Jonathan Spencer
Professor
South Asian Language, Culture and Society
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Biography
Professor Jonathan Spencer FRSE Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society
Research Interest
Anthropology
Publications
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2016 'Securitization and its Discontents: The End of Sri Lanka's Long Postwar?' Contemporary South Asia. 24(1): 94-108.
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2018 (with Sidharthan Maunaguru) '"You can do anything with a temple": religion, philanthropy, and politics in South London and Sri Lanka.' Modern Asian Studies. Special Issue, Charity and Philanthropy in South Asia, (eds) F. Osella and S. Ramaswamy. 52(1).
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2018 "Pillayar and the politicians: secularisation and toleration at the end of Sri Lanka's civil war.' In Humeira Iqtidar and Tanika Sarkar eds. Tolerance, Secularisation and Democratic Politics in South Asia, Cambridge University Press, (forthcoming).
