Refugee Memory As Resistance
The Making of Tamil History
$35.99
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Refugee Memory as Resistance tells the powerful story of Tamils who fled the Sri Lankan civil war in the 1980s and 1990s and rebuilt their lives in new countries, including Australia.
Drawing on oral history interviews and archival research across Australia, the United Kingdom and Sri Lanka, the book explores how war, displacement and resettlement are lived and remembered across generations and borders.
What happens when people carry stories that states have tried to …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522881219 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0522881211 |
| Author: | Niro Kandasamy |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Niro Kandasamy
Niro Kandasamy is a lecturer in the School of Humanities, where she teaches histories of conflict, refugee resettlement, foreign aid and international relations. She has taught in Melbourne and held senior research roles in non-government organisations. She was a US Fulbright scholar in 2024 and has held visiting fellowships at the University of Oxford and York University.
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