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, […]
අසෙනිය කුසුම් “Aseniya Kusum-2019” Talent show
The Talent show to showcase the Aesthetic Talents of the University Staff Members Organized by The Art Council of the University of Colombo on the 14th of March 2019 at 3.00 p.m. at The New Art Theater (NAT) of the University of Colombo.
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Faculty of Arts
The Editorial Committee for the Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo invites the final year B.A (Hons) degree students of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the Technical Sessions of the Undergraduate Research Symposium on 12th March 2019. The abstracts […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
