Dr. N. Pushparajah

Dr. Pushparajah is a Senior Lecturer in Political Sciences at the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Culture, Eastern University, Sri Lanka. He previously served as a Senior Lecturer Gr II at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, from November 2018 to May 2022. Additionally, he worked as a Coordinator for the proposed master's degree Program in Peace and Conflict Resolution at the Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna from March 2021- May 2022. 

Dr. Pushparajah holds a PhD in Politics, Human Rights, and Sustainability from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy. He also obtained an LLM degree in International Human Rights from the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, and completed his MA coursework and BA degree in Political Science from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Throughout his career, Dr. Pushparajah has gained extensive research experience. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institutum Iurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan from February 2018 to November 2018, and at the KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China from 2015 to 2017. He also served as a Visiting Guest Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg, Germany in 2013. Furthermore, he has contributed as a Co-Lecturer at the International Training Programme for Conflict Management (ITPCM), Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy, and as a Temporary Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

 

Currently, Dr. Pushparajah holds visiting teaching positions at the Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Science, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, where he teaches Sri Lankan Studies for undergraduate students. His academic interests span various fields, including human rights, humanitarian law, international politics, Sri Lankan politics, constitutional studies, transitional justice, and reconciliation.

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Refereed Journals (Selected)  

1. Balamayuran, M & Pushparajah, N. (2022). The Impact of Covid–19 on Ethnic Minorities in Sri  Lanka. NAVEIÑ REET: Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research, 12, 211–246. https://tidsskrift.dk/nnjlsr/article/view/135371
2. Pushparajah N & Balamayuran, M (2022), The Failure of Constitution-making in Sri Lanka (2015–2019). Millennial Asia.  doi:10.1177/09763996221087017 
3. Pushparajah. N., (2019)., United in Diversity: A Third Way of Constitutional Vision in Post-War Sri Lanka. Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies 5(2) (2019): 196-228.
4. Pushparajah. N., (2016). State Obligations towards the Conduct of Armed Non-State Actors in the Perspective of Due Diligence Principle. Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies 1(2):1-44.
5. Vanhullebusch. M and Pushparajah.N., (2016). The Politics of Prosecution of International Crimes in Sri Lanka. Journal of International Criminal Justice 14: 1235-1260,  https://doi.org/10.1093/jicj/mqw063 
6. Pushparajah. N., (2015). How are Armed Non-State Actors Bound to Apply the Law of Non-International Armed Conflicts?’ Indian Society of International Law’s Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law and Refugee Law XII-XIII : 86-131.

Working Paper

1. Pushparajah. N., (2012). The Applicability of International Human Rights Law to Armed Non-State Actors in Non-International Armed Conflict. Rapport Center for Human Rights and Justice's Working Paper Series, Faculty of Law, University of Texas, USA.

Books

1. புஸ்பராசா. ந., (2022). சமூக நல்லிணக்கமும் பன்முகக் கலாசாரமும். ஒலுவில்: ELTA/ELSE AHEAD நிகழ்ச்சித் திட்டம், கலை கலாசாரப் பீடம், இலங்கை தென்கிழக்குப்பல்கலைக்கழகம்.[Pushparajah, N. (2022). Social Harmony and Multiculturalism. Oluvil:  ELTA/ELSE AHEAD Project. Faculty of Arts and Culture. South Eastern University of Sri Lanka].
2. புஸ்பராசா. ந., (2021). மனித உரிமைகள்: கோட்பாடும் நடைமுறையும். கொழும்பு: குமான் புத்தக இல்லம் [Pushparajah, N.,(2020). Human rights: theory and practice. Colombo: Kumaran Book House (in Tamil)].
3. Pushparajah. N., (2016).  Human Rights Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors in Non-International Armed Conflicts. Netherland: Wolf Legal Publisher.

Book Chapter

1. புஸ்பராசா. ந., (2020). யுத்தத்துக்குப் பின்னரான இலங்கையில் அபிவிருத்தியும் நிலைமாறுகால நீதியும். எம்.எம். பாஸில் (பதிப்பாசிரியர்). போருக்குப் பிந்திய அரசும் சமூகமும்: இலங்கையின் அனுபவங்கள். கொழும்பு: குமரன் புத்தக இல்லம். பப. 416-444. [Pushparajah, N.,(2020). Development and transitional justice in post-war Sri Lanka. In M.M.Fazil (Eds.), Post-war state and society: Sri Lanka’s experiences (pp.416-444)].Colombo: Kumaran Book House (in Tamil)].

Conference Proceedings (Published as Full Papers)

1. Pushparajah. N., (2019). Domestic Accountability and Ethnic Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka, Proceeding of International Conference on Contemporary Management (ICCM), University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Vol.5: 338-350.
2. Pushparajah. N and Zhang. S., (2017).  Counter Piracy in the Horn: A Model for the South China Sea? International Conference on Law and Political Science (ICLPS) Shanghai, China, (14th-15th March 2017).

 

Conference Proceedings (Published as Abstract Forms-Selected)

1. புஸ்பராசா. ந, அழகரெத்தினம்.வெ., (2023).,நெருக்கடியில் ஒற்றுமை: இலங்கையில் நெருக்கடிகால அகிம்சைப் போராட்டமும் இனங்களுக்கிடையிலான சமூக நல்லிணக்கமும், Twenty-Nine Annual Sessions of Jaffna Science Association. 31 March 2023 [Pushparajah, N & Alagaratnam, V. (2023). United in Crisis: Nonviolent Struggle and Inter-    Ethnic Social Reconciliation in Sri Lanka, Twenty-Nine Annual Sessions of Jaffna Science Association. 31 March 2023.
2. புஸ்பராசா. ந (2022) , இலங்கையில்  நிலைமாறுகால நீதிப் பொறிமுறையும் கொவிட் 19 அனர்த்தமும், Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, Twenty Eight Annual Sessions, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka [Pushparajah, N.,(2022).Transitional Justice and Covid-19 Disaster, Twenty Eight Annual Sessions, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
3. புஸ்பராசா. ந (2020) , டொனால்ட் டிரம்ப்பின் மத்திய கிழக்குக்கான சமாதான திட்டமும் இஸ்ரேல்-பாலஸ்தீன பிரச்சினையின் எதிர்காலமும். Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, Twenty Seventh Annual Sessions, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. [Pushparajah, N.,(2020). Donald Trump’ peace plan for the Middle East and the future of Israel- Palestine issue. Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, Twenty Seventh Annual Sessions, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (in Tamil)].
4. Pushparajah. N., (2019). Constitution-Making and Ethnic Reconciliation in Post-War Sri Lanka, Proceedings of Jaffna Science Association, Twenty Sixth Annual Sessions, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

 

Public Disseminations (Selected)

1. புஸ்பராசா. ந., (2023).மனித உரிமைகள் கல்வியும் சமகாலத்தில் அதன் முக்கியத்துவமும். சமூக அறிவியல் வெளி. இதழ் 2, 61-66. சமூக விஞ்ஞானப் பிரிவு வெளியீடு. யாழ்ப்பான விஞ்ஞானச் சங்கம் [Pushparajah, N,(2023). Human Rights Education and Its contemporary Significance. Samuka Ariviyal Veli (Social Science Magazine).Vol.2.61-66.  Social Science Section Publication. Jaffna Science Association
2. Pushparajah.N., (02 Dec.2016). The Concept of Civil War in Traditional International Law. Legalvoiceblog. https://legalvoiceblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/the-concept-of-civil-war-in-traditional-international-law/ 

 

Research Project and Grant

1. Sri Lankan National Legal Framework Concerning Disaster Assistance and Disaster Risk Reduction, Institute of Law, Politics and Development, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy (Funded by Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research), 2012.

 

Memorial Talk

1. Delivered a Memorial Talk on “Role of Thanthai Chelva in the Development of Tamil Nationalism” to commemorate the death Anniversary of S.J.V. Chelvanayagam, organized by the Thanthai Chelva Memorial Trust, held on April 26, 2023, at Urban Council Hall, Trincomalee.

• International Politics
• Sri Lankan Politics
• Constitutional Studies
• Human Rights
• Transitional Justice and reconciliation
• International Humanitarian Law
• Public International Law

1. PSS 2142   Tradition in Western Political Thoughts
2. PS/S 3213 Salient Feature of Human Rights
3. PSS 3233   Issues in Human Rights
4. OPS 3253  Salient Feature of International Humanitarian Law
5. PSS 4123   Political Issues in Sri Lanka
6. PSS 4142   Peace and Post- War Reconciliation in Sri Lanka 
7. PSS 4152   Research Methods in Political Science

1. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institum Jurisprudentiae, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2018)
2. Erasmus Student Mobility for Placement Scholarship (2 Jan 2013 –Oct 2013) for Period Abroad (Visiting Guest Researcher, Max Panck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelburg, Germany) Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy (2013).
3. Research Scholarship (semester) for PhD Research in Politics, Human Rights and Sustainability, Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy (2012).
4. Full International Scholarship for LLM in International Human Rights Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (2008).
5. Rev. C.L. Wickramasinghe Memorial Prize for Political Science (Greatest Competence) University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2005).

Current Positions

1. Coordinator and Moderator for a Virtual Talk Series on Sri Lanka in Crisis: The Way Forward, Faculty of Arts and Culture, EUSL from July, 2022 to date. 
2. Faculty Coordinator for UBL, Eastern University, Sri Lanka from October 2022 to date.
3. Member of the Subcommittee on Annual Research Session ARS 2022, Faculty of Arts and Culture, EUSL.
4. Member of the SER Writing Team Meeting: Criteria No.09: Community Engagement, Consultancy and Outreach 2022/2023, EUSL.
5. Member of Committee for Building Complex for Faculty of Arts and Culture, EUSL Phase-II, from January 2023
6. Student Counsellor, EUSL, from May 2023 to date

Previous Positions

1. Senior Lecturer Gr II, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (Nov 2018- May 2022).
2. Coordinator, MA in Peace and Conflict Resolution, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Jaffna (Mar 2021- May 2022).
3. Member of Research Hub Activation Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna(2022).
4. Member of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (2021-May 2022).
5. Member of Web-Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (2021/2022).
6. Member of Editorial Committee, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (2021).
7. Member of Editorial Board for National Conference on Plural Sri Lanka: Exploring Paths to Reconciliation, organized by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (2021).
8. Member of Curriculum Development, Revision and Monitoring Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (2019-May 2022).
9. Student Counsellor, University of Jaffna (February 01, 2019- February 29, 2020)
10. Student Counsellor, University of Jaffna (March 01, 2020- February 28, 2021) 
11. Editorial Board Members, International Journal of Social Science Studies (ISSN: 2324-8033; E-ISSN: 2324-8041), Published by Redfame Publishing Inc, USA (March 2019-present).
12. Coordinator, Undergraduate Course on Social Harmony and Communication Skills, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (Mar 2019- February 2022).         .
13. Member of Career Guidance Cell, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (2019) 
14. Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of International Law (ISSN: 2394- 2622), Published by Universal Multidisciplinary Research Institute Pvt Ltd, India (September 2014- April 2017).
15. Visiting Guest Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelburg, German (January- October 2013).
16. Co-Lecturer, International Training Programme for Conflict Management (ITPCM), Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna, Pisa, Italy (Apr 2011- Jul 2011).
17. Temporary Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri  Lanka (Jan 2007- Aug 2008). .
18. Resource Person, Centre for Study of Human Rights, University of Peradeniya, Sri  Lanka (Jan 2007- Aug 2008).
19. Part-Time Academic Sub-Warden, Hilda Obeysekara Hall, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (January -August 2008).
20. Volunteer Student Councillor, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya (2007).
21. Editor, Elankathir, Annual Magazine of Tamil Society, University of Peradeniya (2003).

Selected Training Courses and Workshops Attended

1. Participated Educators Training workshop at University of Peradeniya and SLTC Padukka under the INCEDU Project in 2023.
2. Participated Workshop on Active Citizens Facilitator Development Workshop (Virtual), British Council of Sri Lanka (Jan 08-16, 2021).
3. Participated in the Online Training on Peacebuilding and Pluralism, organized by National Peace Council of Sri Lanka (Jun 29 -July 06, 2021).
4. Participated Workshop on Curriculum Development, Organized by ELTA-ELSE Faculty Development Project, AHEAD, Faculty of Arts, University of Jaffna (Nov 25- 27, 2019). 
5. Participated Workshop on Counselling and Psychosocial Support, University of Jaffna (Jul 10,2019).
6. Participated in Summer Course on International Criminal Court, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (20-25 June 2009).
7. Participated Summer Course on Minority Rights, Indigenous People and Human Rights Law, Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (15-20 June 2009).
8. Participated International Conference on ‘Right Now,’ International Student Weeks in Ilmeanau, Technical University, Germany (8-17 May 2009).
9. Participated a Workshop on Competency-Development Programme in Federal Governance: Role of Third Tier, HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, Jaipur, India (01 December 2007).
10. Participated in the Training Workshop on South Asian Regional Competency-Development Programme in Federal Governance, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India, Organized by Berghof of Foundation, Sri Lanka (18 November –09 December 2007).