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- Chandra de Silva
- Vice Provost for Faculty and Program Development
- Academic Affairs
- 220 B Koch Hall
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-4423
- cdesilva@odu.edu
- Chandra de Silva is Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Professor Department of History, College of Arts and Letters
at Old Dominion University. He has written extensively on Portuguese Colonial History and on contemporary education, ethnicity
and politics and legal issues.
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Education
- Alliance Francaise de Paris,
1987
- Degree: Diplome de Langue Francaise
- University Of London (United Kingdom),
1968
- Major: History
- Degree: Ph. D.
- University of Ceylon,
1962
- Major: History
- Degree: B.A.
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Research Interests
- Portuguese Colonial History; History of Sri Lanka; Ethnicity and Politics; Religion and Politics; Electoral Systems; Legal
Issues
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Expertise
- History
- Ethnic Conflict / Developing Countries / History of Sri Lanka
- International Issues
- Ethnic Conflict / Developing Countries / History of Sri Lanka
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Books
- De Silva, C. (2009). Portuguese Encounters with Sri Lanka and the Maldives: Translated Texts from the Age of Discoveries. Farnham: Ashgate.
- De Silva, C., and Bartholameusz, T. (1998). Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka. New York, New York: State University of New York Press.
- De Silva, C. (1997). Sri Lanka: A History. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.
- De Silva, C. (1997). Sri Lanka: A History. New Delhi: Vikas.
- De Silva, C., and De Silva, D. (1992). Sri Lanka Since Independence: A Reference Guide to the Literature. New Delhi: Navrang.
- De Silva, C., De Silva,, K. M., and Kiribamune, S. (1990). Asian Panorama: Essays on Asian History: Past and Present. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House.
- De Silva, C., and De Silva, D. (1990). Education in Sri Lanka 1948-1988: An Analysis of the Structure and a Critical Survey of the Literature. New Delhi: Navrang.
- De Silva, C., and Kiribamune, S. (1989). K. W. Goonewardena Felicitation Volume. Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1989). The American Impact on Sri Lanka. Colombo: American Studies Association.
- De Silva, C., and Wesumperuma, D. (1988). Political Culture in Sri Lanka. Colombo: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.
- De Silva, C. (1987). Sri Lanka: A History. New Delhi/London: Vikas Publishing House/Sangham Press.
- De Silva, C., and De Silva, D. (1974). Peradeniya Research: A Bibliography of Research Publications of Members of the Faculties of Arts and Oriental Studies, University
of Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1952-1974. Peradeniya: Ceylon Studies Seminar.
- De Silva, C., and De Silva, . (1972). Sri Lanka (Ceylon) since Independence 1948-1976: A Bibliographical Survey of the Literature in the Field of Social Sciences. Hamburg: Institute of Asian Affairs.
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Book Chapters
- De Silva, C. (2011). The Role of Law in Society in Developing Nations in The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical
Challenges, eds. Shimon Shetreet and Christopher Forsyth. (pp. 451-462). Koninklije Brill NV: Martinus Nijhoff.
- De Silva, C. (2011). A Contemporary Challenge to Judicial Independence in Sri Lanka: The Issue of the Constitutional Council, International Conference
on Judicial Independence andthe Constitutional Position of the Judiciary in The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual
Foundations and Practical Challenges, eds. Shimon Shetreet and Christopher Forsyth. (pp. 373-385). Koninklije Brill NV,: Martinus Nijhoff.
- De Silva, C. (2010). Empire Horses and Trade: An Examination of Sixteenth Century Portuguese Efforts to Control Trade in Arab and Persian Horses
across the Arabian Sea, The Portuguese in the Orient ed. Gaston Perera. (pp. 49-76). Kandy: International Centre forEthnic Studies.
- De Silva, C. (2008). The Ashley I Knew in A Garland for Ashley: Celebrating ther 75th Birthday of Ashley Halpe and his 50 years of University Teaching. (pp. 76-77). Kandy: Ashley Halpe Felicitation Committee.
- De Silva, C. (2007). Portugal and Sri Lanka: Recent Trends in Historiography in Re-exploring the Links: History and Constructed Histories between
Portugal and Sri Lanka. (pp. 3-26). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
- De Silva, C. (2006). Buddhist monks and peace in Sri Lanka, Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 202-209). New York: Routledge.
- De Silva, C. (2004). ‘Prefacio,’ A Taprobana e a Ponte de Rama: Estudos sobre os Portugueses em Ceilao e na India do Sul, by Jorge Flores. (pp. pp. 9-11). Macau: Instituto Portugues do Oriente.
- De Silva, C. (2002). ‘All the Americas,’ Excursions and Explorations: Cultural Encounters between Sri Lanka and the United States. (pp. pp 83-86). Colombo: The United States-Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission.
- De Silva, C. (2001). State Support for Religion in Contemporary Sri Lanka: Some Ideological and Policy Issues, The Post-Colonial States of South
Asia: Democracy, Identity, Development and Security. (pp. pp. 183-195). London: Curzon Press.
- De Silva, C. (2000). Islands and Beaches: Reflections on Indigenous Interactions With the Portuguese Who Visited Sri Lanka in the Wake of Vasco
da Gama, Vasco da Gama and the Linking of Europe and Asia. (pp. 2pp.. 80-294). Delhi: Oxford University Press.
- De Silva, C. (1999). The Role of Education in Ameliorating Political Violence in Sri Lanka in Creating Peace in Sri Lanka: Civil War and Reconciliation. (pp. pp. 109-129). Cambridge, Mass.: World Peace Foundation.
- De Silva, C., and Bartholomeusz, T. (1998). Buddhist Fundamentalism and Identity in Sri Lanka in Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 1-35). New York: State University of New York Press.
- De Silva, C., and Bartholomeusz, T. (1998). The Plurality of Buddhist Fundamentalism in Sri Lanka in Buddhist Fundamentalism and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 53-73). New York: State University of New York Press.
- De Silva, C. (1995). Expulsion of the Portuguese from Sri Lanka, University of Peradeniya, History of Sri Lanka. (pp. pp.163-181). Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1995). Sri Lanka in the Early Sixteenth Century: Economic and Social Conditions, University of Peradeniya, History of Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 37-60). Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1995). Sri Lanka in the Early Sixteenth Century: Political Conditions, University of Peradeniya, History of Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 11-36). Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C., and Pathmanathan, S. (1995). The Kingdom of Jaffna up to 1620, University of Peradeniya, History of Sri Lanka. (pp. pp.105-121). Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1995). The Rise and Fall of Sitawaka, University of Peradeniya, History of Sri Lanka. (pp. pp.. 61-104). Peradeniya: University of Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1994). Beyond the Cape: The Portuguese Encounter with the Peoples of South Asia, in Implicit Understandings: Observing, Reporting,
and Reflecting on the Encounters between Europeans and Other Peoples in the Early Modern Era. (pp. pp. 295-322). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- De Silva, C. (1990). Peddling Trade, Elephants and Gems: Some Aspects of Sri Lanka's Trading Connections in the Indian Ocean in the Sixteenth and
Early Seventeenth Centuries, Asian Panorama: Essays in Asian History, Past and Present. (pp. pp. 287-302). New Delhi: Vikas Publications.
- De Silva, C. (1990). The Political Party System of Sri Lanka, Party Systems and the Democratic Process. (pp. pp. 213-241). Colombo: Marga Institute.
- De Silva, C. (1990). The Vedda and his Mentors: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations, The Vanishing Aborigines: Sri Lanka's Veddas
in Transition. (pp. pp. 23-33). New Delhi: Vikas Publications.
- De Silva, C. (1989). Alternate Electoral Systems for Sri Lanka, Ideas for Constitutional Reform: Proceedings of a Series of Seven Seminars on the
Constitution of Sri Lanka, November 1987-June1989. (pp. pp. 215-230). Colombo: Council for Liberal Democracy.
- De Silva, C. (1989). Frontier Fort to Royal City: The Rise of Jayawardhanapura Kotte, K. W. Goonewardane Felicitation Volume. (pp. pp. 103-111). Peradeniya.
- De Silva, C. (1989). The American Impact on the Teaching of English in Sri Lanka in the 1980's. In The American Impact on Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 39-58.). Colombo: American Studies Association.
- De Silva, C. (1989). The System of Proportional Representation in Sri Lanka: A Critique, Ideas for Constitutional Reform: Proceedings of a Series
of Seven Seminars on the Constitution of Sri Lanka, November 1987-June1989. (pp. pp. 205-214). Colombo: Council for Liberal Democracy.
- De Silva, C. (1988). The Sources of Political Learning in Sri Lanka Political Culture in Sri Lanka. (pp. pp. 33-57). Colombo: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.
- De Silva, C. (1986). Sri Lankawe Samanupathika Chanda Kramaya in Ranasinha Premadasa: Karyasoora Dooradarshi Agamati. (pp. Unnumbered pages [12]). Colombo: Pioneer Offset Printers.
- De Silva, C. (1985). The Ethnic Conflict and Perceptions of History, Festchrift 1985: James Thevathasan Rutnam. (pp. pp. 44-48.). Colombo: Sri Lanka UNESCO National Commission.
- De Silva, C. (1984). Plebiscitory Democracy or Creeping Authoritarianism? The Presidential Election and Referendum of 1982, Sri Lanka in Change
and Crisis. (pp. pp. 35-50.). London: Croom Helm.
- De Silva, C. (1984). Sinhala-Tamil Ethnic Rivalry: The Background, From Independence to Statehood: Managing Ethnic Conflict in Five African and
Asian States. (pp. pp.111-124). London: Frances Pinter.
- De Silva, C. (1984). Sinhala-Tamil Relations and Education in Sri Lanka: The University Admissions Issue: The First Phase 1971-1977. In From Independence
to Statehood: Managing Ethnic Conflict in Five African and Asian States. (pp. pp. 124-146). London: Frances Pinter.
- De Silva, C. (1982). The Sinhalese-Tamil Rift in Sri Lanka. The States of South Asia: Problems of National Integration. Essays in Honour of W.
H. Morris-Jones. (pp. pp. 155-174). London: C. Hurst.
- De Silva, C. (1981). The Electoral System 1947-1978. An Overview Universal Franchise 1931-1981: The Sri Lankan Experience. (pp. pp. 107-124). Colombo: Department of Information.
- De Silva, C., and de A. Samarasinghe, S. (1981). Universal Franchise and the Constitution of 1978, Universal Franchise 1931-1981: The Sri Lankan Experience. (pp. pp. 147-164). Colombo: Department of Information.
- De Silva, C., and de A. Samarasinghe, S. (1980). Which PR? : A Critical Examination of the System of Proportional Representation Adopted in the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka,
Preliminary Documents: Seminar on the Parliamentary Process in Sri Lanka 11 June 1980. (pp. pp.16-39). Colombo: Marga Institute.
- De Silva, C. (1978). The First Visit of the Portuguese to Ceylon 1505 or 1506, Senerath Paranavithana Commemoration Volume. (pp. pp. 218-220). Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- De Silva, C. (1978). The Impact of Nationalism on Education in Sri Lanka 1948-1976 Collective Identities, Nationalisms and Protest in Sri Lanka
during the Modern Era. (pp. pp. 474-499). Colombo: Marga Publications.
- De Silva, C. (1977). Education, Sri Lanka: A Survey. (pp. pp. 404-431). London: C. Hurst.
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Articles
- Xu, M., De Silva, C., Dane, J., and Neufeldt, E. The Impact of Study Abroad on Academic Success: An Analysis of First-Time Students Entering Old Dominion University, Virginia,
2000-2004. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, XXV,
- De Silva, C. (2007). Electoral Systems and Political Culture: The Case of Sri Lanka and Lessons for Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Law Review, 15 (1), (pp. 41-60).
- De Silva, C. (2007). Sri Lanka in 2006: Continuing Economic Recovery Amidst Military Conflict. Asian Survey, 47 (1), (pp. 99-104).
- De Silva, C. (2006). Sri Lanka in 2005: Continuing Political Turmoil. Asian Survey, 46 (1), (pp. 114-119).
- De Silva, C. (2003). Alternative Political Futures for Sri Lanka: Thinking Beyond the Memorandum of Understanding. Marga (New Series), 1 (1), (pp. 9-23).
- De Silva, C. (2002). Portuguese Interactions with Sri Lanka and the Maldives in the Sixteenth Century: Some Parallels and Divergences. Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, 27-28, (pp. 1-23).
- De Silva, C. (1999). Perspectivas Budistas Cingalezas sobre o Critianismo Catolico-Romano: O Dialogo Interreligioso, Historia e os Conflitos Contemporaneos. Reflexao Crista, Nova Serie, 11-12, (pp. 78-88).
- De Silva, C. (1999). ‘Indian Ocean’ but not ‘African Sea’: The Erasure of East African Commerce From History. Journal of Black Studies, 29 (5), (pp. 684-694).
- De Silva, C. (1998). Algumas Reflexoes sobre o Impacto Portugues na Religiao entre os Singaleses Durante os Seculos XVI e XVII. Oceanos, 34, (pp. 104-111).
- De Silva, C. (1996). The Monks and the Pontiff: Reflections on Religious Tensions in Contemporary Sri Lanka. South Asia, 19, (pp. 233-244).
- De Silva, C. (1995). Historical Introduction to Antonio Bocarro’s Description of Ceylon, translated into English by Tikiri Abeyasinghe. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 39, (pp. xii-xxvi).
- De Silva, C. (1995). The Elections of 1994 in Sri Lanka: Background and Analysis. The Round Table, 334, (pp. 207-217).
- De Silva, C. (1991). Colonialism and Trade: The Cinnamon Contract of 1533 Between Bhuvanekabahu, King of Kotte and António Pessoa, Portuguese Factor
in Sri Lanka. University of Colombo Review, 10, (pp. 27-34).
- De Silva, C. (1991). Political and Diplomatic Relations of the Portuguese with the Kings of Kotte During the First Half of the Sixteenth Century. Revista da Cultural, 5 (1 (13/14)), (pp. 220-232).
- De Silva, C. (1989). The Portuguese Impact on the Production and Sale in Sri Lanka Cinnamon in Asia in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Indica, 26 (1), (pp. 25-38).
- De Silva, C. (1989). The Role of Elections in a Liberal Democracy The Liberal Review. Colombo (14), (pp. pp. 6-8).
- De Silva, C. (1987). By-election Results in Sri Lanka: Changing Implications 1948-1986. The Liberal Review (5), (pp. pp 8-11).
- De Silva, C. (1985). Sri Lanka: The Ethnic Crisis. Asian Thought and Society, 10 (29), (pp. 137-141).
- De Silva, C. (1983). Sri Lanka: A Vote for Continuity. Asian Thought and Society, 8 (22-23), (pp. pp.146-149).
- De Silva, C. (1981). Sri Lanka: The Pace Slows Down. Asian Thought and Society, 6 (17-18), (pp. 277-280).
- De Silva, C., and Samarasinghe, S. (1981). The Development Council Election of 1981: Its Political and Electoral Implications. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (1), (pp. 79-109).
- De Silva, C. (1980). The Tamils and the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 3 (1), (pp. 33-41).
- De Silva, C. (1979). The New Constitution of Sri Lanka (1978): Implications of a Break from the Westminster Model. Asian Thought and Society, 4 (11), (pp. 180-187).
- De Silva, C. (1979). The New Constitution of Sri Lanka (1978): Implications of a Break from the Westminster Model. Asian Thought and Society, IV (11), (pp. 180-187).
- De Silva, C. (1979). The Constitution of the Second Republic of Sri Lanka (1978) and its Significance. The Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Studies, 17 (2), (pp. 192-209).
- De Silva, C. (1979). Sri Lanka: Advances on All Fronts: Liberties and Desocialization. Asian Thought and Society, 4 (10), (pp. pp. 122-125).
- De Silva, C. (1978). The Politics of University Admissions: A Review of Some Aspects of the Admissions Policy in Sri Lanka 1971-1978. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 1 (2), (pp. 85-123).
- De Silva, C. (1978). The Portuguese and Pearl Fishing off South India and Sri Lanka. South Asia, New Series, 1 (1), (pp. 14-28).
- De Silva, C. (1978). Ideology and Social Forces in the General Elections of 1977 in Sri Lanka. Asian Thought and Society, 3 (8), (pp. 163-177).
- De Silva, C. (1977). The Representational System. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies (New Series), 7 (2), (pp. 25-35).
- De Silva, C. (1977). History and Tamil Eelam. Tribune: A Journal of Ceylon and World Affairs, 22 (14), (pp. 11-12).
- De Silva, C. (1976). 1505he Pruthugeeseen Lankawata Nopamineema. Ithihasaya, 1974-1975, (pp. 1-5).
- De Silva, C. (1975). The First Portuguese Revenue Register of Kotte, 1599 by Jorge Florim de Almeida (translated into English and edited with an
introduction). The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, new series, 5 (1&2), (pp. 71-153).
- De Silva, C., and Samaraweera, V. (1974). Leadership Perspectives in Sri Lanka 1948-1975. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, new series, 4 (20-30),
- De Silva, C. (1974). The Portuguese East India Company 1628-1633. The Luso-Brazillian Review, 9 (2), (pp. 152-205).
- De Silva, C. (1974). Weightage in University Admissions: Standardization and District Quotas in Sri Lanka, 1970-1975. Modern Ceylon Studies, 5 (2), (pp. 151-186).
- De Silva, C., and de Silva, D. (1973). The History of Ceylon 1505-1658: A Historiographical and Bibliographical Survey. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, new series, 3 (1), (pp. 52-77).
- De Silva, C. (1973). The Trade in Ceylon Cinnamon in the Sixteenth Century. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, new series, 2 (1), (pp. 14-27).
- De Silva, C. (1970). Lancarote de Seixas and Madampe: A Portuguese Casado in a Sinhalese Village. Modern Ceylon Studies, 2 (1), (pp. 18-34).
- De Silva, C. (1966). Portuguese Policy Toward the Muslims in Ceylon. The Ceylon Journal of Historical and Social Studies, 9 (1), (pp. 112-119).
- De Silva, C. (1964). Punarjeevanaya (The Renaissance). Vimarshi (pp. pp. 33-38).
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Presentations
- Recent Developments in Judicial Elections in the United States and their Impact on the Impartiality of Judges
- Sponsoring Organization: International Conference on Judicial Independence: Impartiality and Fairness of the Judicial Process
- Location: Ghent, Belgium
- Date: October 20, 2012
- Authors/Presenters:
- The Role of Law in Society in Developing Countries
- Conference Name: and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law:The 2010 Advocate Daniel Jacobson Lecture, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
- Sponsoring Organization: and Michael Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law:The 2010 Advocate Daniel Jacobson Lecture, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
- Location: Jerusalem, Israel
- Date: May 16, 2010
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- A Contemporary Challenge to Judicial Independence in Sri Lanka: The Issue of the Constitutional Council
- Conference Name:
- Location: Jerusalem, Israel
- Date: 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Impact of 1956 on Education in Sri Lanka, Panel on Sri Lanka 's 1956 Election: Retrospect and Prospect.
- Conference Name:
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: October, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Trends in Recent Historiography
- Conference Name: Caluste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Sponsoring Organization: Caluste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Location: Paris, France
- Date: December, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Portugal and Sri Lanka: Recent Trends in Historiography
- Conference Name:
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: June, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Defending the Motherland: Sinhala Expatriate Organizations, Workshop on The Home and the World: Changing Identities in Sri
Lanka
- Conference Name: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies and the Social Scientists Association
- Sponsoring Organization: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies and the Social Scientists Association
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Internet and Refashioning of Identity Among the Expatriate Sinhala
- Conference Name:
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: October, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Crossing Beaches: The Indo-Portuguese Cultural Encounter
- Conference Name: Department of Religion, Florida State University
- Sponsoring Organization: Department of Religion, Florida State University
- Location: Tallahassee, FL
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Buddhist Monks and Peace in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name:
- Location: Bath Spa, United Kingdom
- Date: June, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Alternative Political Futures for Sri Lanka: Thinking Beyond the Memorandum of Understanding
- Conference Name: Marga Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Marga Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: June, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- India and US Foreign Policy
- Conference Name: the Ghent Inter-Faith Group
- Sponsoring Organization: the Ghent Inter-Faith Group
- Location: Presbyterian Church, Colonial Avenue, Ghent
- Date: April 25, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- South Asia: Focus on India
- Conference Name:
- Date: April 1, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- South Asia: Focus on India
- Conference Name:
- Date: March 23, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The (Mis)education of Buddhist Monks in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name:
- Location: Tallahassee, FL
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Emergence of Tamil Elam: A Possible Scenario and its Implications
- Conference Name:
- Location: Arlington, VA
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Sangha and the Reconciliation Process in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Marga Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Marga Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: June, 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
Bartholomeusz, T. Presenter & Author
- Reinscribing History: Indegenous reactions to the Portuguese in Sixteenth Century Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Indiana University of Indiana's Network for the Development of India Awareness (INDIA)
- Sponsoring Organization: Indiana University of Indiana's Network for the Development of India Awareness (INDIA)
- Location: Bloomington, Indiana
- Date: October 14, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Perspectivas Budistas Cingalezas sobre o Critianismo Catolico-Romano: O Dialogo Interreligioso, Historia e os Conflitos Contemporaneos
- Conference Name: Centro do Reflexao Crista, Universitaria Lusofona
- Sponsoring Organization: Centro do Reflexao Crista, Universitaria Lusofona
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Date: May, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Education in Sri Lanka: A Development Oriented Analysis
- Conference Name: World Peace Foundation/Harvard Institute for International Development/International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: World Peace Foundation/Harvard Institute for International Development/International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: November 20, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Agency and Hybridity: Some Reflections on the Portuguese Impact on Religion among the Sinhala
- Conference Name:
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Date: September, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The State and Religion in Contemporary Sri Lanka
- Conference Name:
- Location: Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Date: August, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Islands and Beaches: Reflections on Indegenous Interactions with the Portuguese who visited Sri Lanka in the wake of Vasco
da Gama
- Conference Name: La Trobe University/Curtin University
- Sponsoring Organization: La Trobe University/Curtin University
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Date: June 24, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- ‘Indian Ocean’ but not ‘African Sea’: The Erasure of East African Commerce From History
- Conference Name:
- Location: Terre Haute, IN
- Date: April, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Religious Leaders and Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka: The Case of the Buddhists
- Conference Name: Association of Asian Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: Association of Asian Studies
- Location: Savannah, GA:
- Date: 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The State and Religion in Sri Lanka: Buddhism, Secularism and Other Perspectives
- Conference Name: Department of Religion, Northwestern University
- Sponsoring Organization: Department of Religion, Northwestern University
- Location: Evanston, IL
- Date: April 26, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Third Eelam War: A Battle of Identities
- Conference Name:
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: October, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Emerging Political Alignments in Sri Lanka: The Post-Premadasa Period
- Conference Name: University of Wisconsin
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Wisconsin
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: November 14, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- The Portuguese and the Image of the Dark Continent: Colonialism and the Definition of Africa in the Sixteenth Century
- Conference Name:
- Location: Terre Haute IN
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Proportional Representation: The Sri Lankan Experience
- Conference Name:
- Location: Mincie IN
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Politics, Ethnicity and Violence: The Plurality of Views amongst the Sangha in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: University of Wisconsin
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Wisconsin
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: November, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Empire, Trade and Horses: An Examination of Portuguese Control Over the Trade in Arab and Persian Horses Across the Arabian
Sea in the Sixteenth Century
- Conference Name: International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
- Sponsoring Organization: International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations
- Location: Richmond, KY
- Date: April 9, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Beyond the Cape: The Portuguese and Others in the Indian Ocean
- Conference Name:
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Date: October, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Preference Voting: Some Preliminary Remarks on the Sri Lankan Experience 1987-1989
- Conference Name: University of Wisconsin
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Wisconsin
- Location: Madison, WI
- Date: November 3, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Portuguese Impact on the Production and Trade in Sri Lanka Cinnamon in Asia
- Conference Name:
- Location: Cochin, India
- Date: January, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Political Party System of Sri Lanka,”
- Conference Name: Marga Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Marga Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: December, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Political Parties and the Party System in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Togai University
- Sponsoring Organization: Togai University
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Date: November 29, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- Peddling Trade, Elephants and Gems: Some Aspects of Sri Lanka's Trading Connections in the Indian Ocean in the Sixteenth and
Early Seventeenth Centuries
- Conference Name:
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: August, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Alternate Electoral Systems for Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: April, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Decentralization, Devolution or Federalism in Sri Lanka: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
- Conference Name: Council for Libreral Democracy
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for Libreral Democracy
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: April, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Independence of the Judiciary Under the Second Republic of Sri Lanka 1978-1988
- Conference Name: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: April, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Overmighty Executive: A Liberal Viewpoint
- Conference Name: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for Liberal Democracy
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: April, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The System of Proportional Representation in Sri Lanka: A Critique
- Conference Name: Council for iberal Democracy
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for iberal Democracy
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: November, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Indo-Lanka Agreement of July 1987: It's Background and Significance
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya
- Date: November 19, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- The Sources of Political Learning in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: July, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The American Impact on the Teaching of English in Sri Lanka in the 1980's
- Conference Name: American Studies Association, Sri Lanka
- Sponsoring Organization: American Studies Association, Sri Lanka
- Location: Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Date: March, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Cartaz System and monopoly Trading in the Bay of Bengal
- Conference Name: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
- Sponsoring Organization: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
- Location: Perth, Australia
- Date: December 5, 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Muslim Traders in the Indian Ocean in the Sixteenth Century and the Portuguese Impact
- Conference Name: Naleemiah Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Naleemiah Institute
- Location: Beruwala, Sri Lanka
- Date: January, 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Popular Sovereignty in Action or the Proverbial Fig Leaf?: Sri Lanka's Mini-General Election of May 1983
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: July 12, 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Vedda and his Mentors: Some Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
- Conference Name: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Location: Kandy, Sri Lanka
- Date: March, 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Sinhala-Tamil Ethnic Rivalry: The Background
- Conference Name: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Location: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Date: March, 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Sinhala-Tamil Relations and Education in Sri Lanka: The University Admissions Issue; The First Phase 1971-1977
- Conference Name: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Sponsoring Organization: International Centre for Ethnic Studies
- Location: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka,
- Date: March, 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Development Council Election of 1981: Its Political and Electoral Implications
- Conference Name: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: July 18, 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
Samarasinghe, S. Presenter & Author
- Proportional Representation in Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Sri Lanka Foundation Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: July 17, 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- The Electoral System
- Conference Name: Marga Institute
- Sponsoring Organization: Marga Institute
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Date: July 11, 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Which PR? A Critical Examination of the System of Proportional Representation Adopted in the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya Sri Lanka
- Date: 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
Samarasinghe, S. Presenter & Author
- The Portuguese and the Trade in Cloves in Asia during the sixteenth century
- Conference Name: International Association of Historians of Asia
- Sponsoring Organization: International Association of Historians of Asia
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Date: August 25, 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C.
- Constitutional Devices for National Integration: A Case Study of the Sinhala-Tamil Conflict and the Constitution of the Second
Republic of Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Aligarh Muslim University
- Sponsoring Organization: Aligarh Muslim University
- Location: A;igarh, India
- Date: March 15, 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Tamils and the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: 1978
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Historiography of the Portuguese in Sri Lanka: A Survey of the Sinhalese Writings
- Conference Name:
- Location: Panjim (Goa) India
- Date: November, 1978
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The Portuguese and Pearl Fishing off South India and Sri Lanka
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: 1977
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Weightage in University Admissions: Standardization and District Quotas in Sri Lanka 1970-1975
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: 1975
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Aims, Ideals and Realities of University Education
- Conference Name: Council for Public Affairs/Parents Association of Jaffna
- Sponsoring Organization: Council for Public Affairs/Parents Association of Jaffna
- Location: Jaffna, Sri Lanka
- Date: August 10, 1974
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- The First Portuguese Revenue Register of Kotte, 1599 by Jorge Florim de Almeida
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: 1970
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
- Lancarote de Seixas and Madampe: A Portuguese Casado in a Sinhalese Village
- Conference Name: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Sponsoring Organization: Ceylon Studies Seminar
- Location: Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Date: September, 1969
- Authors/Presenters:
De Silva, C. Presenter & Author
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