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Une table ronde consacrée à la situation politique et sociale actuelle de Sri Lanka est organisée à Edimbourg le 26 et 27 mai 2016 par Jonathan Spencer, professeur d'anthropologie à l'Université.Nous reproduisons ci-dessous le programme provisoire de ces journées d'étude:Sri Lanka Roundtable (DRAFT PROGRAMME)Edinburgh 26-27 May, 2016Thursday 26 May, Techcube, Summerhall (t.b.c)9.00-9.15Introduction and welcome9.15-11.00Youth and warIsabelle Clark-Decès (Princeton), Youth in the cultural politics of contemporary JaffnaDhana Hughes (Durham), Sinhala Youth and Military EnlistmentGiacomo Mantovan (CEIAS/CRH, EHESS) “They were kings…” The farewell to arms of former Tamil Tiger fighters in exile in FranceGiyani Venya De Silva (Oxford) Living with continuity, waiting for change: commentaries from students in Colombo11.00-11.15Coffee11.15-12.45GenderAsha Abeysekera (Colombo) Balancing Modernity and Morality in the Sinhala-Buddhist Family  Exploring the Rhetoric of Sinhala-Buddhist NationalismKristine Hoglund (Uppsalla) Gender and the Pursuit of Justice in Sri Lanka: Testimonies of Peace and ConflictJayanthi Lingam (SOAS) Gendered working lives in the post-war transition in Jaffna district, 2009-1412.45-1.30Lunch1.30-3.00Justice and SecurityGeorg Frerks (Utrecht), Rajapakse’s Peace’: The President’s discourse on the post-war situation in Sri Lanka (2009-2015)Ali Brown (Amsterdam), Human Security in the Era of SirasenaGerrit Kurtz (KCL), The evolution of post-war transitional justice in Sri Lanka3.00-3.15Tea3.15-5.00Transitional Justice and Constitutional Reform: State of Play and Future ProspectsHarini Amarasuriya (Open University and Public Representations Committee on Constitutional reform), Alan Keenan (international Crisis Group), Asanga Welikala (CPA and University of Edinburgh), with Christine Bell (University of Edinburgh)6.00-7.007.30Dinner, Mother India, Infirmary Street Friday 27 May, Seminar Rooms 1 and 2, Chrystal Macmillan BuildingPlease note, in the morning we will split the space to run parallel panels in the two rooms. In the afternoon, we will open up the two rooms for our final plenary sessions.9.00-9.15Introduction and welcome9.15-10.45Work and Livelihoods  (Seminar Room 1)Urs Geiser (Zurich)The making of control over land in Wattamadu – local organisations, engaging the state, changing conjunctures Charles Wilkinson and Maura van den Kommer(Amsterdam) Living the Uncertainty: Exploring the Effects of the EU Ban on Sri Lankan FisheriesJoeri Scholtens and Maarten Bavinck (Amsterdam) Facilitating change from the bottom-up? Reflections on civil society efforts to empower marginalized fishers in post-war Sri LankaReligion and transition (Seminar Room 2)Mahinda Deegalle (Bath Spa) The Vision and Leadership of the Architect of Yahapālanaya: Venerable Māduluwāwe Sobhita’s Exemplary Role in the Political Transition of Sri Lanka in 2015Neena Mahadev (Max Planck) Notes on contemporary religio-economic linkages between Sri Lankan &#38; SingaporeDominic Esler (UCL) Northern Tamil society after the war: the revival of Catholic kūttu in Mannar10.45-11.15Coffee11.15-12.45Work and Politics  (Seminar Room 1)Sandya Hewamanne (Essex) Neoliberalism’s New Recruits: Tamil Workers, Human Rights Thrashings and ‘Mundane’ Politics in Post-War Sri LankaMythri Jegathesan (Santa Clara) Is a progressive politics possible? Examining the contemporary intersections of industrial sustainability and political shifts in Sri Lanka’s plantation sectorDarshi Thoradeniya (Heidelberg/Colombo) Women Citizens in Welfare State of Sri LankaPast and present (Seminar Room 2)Deborah Winslow (NSF) Contexts of CasteAlessandra Radicati (LSE) Precarious Patriots: Reflections on Past, Present and Future in a Coastal Community Carolina Holgersson Ivarsson (Gothenburg), Religious identity, nationalism and social media among Sinhala-Buddhist youth12.45-1.30Lunch1.30-3.30Borders and MarginsVagisha Gunasekara,Prashanthi Rasadhari Jayasekara,Gayathri Hiroshani, Hallinne Lokuge,Aftab Lall (Centre for Poverty Analysis, Colombo), Production of Marginality: Findings from a six-year research programme on basic services, social protection and livelihoods in the North and East   Jonathan Goodhand (SOAS/Melbourne), Vagisha Gunasekera (CEPA), Alice Kern (Zurich) and Thiruni Kelegama (Zurich), with Rajesh Venugopal (LSE), discussant, Sri Lanka’s borderlands and frontiers3.30-3.45Tea3.45-5.30Writing War and AfterSunila Galappatti will read from her new book, A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka, and V.V. (Sugi) Ganeshananthanan will read from her work in progress, The Missing are Considered Dead.Also in attendance (participating but not presenting): Ashwini Vasanthakumar(York), Dennis McGilvray (Colorado), Anne Blackburn (Cornell), Rose Fernando (Utrecht), Niels Terpstra (Utrecht), Eric Meyer (INALGO, Paris), Oivind Fuglerud (Oslo), R.L. (Jock) Stirrat (Sussex), Kanchana Ruwanpura (Edinburgh), Anthony Good (Edinburgh), Jonathan Spencer (Edinburgh), Sidharthan Maunaguru (NUS), Tanya Ekanayaka (Edinburgh), Deborah Menezes (Edinburgh)