Events

“තිමිර බිඳහැර” Peduru Party 2018

A talk by Thelma Wheatley – Interracial Love in Colonial Ceylon and Toronto

A talk by Canadian author Thelma Wheatley titled Interracial Love in Colonial Ceylon and Toronto will be held on 4th October 2017 at 4.00 pm, organized by the Department of English, University of Colombo. All are welcome.

A Discourse on Contemporary Literature in Sinhala

The Department of Sinhala and Sinhala Society have organized a the Discourse on Contemporary Literature in Sinhala on 4th October 2017,10.00 a.m. at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium of the Department of Sinhala.

Chinese Rhythm and World Melody

The Confucius Institute, Faculty of Arts with collaboration of the Gannan Normal University, China will be organizing the Chinese Rhythm and World Melody (Chinese Music & Dance Tour Performance, South Asia 2017) on 12th October 2017 at the New Arts Theater , University of Colombo at 12.oo noon. This event is sponsored by the Confucius Institute Headquarters, China with the support of Chinese Embassy in […]

Seminar on “Forty Years On: The processes of change in a Sinhalese Fishing Village”

The Department of Sociology will be organizing the monthly seminar for the month of October, on  16th of October 2017 at 3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. At this seminar, Prof. R. L. Stirrat presented the lecture on “Forty Years On: The processes of change in a Sinhalese Fishing Village”. Prof. R.L. Stirrat taught at the […]

Award Ceremony : Diploma in Sinhala

The Award Ceremony of Diploma in Sinhala will be held on 31st October 2017 at 2.00 p.m. in the M B Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala.  The Vice Chancellor, Senior Professor Lakshman Disanayaka will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest.  The Keynote speech will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Gamini Dela Bandara, University of Kelaniya.  

Screening of “Amara Kaaviyam”

The film ‘Amara Kaaviyam’ will be screened on 15th November 2017, from 1.45 pm onwards at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala, and will be followed by a discussion.  The event will be organized by the Sinhala Society, Department of Sinhala.  

Book Launch by an undergraduate (ගී ප්‍රදීපාර්ථ)

” Gee Pradeepartha” (ගී ප්‍රදීපාර්ථ) a book written by Ms. Kasuni Nadeeka, a second year Undergraduate of the Department of Sinhala, will be launched on 22nd November 2017 at 3.00 PM in the New Arts Theatre, University of Colombo. The Keynote speech will be delivered by Mr Jackson Anthony and the orchestra will be conducted by Susil Amarasinghe and his Crew. This event […]

Drama Festival

Drama Festival : 8th – 11th Jan. 2018 The Annual Drama Festival – University of Colombo will be held on 8th January to 11th January 2018 at the New Art’s Theater from 4.00 pm onwards.  This Festival will be organized by the Department of Sinhala and sponsored by the Arts Council, University of Colombo.

රාවණ – නොකී පුරාවත

¤රාවණ රජු ජීවත් වූයේ වත්මන් විවිධ දේශපාලන සිතියම් හා වර්ගවාදයන් නොපැවති වසර හත්දහස් පන්සියයක් පමණ ඉපැරණි යුගයකය. රාවණ පුවත පිළිබඳ විවිධ අර්ථකථනයන්හි සත්‍යය ගවේෂණය කෙරෙන මෙසමයෙහි මෙම ප්‍රයත්නය ශ්‍රී ලාංකික චින්තනය නව මානයකට යොමු කරවීමට ඉවහල් වන මූලාශයක් වනු ඇත. ශ්‍රී ලාංකික අප සියල්ලන්ම අපගේ නොපැවසුණ අතීතය ගැන අභිමානවත් විය යුතු අතර අපේ ඉතිහාසය අනගි […]

Awards Ceremony – Extension Courses in English

The Annual Awards Ceremony of the Department of English, Extension Courses in English will take place on Wednesday, 20th December 2017 at 12.30 pm at the New Arts Theatre (NAT), University of Colombo. The Chief Guest for the occasion is Ms. Lakmini Wijesundera, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Iron One Technologies and BoardPAC. The Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Bursar […]

Dean’s Awards Ceremony (පීඨාධිපති සම්මාන ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය)

The Department of Sinhala and the Faculty of Arts will be organizing the Dean’s Awards Ceremony (පීඨාධිපති සම්මාන ප්‍රදානෝත්සවය)on 13th of December 2017 at 2.00 pm, at the New Arts Theatre, University of Colombo.  Professor Athula Ranasinghe, The Dean, Faculty of Arts will be the Chief Guest and Professor Darshana Rathnayake will deliver the keynote address.

Book Launch by an undergraduate (පාට වෙනස්)

‘Pata Wenas‘  (පාට වෙනස්) a book written by Ms. Ridmi Handapangoda, a second year Undergraduate of the Department of Sinhala, will be launched on 6th December 2017 at 2.00 pm in the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo. The event will be chaired by Professor Rev. Agalakada Sirisumana Thero and special addresses will be delivered by Dr. Latha Gurusinghe, Head – […]

Public dialogue on the latest Sri Lankan Development update Managing Risk and creating opportunities for sustainable Growth

Public dialogue on the latest Sri Lankan Development update Managing Risk and creating opportunities for sustainable Growth.

පරිත්‍රාණ ධර්ම දේශන

Annual Research Symposium – Department of Sinhala

The Annual Research Symposium (වාර්ෂික පර්යේෂණ සැසිය)  of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo,  will be held on 12th October 2017.   Extended abstracts are called. Please see the symposium poster for more details and guidelines. Main theme : සිංහල අධ්‍යයන ක්ෂේත්‍රයේ අන්තර්ශික්ෂණීය ස්වභාවය