Kumari Jayawardena Feminist Archive launched
The Social Scientists’ Association in Sri Lanka has launched an archive dedicated to the work of feminist scholar Kumari Jayawardena. The project aims to preserve her contributions to women's studies, labor history, and nationalism in South Asia.
Why it matters
Preserves the intellectual legacy of a significant South Asian scholar and promotes feminist academic discourse.
Sri Lanka’s Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) launched the Kumari Jayawardena Feminist Archive, marking the 95th birthday of one of South Asia’s foremost feminist scholars, whose contributions to the study of labour, ethnicity and nationalism, women’s history and movements, are internationally acclaimed.
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