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Prof. Jonathan Spencerof the Department of Anthropology, University of Edinburgh, UK will make a presentation onReligious Change in Eastern Sri LankaIn the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, KandyAt 5pm on 23rd July, 2012Abstract: This presentation is based on research which investigated the changing role of religious organizations and religious leaders in Batticaloa and Ampara Districts in Eastern Province. The project on which it is based brought together researchers from Peradeniya (Profs Hasbullah and Tudor Silva), Zurich, Edinburgh and SOAS in London, and tried to compare developments within all of the religious traditions found in the districts - Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.