Eric Beerbohm, senior adviser for civil discourse, discussed divisions in Sri Lanka with Madura Rasaratnam, Mario Arulthas, and Kate Cronin-Furman | By Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer.
Scholars take measure of divided nation after students push for broader conversation
Kate Cronin-Furman, a human rights expert and political scientist at University College London, walked into a Harvard lecture hall last week and saw the words “Crisis in Sri Lanka” projected in big letters.
Her first thought: Which crisis?
“There’s a solid argument for viewing the state as one of perpetual crisis,” she said.
Cronin-Furman was one of three speakers to explore Sri Lanka’s past, present, and future during an event co-sponsored by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, and Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. The panel came together at the behest of three Harvard graduate students with deep roots in the island nation, ahead of a presidential election set for the fall of this year.
Read the full article on the Harvard Gazette website.
Sri Lanka in Crisis” continues April 10, with a conversation exploring justice, gender, and movement building.