Selected lectures and papers delivered

• Book talk and reception at the Asia Society, 2/4/10
• The Separatist Conflict in Sri Lanka, Book Launch and Discussion, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, Feb. 2009.
• Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal: Struggle for Democracy. Panel Discussion, National Defense University, Washington D.C., January 2009.
• Sri Lanka at 60: Failure of the Peace Process and Its Implications, Panel Discussion, Asia Society, New York, February 2008.
• Challenges of Democracy and Development in South Asia, Annual South Asia Symposium of the National Advisory Council on South Asian Affairs, The Cosmos Club, Washington D.C., May 2005.
• Sri Lanka: Broadening the Discourse on Peace and Security, Society for International Development, Washington D.C. September 2005.
• Peace, Justice and Democracy in Sri Lanka, Road Maps to Peace in Sri Lanka Conference, Oslo, Norway, August 2004.
• Challenges of Multiculturalism in the 21st Century, Susan George Pulimood Distinguished Memorial Oration, Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 2003.
• Transforming Crisis: Alternatives to Globalization and Ethno-Religious Fundamentalism, Public Lecture, College of St.Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota, April 2002.
• Avoiding Ethnic Conflict, Genocide Studies Lecture Series, International and Area Studies Program, Yale University, April 2001.
• Violence Against Women: Broadening the International Human Rights Discourse, Inaugural Lecture, Public Lecture Series on Violence Against Women in War and Peace, Five College Peace and World Security Studies Program, Mount Holyoke College Feb. 2001.
• The Process of Partnership: Nurturing South Asian Traditions for Collective Sustainability, Sponsored by a consortium including Minnesota State Council on Asian- Pacific Minnesotans Black Bear Crossing, Minneapolis, Oct. 2000.
• The ‘Ethnic Conflict’ in Sri Lanka: Broadening the Debate, Sri Lanka Symposium, Carnegie Center for Ethics in International Affairs and Asia Society, New York, June 2000.
• Global Crisis and Women’s Leadership, Keynote Address, 7th International Women’s Leadership Conference, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, December 1998.
• Women, Population & Global Crisis, Graduate Seminar, Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands, April 1998.
• Women, Population & Global Crisis: A Political-Economic Analysis, Public Lecture, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, April 1998.
• International Perspectives on Environment and Social Justice, Environmental Justice Conference, Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, March 1994.
• Prospects for Peace in Sri Lanka, Conference organized by American Friends Service Committee, Fordham University, New York, June 1993.
• Women, Population and the Environment, Public Forum, Medical School, Stanford University, CA, Feb. 1993.
• Towards a Theoretical Framework for the Study of Asian American Women, Summer Faculty Institute, American Studies Program, Tufts University, MA, June 1992.
• Women’s Progress in the Third World, International Forum on Columbus Quincentennial, Italian Television – Nuovo ERI, Civitavecchia, Italy, Feb. 1992.
• A Women’s Perspective on Arms and Militarism, International Conference on the Global Arms Trade, Sane Freeze, New York City, Nov. 1991.
• The Population and Environment Debate: A Feminist Perspective, Laing College, New School for Social Research, New York, Oct. 1991.
• Third World Women and the Environment, Conference on Columbus Quincentennial, San Salvador, Bahamas, Aug. 1991.
• The Global Environmental Challenge, Japan Environmental Exchange, Tokyo Branch, Inaugural Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1991.
• Women’s Labor Force Participation in Sri Lanka, Population Studies Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, December 1989.
• Feminization of Poverty: An International Perspective, Faculty of Social Science, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, West Germany, Jan. 1989.
• Women and Human Rights in Asia, Conference on Human Rights in South and Southeast Asia, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, May 1988.
• Child and Maternal Health in the Third World, two day Training Workshop for Physicians from the Third World, School of Medicine/Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, March 1988.
• Women and the International Peace Movement, Conference on Women in the Law, Law School, University of Texas, March 1988.
• Thinking Ecologically, Plenary Panel, Building a Green Movement: A National Conference for a New Politics, Amherst, MA, July 1987.
• Women in Third World Development, Keynote Address, Cultural Awareness Symposium, the University of the South, Sewanee, TN, April 1987.
• The Women’s Movement: Prospects and Contradictions, University of the West Indies, Mona Jamaica, Jan. 1985.
• The International Women’s Movement, Public Lecture, Law College, University of Bangalore, India, Feb. 1984.
• Toward International Feminism and Multicultural Women’s Movements, Keynote Speech, Women’s Week, Yale University, April 1983.

Research/publications in progress

Work in Progress

• Comparative Ethnic and Religious Conflict: Theoretical Approaches

Unpublished Reports and Manuscripts

• A Wise Response, September 14, 2001.
• Integrated Pest Management: A Consultancy Report for Care International, Sri Lanka, July 1998
• The Persian Gulf Crisis and the Challenge Facing Humanity, Jan. 1991.
• Development Projects for Indian Women, A Report based on field evaluations, Oxfam-America, Boston, MA, 1984.

Film production

Sri Lanka International collaborative projects

• Eppawala: An Urgent Appeal from Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka International, Tides Center, San Francisco, 2000), 27 mins.