Events

Guest Lecture on “The Origin of Chinese Tea Culture”

The Confucius Institute, University of Colombo organized the second guest lecture of in line with the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of Confucius Institute at University of Colombo and centenary celebrations of Humanities and Social Science in higher education in Sri Lanka on 17th September 2021 at 3.30 p.m. via Zoom platform due to prevailing […]

Hazard and Risk from a Geological Deep Time: an Anthropocene Perspective

The Science Club of the Department of Zoology and Environment Sciences, the Ministry of Nerds will hold the next seminar on “Hazard and Risk from a Geological Deep Time: An Anthropocene Perspective” by Prof. Michael Petterson from the School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, hosted by Prof. Deepthi Wickramasinghe’s research group. ‘Planet […]

10th Sinhala Studies Symposium 2021 – Department of Sinhala

The Inauguration of the 10th Sinhala Studies Symposium 2021 organized by the Department of Sinhala will be held on 16th September 2021 at 9.00 am via zoom platform. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Colombo will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. This year’s symposium will be held under the theme of  ‘Academia’s Contribution to Sinhala Studies’ to mark the […]

Webinar on International Law with Prof Jan Klabbers

A Literary Discussion to mark the 75 years of Martin Wickramasinghe’s Sinhala Sahithye Naegima

A Literary Discussion to mark the 75 years of Martin Wickramasinghe’s Sinhala Sahithye Naegima (The Rise of Sinhala Literature) organized by the Department of Sinhala.

Webinar: Construction Industry and Disaster Resilience

Abstract: The built environment plays a significant role in making a city resilient. If correct measures are applied in building our cities, we can minimise the disruptions a disaster can cause to cities. Accordingly, to make cities resilient from disasters, professionals in the construction industry will need to play a significant role. Various disciplines such […]

Webinar: Art and Science of wellbeing at work – The Library

16th Sujata Jayawardena Memorial Oration

Guest Lecture on ‘Everything that is happening now is beyond our capacity’

Already in 2012 GIZ highlighted the process of Societal Transformation (ST) as a ‘central paradigm of international cooperation’ (p. 3) to be followed by the IPPC report 2014, suggesting that ‘transformations in economic, social, technological, and political decisions and actions can enable climate-resilient pathways’ (p. 903). Ever since Prof. Troeger has challenged this enthusiastic and […]

Guest Lecture on Chinese Culture Teaching based on Cultural Heritage Research

Confucius Institute, University of Colombo organized the second guest lecture of inline with the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of Confucius Institute at University of Colombo and centenary celebrations of Humanities and Social Science in higher education in Sri Lanka on 24th August 2021 at 3.30 p.m. via Zoom platform due to prevailing situation of […]

Online Workshop on Ethical and Legal Implications Using Social Media (YouTube, Facebook)

Annual Research Conference 2021 – Faculty of Graduate Studies

Workshop on “Youth Skills & Employability in New Normal”

Developing Peptide Vaccines for Cancer Treatment & Prevention

Fitness During the Pandemic

Webinar: Revisiting Disaster Risk Governance: Observation of Progress in Theory and Practice