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Please note that New York University (NYU) is holding is holding a conference on "Global South Asia: Publics and Politics" on 27--28 February.  Full details and online registration information is available at http://southasianyu.org/Also note the Sri Lanka panel from 1:00 to 3:00 on Friday 27th:"The Future of Left Politics in Sri Lanka"V.V. Ganeshananthan (Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe/Harvard Univ.), “What Kind of Democracy? Rebuilding Citizenry”Fathima Cader (Law, Univ. of Windsor), “How the Light Gets In: Canvasing Muslim Politics in Contemporary Sri Lanka”Thushara Hewage (International Affairs, New School), “Anti-Corruption and the Left: Reflections on a Democratic Idiom”Kanishka Goonewardena (Geography, Univ. of Toronto), “A Note on the Sri Lankan Conjuncture: Electoral Politics, Social Movements, and Left Political Prospects”Moderator: Vasuki Nesiah, (Gallatin, NYU)John Rogers***************************************************************Visit the AISLS web site at: http://www.aisls.org/