A collection in honor of Jonathan Spencer, one of the leading anthropologists of Sri Lanka.
The essays in this forum celebrate Jonathan Spencer’s many contributions to anthropology, and were originally presented at a workshop held in Edinburgh in October 2023. (Alongside the essays presented here, Chris Fuller, Yael Navaro, and Sharika Thiranagama also gave presentations.) Over his career Jonathan has produced an influential body of work on political anthropology and the anthropology of violence. Above all though the work has been marked by an intense commitment to Sri Lanka, across five decades, and shows the benefit of that commitment in terms of collaborations and insights.
