Bob Marley, Music and Youth
University is not a mere place to engage in teaching and learning and offering a degree certificate. University must be a dynamic and reflective community which must promote the arts, leadership, multiculturalism, humanity, and personality of its all members. While a university creates and protects the classical arts through critical creations, it must be able […]
Students from Department of Economics thrive at SAESM
Economics undergraduates have secured five (05) awards out of ten (10) research themes at the SAESM 2020 held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Out of five (05) winners, four (04) are from the Department of Economics, University of Colombo. South Asia Economics Students Meet (SAESM) is an annual event for undergraduates studying Economics in Seven (07) South […]
Dean’s Lecture Series – Faculty of Arts
Under the patronage and guidance of Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean Faculty of Arts, and in collaboration with the Centre for Disability Research Education and Practice (CEDREP)- Faculty of Arts, the sixth lecture on the Dean’s Lecture Series of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo was organised to be delivered by Prof Tom […]
Closing Ceremony of the First Vocational Chinese Training Program
The closing ceremony of the first Vocational Chinese Training Program conducted by the Confucius Institute, University of Colombo, in Sri Lankan Customs was held on 14th January 2020, at the Wonder Hotel in Colombo. Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Deputy Director of Sri Lankan Customs, M.S.A. Hassan, […]
Annual Meeting of the Board of Management, Confucius Institute
Annual meeting of the Board of Management, Confucius Institute, University of Colombo was held on 19th December 2019. Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne – Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo, Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva – Dean, Faculty of Arts, Dr. L. M. Kapila Bandara – Dean, Faculty of Education, Senior Professor L. Manawadu – Head, Department of […]
Professor Liujin Yang of Honghe University, China visits University of Colombo
Professor Liujin Yang and Professor Qinghua Long from Honghe University, Yunnan Province, China, visited the University of Colombo on 13th December 2019 and shared their research in the Mang people of Bulang ethnic group. Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Dr. Ven Uduhawara Ananda, Head of the Department of Buddhism […]
Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium 2019
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium 2019 and 75 years Anniversary Celebrations of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo was held on 4th December 2019 at the Professor VK Samaranayake Auditorium, UCSC under the theme “Sinhala Studies: Past, Present & Future”. The Chief Guest of the Ceremony was Senior Professor Chandrika […]
Corpora, Archives & Performance: Sri Lankan Languages and Literature
Corpora, Archives and Performance: A Conference on Sri Lanka Languages and Literature” organised by the Department of English, Faculty of Arts, was recently held with the participation of Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Dr. Shermal Wijewardene, Head, Department of English. Day One included an […]
Conference on ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific’
The Departments of International Relations and Economics from the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland held a two day conference titled: ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific: Harnessing the future of Poland-Sri Lanka Relations through multi-track […]
Dean’s Lecture Series – Faculty of Arts
The 5th lecture of the Dean’s lecture series in the Faculty of Arts was held on 1st November 2019 at the Faculty Board Room. Professor Suresh Canagarajah (Edwin Erle Sparks Professor, Pennsylvania State University, USA), delivered the lecture on ‘Post-colonial English Language Curriculum Practices in South Asia’ and Dr. Wenura Palihawadana (Consultant Psychiatrist, Base Hospital, […]
Confucius Institute Day – Chinese Culture Event
Confucius Institute Day, the annual Chinese culture event, organized by Confucius Institute of the University of Colombo Sri Lanka(CIUC) was organized on 25th October 2019, from 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm in the Yellow Tables Area, Faculty of Arts. Venerable Professor Medawachchiye Dhammajothi Thero, Local Director of CIUC, delivered the welcome address to all invitees […]
Post-war Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the problem of peace
The Department of Sociology organized the monthly seminar for the month of October, on Thursday 24th October 2019 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. in the SPARC Conference Room. At this seminar, Dr. Bart Klem delivered the lecture on “Post-war Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the problem of peace”. The speaker is […]
Dean’s Lecture Series – Faculty of Arts
Under the patronage and guidance of Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean Faculty of Arts, the fourth lecture on the Dean’s Lecture Series of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo was organised to be delivered by Professor Bob Simpson, Durham University, UK. The Lecture titled ‘Managing the Pious Cadaver: Whole Body Donation and Anatomy […]
Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea
The Confucius Institute at University of Colombo, co-organized a Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea named as “The Taste of Chinese Tea from the Beautiful Yunnan Province” on 5th September 2019 in the Green Table area, Faculty of Arts. Venerable Professor Medawachchiye Dhammajothi Thero, the Local Director of CIUC, gave a welcome address to all invitees. […]
Godage National Literary Awards – 2019
Emeritus Professor of Sinhala J B Disanayaka and Professor and Head/Department of Sinhala Sandagomi Coperahewa received awards at the Godage National Literary Festival held on 5th September 2019 at the SLFI Auditorium. Professor Disanayaka received the Godage Lifetime Award for his contribution towards Sinhala language and literature and Professor Coperahewa received an award for the […]
International Symposium on ‘Sociology for Everyday Life’
The International Research Symposium of the Department of Sociology organized in celebration of its fiftieth milestone, with the theme ‘Sociology for everyday life‘ was held successfully on the 3rd and 4th of September 2019 at the University of Colombo premises. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 3rd of September at the College House Auditorium. The Chief […]