{"id":151025,"date":"2025-03-26T19:06:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=151025"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T19:06:44","slug":"renowned-scholar-professor-gananath-obeysekara-passes-away-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/renowned-scholar-professor-gananath-obeysekara-passes-away-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Renowned Scholar Professor Gananath Obeysekara Passes Away at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Renowned Scholar Professor Gananath Obeysekara Passes Away at 95<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151026\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Renowned-Scholar-Professor-Gananath-Obeysekara-Passes-Away-at-95-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Renowned Scholar Professor Gananath Obeysekara Passes Away at 95-eLanka\" width=\"202\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Professor Gananath Obeyesekere, a distinguished academic and former Head of Anthropology at Princeton University, has passed away at the age of 95.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He earned his BA in English from the University of Peradeniya in 1955, followed by an MA in 1958 and a PhD in 1964 from the University of Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Prior to his tenure at Princeton University from 1980 to 2000, Prof. Obeyesekere held prestigious academic positions in Sri Lanka, the University of Washington, and the University of California, San Diego.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned Scholar Professor Gananath Obeysekara Passes Away at 95 Professor Gananath Obeyesekere, a distinguished academic and former Head of Anthropology at Princeton University, has passed away at the age of 95. 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