Perinbanayagam Commemoration Society)[18]
- Ethnicity: Identity, Conflict and Crisis, (1989, Arena Press, co-editor Kumar David)[19][20]
- The Left Tradition in Lankan Tamil Politics (2001, in Hector Abhayavardhana Felicitation Volume)[2][4][21]
- Jaffna Youth Radicalism – The 1920s and 1930s (2009, in Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka)[22]
- The Tamils of Lanka: Their Struggle for Justice and Equality with Dignity (2010)[2][4]
- Handy Perinbanayagam: A Memorial Volume (2012, Kumaran Book House)[23][24]
- The Jaffna Youth Congress (2013, Kumaran Book House)[25]
- Landmarks in the History of the Left: 1935-1980 (2014, in Pathways of the Left in Sri Lanka)[26]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Former History academic of Jaffna University passes away". TamilNet. 27 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Ramakrishnan, T. (27 July 2015). "Sri Lankan historian Santasilan Kadirgamar passes away". The Hindu.
- ^ "Sri Lanka: Santasilan Kadirgamar (11th April 1934 – 25th July 2015)". South Asia Citizens Web. 27 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Jeyaraj, D. B. S. (27 July 2015). "Progressive Academic and Human Rights Activist Santasilan"Silan"Kadirgamar Passes away at 81". dbsjeyaraj.com.
- ^ Sivakumaran, K. S. (6 November 2013). "Souvenir to preserve". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 2 August 2015.
- ^ "Alumni Directory: Santasilan Kadirgamar". University of Peradeniya. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
- ^ The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 27 July 2015.
- ^ Balachandran, P. K. (12 August 2013). "Kadirgamar dreamt of composite Lanka". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Memoirs from a loving cousin: Kathir with lovely locks". Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka). 11 September 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-321-0222-9.
- ^ "Kadirgamar's struggle to be a 'Sri Lankan' in Sri Lankan politics". Ceylon Today. 12 August 2013.
- ^ "Seelan Kadirgamar laid to rest". Ceylon Today. 29 July 2015. p. A5.
- Sunday Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ Nakkawita, Wijitha (6 March 2004). "We will join world socialist movement to resist pressure of global capitalism — Dr. Wickremabahu". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "General Election 2004 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2010.
- ^ David, Kumar (2 October 2011). "Strangling and emasculating Municipal Councils". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Preferences Local Authorities 08.10.2011 Dehiwala Mt. Lavinia Municipal Council" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jayatilaka, Tissa (3 June 2012). "The days when Jaffna Youth Congress spearheaded Lankan nationalism". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Ethnicity: identity, conflict and crisis". Union of International Associations.
- SOAS, University of London.
- ^ Gunawardena, Devaka (19 October 2014). "Lessons from the Left". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka". lankai Tamil Sangam. 28 November 2011.
- ^ Jayatilaka, Tissa (6 June 2012). "Fragrant memories of Jaffna Youth Congress in these bleak times". The Island (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Quick Look: Book launch". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 1 March 2012.
- ^ "The Jaffna youth congress". South Eastern University of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Reflections on the Left Movement in Sri Lanka". Daily FT. 15 August 2014.