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 […]
SDC Awards Ceremony 2019
The Awards Ceremony of the Staff Development Centre of the University of Colombo was held on the 6th of November 2019 at the Senate Hall of the University, under the patronage of the Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne. The event, which saw 44 participants from universities across the country receive their accreditation as teachers […]
AUAEM, AUAYF & ARS – 2019 | Press Conference
A Press Conference to announce the Asian Universities Alliance Youth Forum, Asian Universities Alliance Executive Meeting and the Annual Research Symposium 2019 of the University of Colombo was held on the 6th of November at the Senate Hall, College House. Many key stakeholders including the current Vice-Chancellor, Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne and the former […]
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, […]
ICDLE 2019 – Best Presentation Award
Dr K.H.E.L.W Hettiarachchi from the University of Colombo School of Computing won the Best Presentation Award in Learning Methods and Modes session at the 11th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers (ICDLE 2019) held on October 28 – 31, 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherland.
Radioactive Mineralogy Seminar
Radioactive mineralogy seminar organized by Scintilla – Nuclear Science Society in collaboration with Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science Section E2 was held in 29th October 2019 at the Faculty of Science premises with the participation of 110 students.
Dr Sirimal Premakumara and his team wins National Award for Research Excellence in Agriculture – 2019
Sri Lanka Council for Agriculture Research Policy, the umbrella organization of the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) that co-ordinates research and development institutes within several ministries of the country declared National Awards scheme for Research Excellence in Agriculture in 2004 to recognize outstanding achievements in agricultural research. Awardees are selected in four sectors, namely, Plantation, […]
Faculty Club Paduru Party
Against a very anti-FC weather forecast, the Faculty Club embarked on its fun-loaded Paduru Party on Friday, 25th October ‘19. It was a gamble, as weeks to the party, and worse, just days to the Padura, what greeted all was an irritated, gloomy overcast sky that unleashed sporadic, intensive downpours beating all past records of […]
14th Annual International Research Conference on Management and Finance
The International Research Conference on Management and Finance (IRCMF) organized by the Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo was held on 25th October this year for the 14th consecutive time. Through this conference, the faculty continued its rich academic tradition by enabling academics of the management discipline to engage, debate, and present their […]
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 […]
National CSSL ICT Awards 2019
Professor G.K.A. Dias and Dr Prasad Wimalaratne of the University of Colombo School of Computing were awarded “CSSL ICT Educator of the Year” and “CSSL ICT Researcher of the Year 2019” awards under the Elite Award category by the Computer Society of Sri Lanka on 8th October 2019.
SLAYS Conference 2019
Promoting Impactful Research for Young Sri Lankan Scientists: SLAYS Conference 2019 The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) successfully held their 3rd annual international conference on the 16th of October 2019 at the Grand Crystal Ball room, Hotel Taj Samudra, Colombo. Considered the largest conference among early to mid-career scientists from academia and industry […]
Service Learning programme wins the UNESCO Wenhui Award 2019
Service Learning Programme offered by the Career Guidance Unit, Faculty of Science has won the prestigious UNESCO Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation, 2019. Wenhui Award, established by the National Commission of the People’s Republic of China for UNESCO, aims to recognize the contributions of educators and institutions which have optimized the potential of education and […]
Establishment of New Community Centres – CSHR
The Centre for the Study of Human Rights is the pioneer research and academic institute affiliated to the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo whose main objective is to educate and conduct research on the stream of Human Rights. As an institute attached to a state university, Centre for the Study of Human […]
