BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:talks.ox.ac.uk
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Postwar Tra
 nsition in Sri Lanka - Bart Klem (Gothenburg University\, Sweden)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240507T140000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240507T153500
UID:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/179f6226-c61e-4582-b0ed-e84fc5c7ae86/
DESCRIPTION:In a society that experiences secessionist conflict\, many thi
 ngs are not what they seem. The book presented in this talk (which is avai
 lable open access via the CUP website) adopts a performative perspective t
 o understand the peculiar institutional landscape the ensued around the Ta
 mil separatist conflict in Sri Lanka\, both during and after the civil war
 . It draws on two decades of fieldwork across towns and villages in northe
 rn and eastern Sri Lanka\, ethnography within Sri Lanka’s civil service\
 , and privileged access to Norwegian-facilitated peace process. This yield
 s a compelling analytical narrative that shows how political institutions 
 are enacted and witnessed\, rather than cataloguing them in the strictures
  of the law. This provides a fertile vantage point to address the to-be-or
 -not-to-be dilemmas that we face when seeking to interpret the legitimacy\
 , legality\, and validity of the institutions that separatist movements cr
 eate in aspiration of sovereign status. And as such\, this book provides f
 ood for thought for broader conceptual debates concerning armed conflict a
 nd insurgency. \n\nBart Klem writes about everyday life and politics amids
 t armed conflict and has conducted fieldwork across Sri Lanka’s northeas
 t since 2000. He co-authored Checkpoint\, Temple\, Church and Mosque (Plut
 o 2015) and co-edited journal issues on insurgent politics (Modern Asian S
 tudies 2018) and on legal identity under insurgencies (Citizenship Studies
  2024).\n\n\nSpeakers:\nBart Klem (Gothenburg University\, Sweden)
LOCATION:St Antony's College (Pavilion Room)\, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
TZID:Europe/London
URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/179f6226-c61e-4582-b0ed-e84fc5c7ae86/
BEGIN:VALARM
ACTION:display
DESCRIPTION:Talk:Performing Sovereign Aspirations: Tamil Insurgency and Po
 stwar Transition in Sri Lanka - Bart Klem (Gothenburg University\, Sweden)
TRIGGER:-PT1H
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR