S. H. Hasbullah

Shahul Hameed Hasbullah (Tamil: சாஹுல் ஹமீத் ஹஸ்புல்லாஹ், romanized: Cāhul Hamīt Haspullāh; 3 September 1950 25 August 2018) was a Sri Lankan social activist, geographer and academic.

S. H. Hasbullah
எஸ். எச். ஹஸ்புல்லாஹ்
Born(1950-09-03)3 September 1950
Died25 August 2018(2018-08-25) (aged 67)
Alma mater
OccupationAcademic

Early life and family

Hasbullah was born on 3 September 1950 in Erukkulampiddy in northern Ceylon.[1][2] He was educated at Erukkulampiddy Central College.[3] He obtained a B.A degree from the Peradeniya campus of the University of Sri Lanka in 1975.[1][2] He also received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of British Columbia.[1][2][4]

Hasbullah had a son and two daughters.[2]

Career

Hasbullah was professor of geography at the University of Peradeniya.[1] He was a visiting scholar at the University of Zurich, University of Edinburgh, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of British Columbia (2004).[1] He was a visiting Fulbright scholar at Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration.[1][4]

Hasbullah was a resource person during the 2003 Sri Lankan peace talks facilitated by Norway in Thailand, Germany, and Japan and was member of the Sub-committee on Immediate and Humanitarian Needs of the War-torn Areas of Sri Lanka.[1] He was a UGC appointed member of the council of the University of Jaffna.[1][5] He was a member of the board of directors of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES).[6] He was a member of the 2017-18 provincial council delimitation committee.[7][8]

On 25 August 2018 Hasbullah suffered a heart attack during a meeting at the University of Jaffna and died after being admitted to Jaffna Teaching Hospital.[1][2][9] His death came the day after the delimitation committee's report was rejected by Parliament by 139 votes to nil.[10] Hasbullah had submitted an alternate report opposing the delimitation committee's report which he believed had marginalised island-wide minority representation.[11]

Works

Hasbullah wrote several books and research papers including:

  • The Fertility Behaviour of Muslims of Sri Lanka (1984, University of British Columbia)[12]
  • The Growth and Variations of Rural Non-farm Activities in Sri Lanka Since Independence (1989, University of British Columbia)[13]
  • Muslim Refugees, the Forgotten People in Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict (2001, Research and Action Forum for Social Development)
  • Peace Negotiations and Social Processes in Sri Lanka (2006, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, co-author Øivind Fuglerud)
  • Sri Lankan Society in an Era of Globalization: Struggling to Create a New Social Order (2009, SAGE Publishing, co-author Barrie M. Morrison)[14]
  • Checkpoint, Temple, Church and Mosque: A Collaborative Ethnography of War and Peace (2014, Pluto Press, co-authors Jonathan Goodhand, Bart Klem, Benedikt Korf, Kalinga Tudor Silva and Jonathan Spencer)[1][15]
  • Denying the Right to Return: Resettlement in Musali South and the Wilpattu Controversy (2015, Kandy Forum)[1]
  • Social Mobilisation of Livelihood Concerns and Everyday Encounters with an Ambiguous State (ICES, co-author Urs Geiser)[1]

References

  1. "Professor Shahul H. Hasbullah (3 September 1950 – 25 August 2018)". Colombo Telegraph. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. "பேராசிரியர் S.H. ஹஸ்புல்லாஹ் காலமானார்". Thinakaran (in Tamil). Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  3. "Prof. Hasbullah passes away". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  4. "SHSU Update for Week of Oct. 20". Huntsville, U.S.A.: Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. "The Council". Jaffna, Sri Lanka: University of Jaffna. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  6. "Board of Directors". Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Centre for Ethnic Studies. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  7. "Provincial Councils' Delimitation report in the House for debate". The Sunday Times. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  8. "Delimitation Report for PC elections handed over to Minister". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Colombo, Sri Lanka. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  9. Yuwaraj, T. (25 August 2018). "பேராசிரியர் எஸ்.எச்.ஹஸ்புல்லாஹ் யாழ்ப்பாணம் பல்கலைக்கழக வளாகத்தில் காலமானார்". Virakesari (in Tamil). Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  10. "Co-author dies as Sri Lanka parliament shoots down report". Economy Next. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. "சமூகத்திற்காக போராடி வென்ற பேராசிரியர்". Vidivelli News. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  12. Hasbullah, S. H. (1984). The Fertility Behaviour of Muslims of Sri Lanka. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia.
  13. Hasbullah, S. H. (1989). The Growth and Variations of Rural Non-farm Activities in Sri Lanka Since Independence. Vancouver, Canada: University of British Columbia.
  14. "S H Hasbullah". SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  15. "Shahul Hasbullah". London, U.K.: Pluto Press. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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