American Institute for Lankan Studies Colombo AISLS
American Institute for Lankan Studies Colombo AISLS

Book Talk: Liyanage Amarakeerthi, „Karmic Realism: Narrative Methods in Sinhala Prose from the Buddhist Classics to Post-Realist Fiction“21.2.2026 {en}

The American Institute for Lankan Studies Colombo announces a Zoom talk by Liyanage Amarakeerthi on his new book Karmic Realism: Narrative Methods in Sinhala Prose from the Buddhist Classics (Colombo: Sarasavi, 2025)  Charles Hallisey (Harvard University) will chair the session.

Monday, February 23th, 2026:

Sri Lanka/India: 9:00–10:00 PM
Amsterdam: 4:30–5:30 PM
London: 3:30–4:30 PM
New York: 10:30–11:30 AM
Chicago: 9:30–10:30 AM
San Francisco: 7:30–8:30 AM

Registration is required and available at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_x9g5lGcQ568b7PjZBrA8g

For questions, please write Ranmalee Nanayakkara at ranmalee.ails[at]gmail.com

Source: Zoom New Book Talk: Liyanage Amarakeerthi, „Karmic Realism: Narrative Methods in Sinhala Prose from the Buddhist Classics to Post-Realist Fiction“ (Sarasavi Publishers, 2025)., H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 US.