Looking Forward to Radio Chatting via Call in with Asoka Bandarage this Monday Morning May 20th at 10 am on the Tom Ficklin Show, WNHH 103.5 fm
Dr. Bandarage is the author of the books: Colonialism in Sri Lanka, Women, Population and Global
Crisis,The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka, Sustainability and Well-Being: The Middle Path to
Environment, Society and the Economy.
We will have the opportunity to discuss :
1) The focus of her latest book, Sustainability and Well-Being?
2) What is the Middle Path ?
3) Can the Middle Path be applied to social transformation?
4) Are there social movements following the Middle Path?
5) What is the current Sri Lankan situation with particular reference to the Easter attacks.
6) What are the prospects for peace in Sri Lanka?
7) And she will share a sneak peak of her upcoming presentation at the Consciousness Studies Conference at the Yale Divinity School at the end of the Month?
Tune in via the New Haven Independent web site: https://www.newhavenindependent.org/
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Bio
Asoka Bandarage was educated at the University of Sri Lanka, Bryn Mawr College and at Yale University where she received a M.A. in Religion and Ph.D. in Sociology. Ms. Bandarage has served on the faculties of Brandeis University, Georgetown University and Mount Holyoke College where she was also the Chair of the Women's Studies Program. Dr. Bandarage is the author of the books: Colonialism in Sri Lanka, Women, Population and Global Crisis,The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka, Sustainability and Well-Being: The Middle Path to Environment, Society and the Economy and numerous other publications on South Asia, global political-economy, ethnicity, gender and ecology. She has given hundreds of presentations, including keynote lectures at South Asian Studies Conferences. She has also given numerous media interviews on CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, NPR and Bloomberg News. Asoka was Guest Editor of the Women of Color Issues of Woman of Power: A Magazine on Feminism,
Spirituality and Politics and was a co-founder of the Committee on Women, Population and the Environment and an International Consultant for the Women's Movement of Sarvodaya, a grassroots village self-help movement in Sri Lanka.Dr. Bandarage has written columns in the Huffington Post and serves on the boards of a number of publications and organizations including Critical Asian Studies and Interfaith Moral Action on Climate. She is currently a visiting professor at Georgetown University and Colorado College.
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