Events

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 […]

Global dialogue on wildlife trafficking: Call for papers

PGIM Oration 2019 – Call for applications

6th International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional Medicine – ICAUST 2018

ICAUST 2018 We extend our cordial invitation to participate in the “6th International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional Medicine” organized by the Institute of Indigenous Medicine (IIM), University of Colombo under the guidance of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka on 7th to 9th December 2018. The aim of the conference is […]

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 – […]

Young Economists Conference Colombo 2018

This is an opportunity for the recently passed-out graduates and to the graduates in 2nd, 3rd or 4th years enrolled in Economic special or economic stream. Abstracts of completed researches as well as currently enrolled researches are accepted for presentation. Students can submit – Abstracts of their final research with findings and conclusions (recently passed-out […]

International Legal Research Conference (ILRC’18)

Sub Themes: Future of Roman-Dutch Law Constitutionalizing constitutions in the pluralistic world New horizons in International Law/ Third World perspective Employment law in globalized world Regulating the corporate and the business world The Family: Law, tradition and transformation Innovation, Technology and Intellectual Property Law Gender Justice, Women and Law Human Rights/Humanitarian Law/Criminal Justice Legal education […]

Monthly Seminar, Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology will be organizing the monthly seminar for the month of November, on Thursday 15th November 2018 from 2.00 p.m – 4.00 p.m in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology.  At this seminar,  Mr.  M. G. L. Mahesh Premarathna will be speaking on  “New forms of Buddhism and the social formation in postwar Sri Lanka”,  and   Mr.  K. […]

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 […]

Dean’s Lecture Series – II

The 2nd lecture and the panel discussion of the of “Dean’s Lecture Series‘ will be held on 16th October 2018, from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm at the Board Room, Faculty of Arts. The topic of the lecture is  “Humanities and Its Discontents in Higher Education Today” and will be delivered by Professor Saugata Bhaduri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi […]

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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International Symposium on Ayurweda and Indigenous Medicine 2018 (ISAIM 2018)

Tourism Leaders’ Summit (TLS) and International Tourism Research Conference (ITRC)

The Alumni Association of Tourism Economics and Hospitality Management (AATHEM) and the Students of the Tourism Study Programmes of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo is organizing the 5th Consecutive Tourism Leaders’ Summit (TLS) and International Tourism Research Conference (ITRC) in parallel to the official celebration of UNWTO World Tourism Day in Sri […]