{"id":16463,"date":"2026-01-27T03:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/?p=16463"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T05:16:58","slug":"end-of-the-world-human-library-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/end-of-the-world-human-library-event\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the World? – Human Library Event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Talk on titled \u201cEnd of the World? The 21st Century\u2019s First Quarter Saw an Epochal Shift in Planetary Ecosystem and Human Civilisation\u201d<\/div>\n
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The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) Library successfully hosted a talk titled \u201cEnd of the World? The 21st Century\u2019s First Quarter Saw an Epochal Shift in Planetary Ecosystem and Human Civilisation\u201d on 27 January 2026 at the BCIS Library. The session was delivered by Lakshman Gunasekara, former Sunday Observer and Daily News Chief Editor, foreign correspondent, and regular world affairs commentator. The talk examined major environmental, social, and geopolitical transformations of the early 21st century and their implications for humanity\u2019s future. Participants engaged in a thoughtful discussion that encouraged critical reflection on global challenges and the role of informed public discourse.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BCIS Library | Human Library Series (3rd Event) Talk on titled \u201cEnd of the World? The 21st Century\u2019s First Quarter Saw an Epochal Shift in Planetary Ecosystem and Human Civilisation\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":16476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16463"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16477,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16463\/revisions\/16477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcis.edu.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}