ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the key themes emerging from recent scientific research on caste in contemporary Sri Lanka, a topic that has received renewed academic interest since the end of the civil war. As well as demonstrating the continuing importance of caste in several different spheres, the chapter identifies empirical gaps in the existing caste scholarship. It also outlines two theoretical and methodological challenges that future caste researchers need to address in Sri Lankan caste studies, which is currently divided into research on either Tamils or Sinhalese, to become an integrated field.
