Bhadrajee S Hewage
Biographic Data
| ID | 5871778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bhadrajee S Hewage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bhadrajee S |
| FAMILY NAME | Hewage |
| SIGNATURE | HEWAGE B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9428-4969 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Caste Negotiations of Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) in Colonial Ceylon
Analyses involving Anagarika Dharmapala (1864–1933) and his relationship to caste— rare enough as they are—often mirror conversations on the position of caste in Sri Lanka more generally. Despite the presence of caste and its previous significance in the island’s history, these discussions hold that caste no longer maintains a critical social purpose. Dharmapala’s formulation of Buddhism as an ethnocentric and hegemonic ideology that concealed ra…
Romantic nationalism in India: Cultivation of culture and the global circulation of ideas
Venerating Bodh Gaya: The Return of the Ceylonese to Buddhism's Holiest Site
In 1891, the Ceylonese Anagarika Dharmapala made his first pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya, the supposed site where Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, in northern India. Following his visit, Dharmapala established the Maha Bodhi Society and himself became a household name in subcontinental Buddhist circles, especially for his campaigns to reclaim Buddhist ownership over the Bodh Gaya site. While Bodh Gaya currently remains a popular pilgrimage locatio…
The Proteas Plucked for a Lotus Land: Ceylon’s Boer Internment Experience, 1900–1902
This article explores Britain’s decision to intern over 5,000 captured Boer (Afrikaner) combatants on the island of Ceylon from 1900 to 1902 during the South African War. Using hitherto unanalysed source material, this manuscript resolves several unanswered questions regarding the experience of Boer internment in Ceylon itself and whether the internment experience matched Britain’s imperial expectations. Given the sheer number of captured Boers w…
Polemical Publications and Socioeconomic Shake-Ups: Nineteenth-Century Ceylonese Buddhist Revivalism from Migettuwatte Gunananda to Anagarika Dharmapala
For the past five decades, scholarship on nineteenth century Ceylonese Buddhism has focused on the concept of “Protestant Buddhism” to describe both the development and form of the island’s Buddhist revivalism. Different critiques of this concept have provided alternative explanations of the relationship between Sinhalese Buddhism and the realities of “modernity” in colonial Ceylon. By focusing on the oft-neglected specific developments themselve…
Tanzanian Rule While Zanzibar Plays the Fool? The Invalidity of Zanzibari Unease over Tanzanian Mainland Dominance, 1964–1991
On April 26, 1964, the People’s Republic of Zanzibar merged with the Republic of Tanganyika to form the Tanzanian Union. Yet the circumstances surrounding the formation of this Union and the nature of the Union itself raise several unanswered questions. Indeed, some Zanzibaris fear that their island archipelago has been effectively “taken over” by Tanganyika through the guise of the Union government of the Tanzanian mainland. This manuscript expl…
Polemical Publications and Socioeconomic Shake-Ups: Nineteenth-Century Ceylonese Buddhist Revivalism from Migettuwatte Gunananda to Anagarika Dharmapala
For the past five decades, scholarship on nineteenth century Ceylonese Buddhism has focused on the concept of “Protestant Buddhism” to describe both the development and form of the island’s Buddhist revivalism. Different critiques of this concept have provided alternative explanations of the relationship between Sinhalese Buddhism and the realities of “modernity” in colonial Ceylon. By focusing on the oft-neglected specific developments themselve…
Tanzanian Rule While Zanzibar Plays the Fool? The Invalidity of Zanzibari Unease over Tanzanian Mainland Dominance, 1964–1991
On April 26, 1964, the People’s Republic of Zanzibar merged with the Republic of Tanganyika to form the Tanzanian Union. Yet the circumstances surrounding the formation of this Union and the nature of the Union itself raise several unanswered questions. Indeed, some Zanzibaris fear that their island archipelago has been effectively “taken over” by Tanganyika through the guise of the Union government of the Tanzanian mainland. This manuscript expl…
The Proteas Plucked for a Lotus Land: Ceylon’s Boer Internment Experience, 1900–1902
This article explores Britain’s decision to intern over 5,000 captured Boer (Afrikaner) combatants on the island of Ceylon from 1900 to 1902 during the South African War. Using hitherto unanalysed source material, this manuscript resolves several unanswered questions regarding the experience of Boer internment in Ceylon itself and whether the internment experience matched Britain’s imperial expectations. Given the sheer number of captured Boers w…
Polemical Publications and Socioeconomic Shake-Ups: Nineteenth-Century Ceylonese Buddhist Revivalism from Migettuwatte Gunananda to Anagarika Dharmapala
For the past five decades, scholarship on nineteenth century Ceylonese Buddhism has focused on the concept of “Protestant Buddhism” to describe both the development and form of the island’s Buddhist revivalism. Different critiques of this concept have provided alternative explanations of the relationship between Sinhalese Buddhism and the realities of “modernity” in colonial Ceylon. By focusing on the oft-neglected specific developments themselve…
The Caste Negotiations of Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) in Colonial Ceylon
Analyses involving Anagarika Dharmapala (1864–1933) and his relationship to caste— rare enough as they are—often mirror conversations on the position of caste in Sri Lanka more generally. Despite the presence of caste and its previous significance in the island’s history, these discussions hold that caste no longer maintains a critical social purpose. Dharmapala’s formulation of Buddhism as an ethnocentric and hegemonic ideology that concealed ra…
Romantic nationalism in India: Cultivation of culture and the global circulation of ideas
Venerating Bodh Gaya: The Return of the Ceylonese to Buddhism's Holiest Site
In 1891, the Ceylonese Anagarika Dharmapala made his first pilgrimage to Bodh Gaya, the supposed site where Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, in northern India. Following his visit, Dharmapala established the Maha Bodhi Society and himself became a household name in subcontinental Buddhist circles, especially for his campaigns to reclaim Buddhist ownership over the Bodh Gaya site. While Bodh Gaya currently remains a popular pilgrimage locatio…
Archaeology (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · African history and culture studies (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art (2 works)