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Jayadeva Uyangoda | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1950-09-13)13 September 1950 (age 75) |
| Other names | U-mahathaya |
| Education | PhD |
| Occupation | University professor |
Jayadeva Uyangoda (born 13 September 1950) is a Sri Lankanpolitical scientist.[1][2][3] He is a constitutional expert inSri Lanka.
Jayadewa Uyangoda was aleftist student leader and a member of theJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) movement in the 1970s.[4] He was arrested following the aborted insurrection of 1971 and was imprisoned by the courts. Later, he was released with other JVP rebels on an unconditional pardon by the newly appointed Jayawardena Regime in late 1970s. Having released from the jail, he did his doctoral research in the University of Hawaii onNationalism and State Formation in Bangladesh. He remains one of Sri Lanka's most veteran commentators on ethnic conflict and human rights. He worked withNeelan Tiruchelvam in drafting the model constitution in 1999.
As of May 2012[update], Uyangoda is a professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Policy at theUniversity of Colombo,[5] and founder-director of the Centre for Policy Research and Analysis, Colombo. He is a former chairman of theSri Lanka Foundation inColombo.
Uyangoda was the founder editor and later co-editor ofPravada, an academic journal in English that focuses on Sri Lanka and South Asia. He continues to write prolifically inSinhala and English.
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