Nadine Vanniasinkam is a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the School of Culture History & Language in the College of Asia and the Pacific . Her doctoral research focuses on the discourses and practices that shape coexistence and contestations among different ethnoreligious communities around sacred spaces in post-war Sri Lanka. Nadine holds a Masters degree in Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne, a BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature from the University of Colombo and an LLB from the University of London.