Dr. phil. habil Dagmar Hellmann-Rajanayagam

Main Research and Teaching Interests

• History of Asia (South and Southeast Asia)
• Comparative History of Religion
• Tamil
• Cultural nationalism in South India and Sri Lanka
• Tamil diaspora in Southeast Asia
• "Ethnic" conflicts in South and Southeast Asia

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• 1977 MA (Universität Heidelberg)
• 1982 Dr. phil (Universität Heidelberg). Dissertation topic: Cultural Nationalism in Tamil Nadu/India.
• 1998 Dr. habil. (Privatdozentin, Universität Heidelberg). Habilitation topic: Emergence of national consciousness among Sri Lankan Tamils from the mid-19th century to the present day.

Career

• 1982-1983 Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore.
• 1985-1986 Teaching Adjunct for History at the Südasien-Institut Heidelberg.
• 1986-1987 Visiting Fellow at St. Antony's College, Oxford.
• 1987-1991 Research Associate at the Deutsches Historisches Institut London.
• 1992-1993 DAAD Visiting Lecturer at the Dept. of Tamil Literature, University of Madras.
• 1992-1996 DFG Scholar.
• 1996- 2001 Associate Professor at the Unit for Strategic and Security Studies, National University Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
• Since 2002: Teaching Adjunct at LMU

Publications

• Tamil - Sprache als politisches Symbol. Beiträge zur Südasienforschung 74, Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden 1984.
• "Ethnische Konflikte in Sri Lanka: Sinhalesen und Tamilen", in: Asien 17, 1985, pp. 1-24.
• "Educational Standards and Social Distance: Two Tamil Minorities in Sri Lanka", in: D. Rothermund and J. Simon (Eds), Education and the Integration of Ethnic Minorities, London 1986, pp. 129-150.
• "The Tamil 'Tigers' in Northern Sri Lanka: Origins, Factions, Programmes", in: Internationales Asienforum 17, 1986, pp. 63-85.
• "Identity and Self-Perception of the Tamil Minority in Singapore as Reflected in Their Writings", in: Hugh van Skyhawk (Ed.), Minorities on Themselves, South Asian Regional Digest No. 10, Heidelberg 1986, pp. 41-80.
• "The Tamil Militants -- Before the Accord and After", in: Pacific Affairs 61, 4, Winter 1988-89, pp. 603-619.
• "Arumuka Navalar: Religious Reformer or National Leader of Eelam?" In: Indian Economic and Social History Review 26,2, 1989, pp. 235-257.
• "Elections and the Tamil Crisis in Sri Lanka - Results and Impacts", in: Internationales Asienforum 20, 1989, pp. 209-231.
• "The Politics of the Tamil Past", in: Jonathan Spencer (Ed.), Sri Lanka - History and the Roots of Conflict, London and New York 1990, pp. 107-122.
• "The Concept of a 'Tamil Homeland' in Sri Lanka - Its Meaning and Development", in: South, N.S. XIII, 2, Dec. 1990, pp. 79-110.
• "Ethnicity and Nationalism - The Sri Lanka Tamils in the Late Nineteenth Century: Some Theoretical Questions", in: Diethelm Weidemann (Ed.), Nationalism, Ethnicity and Political Development in South Asia, New Delhi 1991, pp. 25-49.
• (Hg. zusammen mit Dietmar Rothermund:) Nationalstaat und Sprachkonflikte in Süd- und Südostasien. Beiträge zur Südasienforschung 149, Stuttgart 1992.
• "The Jaffna Social System: Continuity and Change under Conditions of War", in: Internationales Asienforum 24, 1993, pp. 251-281.
• The Tigers - Armed Struggle for Identity. Beiträge zur Südasienforschung 157. Stuttgart 1994 (Nachdruck 1998).
• "Tamils and the Meaning of History", in: Ch. Manogaran und B.Pfaffenberger (Eds), The Sri Lankan Tamil Ethnicity and Identity, Boulder 1994, pp. 54-83.
• "The 'Groups' and the Rise of Militant Secessionism", in: ibid., pp. 169-207.
• "Is There a Tamil 'Race'?" in: Peter Robb (Ed.), The Concept of Race in South Asia. SOAS Studies on South Asia, Understandings and Perspectives Series, OUP Delhi et al. 1995, pp. 190-145.
• "Doktrin und Praxis des sinhalesischen Nationalismus und die Entstehung des Bürgerkrieges", in: G. Berkemer und T. Frasch (Eds), Sri Lanka. Fünfte Heidelberger Südasiengespräche, Beiträge zur Südasienforschung 171, Stuttgart 1995, pp. 21-41.
• "Security Aspect of the Conflict in Sri Lanka", in: Georg Berkemer, Tilman Frasch, Hermann Kulke, Jürgen Lütt (Eds), Explorations in the History of SOUTH ASIA. Essays in Honour of Dietmar Rothermund. South Asian Studies XXXVI, New Delhi 2001, pp. 337-354.
• Security Implications of the Conflict in Sri Lanka for South Asia and the Region, UPSK Occasional Paper 6, Bangi 1999.
• "Country Chapter: Malaysia", in: Ravinder Pal Singh (Ed.), Arms Procurement Decision Making Processes, Volume 2: Chile, Greece, Malaysia, Poland, South Africa and Taiwan. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, OUP 2000, pp. 67-106.
• "Keine Experimente? Die Wahlen zum 10. Malaysischen Parlament vom 29. November 1999", Internationales Asienforum 3/4, November 2000, pp. 231-254.
• "Abu Sayyaf: Islamic Fundamentalists Or Common-or-Garden Piracy?" in: Aakrosh, Lipika Editorial Services, Delhi, Spring 2001.

Projects

• Religious and social exclusion among Sri Lankan Tamils
• Role of religion in violent conflicts in South and Southeast Asia
• Comparison of Tamil movements in India and Sri Lanka