Events

Guest Lecture on ‘Making a Disaster Resilient Built Environment : Role of Local Governments’

MAKING A DISASTER RESILIENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT: ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Dr. Chamindi Malalgoda Senior Lecturer, University of Huddersfield, UK Urban areas are growing rapidly all over the world, particularly in the developing regions. As a result of rapid urbanisation, cities are becoming extremely vulnerable to natural disasters. Thus, it has become necessary to make cities […]

Researching within and across Disciplines

The secret lives of flying-foxes: Extremely mobile animals in a changing world

Webinar: Culture of Research and the Role of Universities

Guest Lecture on ‘Buddhist and Western Philosophical Categories: How compatible are they?’

The Department of Buddhist Studies Department organizes a guest lecture on 18th October 2021 from 3.00 pm – 5.00 pm. The lecture will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Asanga Tilakerathne on ‘Buddhist and Western Philosophical Categories: How compatible are they?’

Guest Lecture on ‘Reading and Writing; Improve your skills’

The eighth guest lecture organized by the Department of Geography, UOC has been conducted on 17th October 2021 at 5.00 pm. The guest speaker was Prof.Jayantha Lal Rathnasekara, the vice chancellor of Uva Wellassa University, Badulla and he conducted his talk on Reading and Writing for improving the Skills and it was very interactive and […]

Webinar on the Impact of Pandemic on Children’s Education

National Level Map-Making Competition 2021 – Department of Geography

AUA Online Education Fair 2021

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