acknowledge the efforts of Nadine Vanniasinkam, again for staying with the project over these two years, providing support to the two editors, and working with the authors, the printer and copy editor, to ensure the completion of the publication. An acknowledgement is due to Sharni Jayawardena for her efforts at copy-editing the volume, to Reihshan Deen for compiling the index and to Lakmali Alwis and P. Thambirajah for their contributions. The ICES thanks the authors for their contributions, and all those who participated in the conference and contributed in less visible ways. Mario Gomez Executive Director International Centre for Ethnic Studies Sri Lanka August 2019 viii