Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr Day – 12th Jan.
Second-year students who are reading for BA in International Relations participated in a program on 12th January 2018 at American Center Colombo. This programme intends to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. . Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy, James Russo opened the discussion with panelists Anushka Gunawardena, Thushan Benislos, and Ishan Jalill who encouraged […]
Introducing “Angampora” to undergraduates – 10th Jan.
The Faculty of Arts has taken measures into introducing Sports Studies as a new subject stream to their undergraduates in 2018. As the primary focus of this study stream includes the physical and mental wellbeing of the undergraduates (and our traditional methods of maintaining such wellbeing), it is planned to introduce the Sri Lankan traditional […]
Drama Festival : 8th – 11th Jan. 2018
The Annual Drama Festival – University of Colombo was held on 8th January to 11th January 2018 at the New Art’s Theater from 4.00 pm onwards. This Festival was organized by the Department of Sinhala and sponsored by the Arts Council, University of Colombo.
Call for Research Articles : Sociological Academic Research Journal (සමාජ විග්රහ) – 05th Jan. 2018
The Department of Sociology is calling for research articles, for the Annual Sociological Academic Research Journal “SAMAJA VIGGRAHA” (සමාජ විග්රහ) – 2017, upto 05th January 2018.
Awards Ceremony – Extension Courses in English – 20th Dec.
The Annual Awards Ceremony of the Department of English, Extension Courses in English was held on Wednesday, 20th December 2017 at 12.30 pm at the New Arts Theatre (NAT), University of Colombo. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Ms. Lakmini Wijesundera, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Iron One Technologies and BoardPAC. The Vice Chancellor, Registrar, […]
All Island University Sociology Students’ Forum : 18th – 20th Dec.
All Island University Sociology Students’ Forum (AIUSSF’17), a workshop for sociology students from all around Sri Lanka representing eight state universities took place on the 18th, 19th and the 20th of December 2017 at the University of Colombo, as an initiative of the Sociology Heads Forum of Sri Lanka. The event featured 60 plus young […]
Dean’s Awards Ceremony (පීඨාධිපති සම්මාන ප්රදානෝත්සවය) – 13th Dec.
The Department of Sinhala and the Faculty of Arts organized 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 was the Chief Guest and Professor Darshana Rathnayake delivered the keynote address.
4th Annual Research Symposium – Department of Demography – 15th Dec.
Theme: “Population and Sustainable Development” The 4th Annual Research Symposium of the Department of Demography, under the main theme of “Population and Sustainable Development”, was held on 15th December 2017, at the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, . Sub-themes: Fertility and Reproductive Health Population, Health and Poverty Migration and Urbanization Population Aging and Long Term Care Inter-disciplinary Studies, Education, Environment and […]
Book Launch by an undergraduate (පාට වෙනස්) – 06th Dec.
‘Pata Wenas‘ (පාට වෙනස්) a book written by Ms. Ridmi Handapangoda, a second year Undergraduate of the Department of Sinhala, was launched on 6th December 2017 at 2.00 pm in the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo. The event was chaired by Professor Rev. Agalakada Sirisumana Thero and special addresses were delivered by Dr. Latha Gurusinghe, Head – Department of Sinhala […]
