♦ Theme – The Goddess in the Anthill: Myth, Place, and Healing Rituals in Tamil South India

Date: 6 October (Tuesday), 2015

Venue: Sociology Department Seminar Room, University of Colombo

Presenter: Dr Amy Allocco of Elon University in North Carolina, USA. She is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University. Her research focus is vernacular Hinduism, ritual traditions and women’s religious practices in Tamil Nadu.

♦ Organised a Talk by Mr. Radu Carcirumaru to junior lecturers on post graduate studies and research in Heidelberg University on the 26 Aug. 2015

♦ Theme – The Futures of Indigenous knowledge

Date: 10 September 2015

Venue: Sociology Department Seminar Room, University of Colombo

Presenter: Professor William Sax of Heidelberg University, Germany. Professor William Sax is an internationally recognized scholar and Chair of Anthropology at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University.