Events

Book Launch and Intellectual Discussion on Entrepreneurship

Opening of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Academic Centre

Panel Discussion on “Natural Language Processing”

The Department of English will be hosting a panel discussion on Natural Language Processing on 29th July 2019 at 8.30am. During this discussion, the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) and the University of Moratuwa will discuss their work in the field. In Sri Lanka, two of the main bodies that work with NLP are the University of […]

Monthly Seminar – Moral Panics and Migrants: Rethinking Unemployment Insecurities

The Department of Sociology is organizing the monthly seminar for the month of June, on 10th June 2019 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. At this seminar, Professor Rafal Smoczynski will be delivering the lecture on “Moral Panics and Migrants: Rethinking Unemployment Insecurities”. Professor Rafal Smoczynski, […]

The “Coffee Table” Book Launch

In the history of Colombo University of Sri Lanka the first ever Coffee Table Book will be launched on April 7, 2019, at 11.30 am at the University of Colombo’s New Arts Theatre by the Alumni Unity of the 1960s of the University of Ceylon, Colombo. This Publication contains attractive photographs of the University and […]

Dean’s Lecture Series –III

The 3rd  lecture of the of “Dean’s Lecture Series‘ will be held on 08th March 2019, from 3.00 pm onwards at the Board Room, Faculty of Arts. The topic of the lecture will be  “The Ambiguity of Voice: the role of ‘storeytelling’.  This will be a talk by Sarah Kabir based on her book ‘Voices of Peace’ (2018), along with photographer Munira Mutaher.

International Women’s Day 2019

Monthly Seminar, Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology will be organizing the monthly seminar for the month of February, on Thursday 14th February 2019 from 2.00 p.m – 3.30 p.m in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. At this seminar, Dr. Tharindi Udalagama will be delivering the lecture on “That’s not Love but Greed!: Perspectives on Love […]

Guest Lecture on “Arabic Language in the Business World”

The Arabic and Islamic Civilization Unit has organized a guest lecture on “Arabic language in the business world” on 19th January 2019 from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm at the Board Room, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. The lecture will be delivered by Assistant Professor Shuhaib Alam, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, Editor in Arabic / Encyclopedia on Hajj […]

PGIM Oration 2019 – Call for applications

Dean’s Literary Award and Book Exhibition

The Dean’s Literary Award Ceremony 2018 will take place November 27th 2.00 pm onwards at the New Arts Theatre, University of Colombo. The keynote speaker for the event is Professor Raj Somadeva, Senior Professor, Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology. This year the award ceremony will be accompanied by a book exhibition occurring November 26th– 27th, 9.30am – […]

Yoga Exercises program

The Launch of Sinhala Akuru Puranaya (Chronicle of Sinhala Letters)

The launch of Sinhala Akuru Puranaya ( Chronicle of Sinhala Letters) written by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo will be held on 23rd October 2018 at 3.00 pm at the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium , Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. Emeritus Professor J. B. Disanayaka will preside on this occasion and […]

Seminar on “Constructing ‘water worlds’: the social implications of technical systems in water governance”

The Department of Sociology will be organizing the monthly seminar for the month of October, on Thursday 18th October 2018 from 2.00 p.m. – 3.30 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology.  At this seminar, Mr. Kavindra Paranage, will be delivering the lecture on “ “Constructing ‘water worlds’: the social implications of technical systems in water governance”. Kavindra Paranage is a […]

The Colombo Law Review – Call for papers

The Colombo Law Review – 2018 Call for papers The Department of Private and Comparative Law of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo, calls for papers for the Colombo Law Review 2018, a prestigious academic journal. The Editorial Board welcomes unsolicited manuscripts from interested contributors on a wide range of topics related to law.

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