Kalpani Dambagolla

I am a PhD researcher examining how human rights pedagogy can be reimagined and contextualized within the complexities of post-war Sri Lanka. My research explores the intersections of post-war narratives, memory practices, post-conflict pedagogy, and multicultural studies, with the aim of developing contextualized approaches to human rights education in post-war Sri Lanka.

My work is shaped by an interdisciplinary background, ranging from cultural studies, political histories, and philosophy to human rights and multiculturalism. Building on this foundation, my master’s research examined women’s war narratives in Sri Lanka’s post-war context and introduced the concept of “feminist troubled knowledge” as a critical lens for challenging dominant human rights discourses. I have also gained experience teaching human rights education and conducting fieldwork on reconciliation in post-conflict Sri Lanka.