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Miguel Goonatilleka

Home Country

Sri Lanka

A Comparison Between the Ethnic Traditions of the Cajuns and Creoles in the American South and the Eurasion Ethnicity of the Portuguese-Burghers of Sri Lanka

Program

Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program

Program Country

Sri Lanka

Grant Activity Type

Research

Discipline

Drama/Theater Arts

Academic Year

1990-1991

Flex

Scholar type

Non-U.S. (Visiting) Scholar

Project Title

A Comparison Between the Ethnic Traditions of the Cajuns and Creoles in the American South and the Eurasion Ethnicity of the Portuguese-Burghers of Sri Lanka

Scholar Information

Grantee

Miguel Goonatilleka

Title

Chair

Institution

University of Kelaniya

Department

Department of Fine Arts

Host Institutions

Institution

University of New Orleans

Faculty

Arnold B. Hirsch

Host Department

Department of History