Professor Stanley W. Samarasinghe has facilitated summer study programmes for Payson students in Sri Lanka starting in 2001. Until 2006 each summer he took a relatively large group of students for a three-week course on "Violent Conflict and Development" In more recent years he has facilitated a summer research internship programme for one or two Payson students who wish to undertake indepth research-oriented study in Sri Lanka. Eligibility: Graduate students from any discipline in the "Social Science" field broadly defined. Priority given to Payson MS/Ph.D. candidates and Law School students; Graduate students affiliated to other Programmes, Departments or Schools are also welcome to apply.