Beijing Opera – 22nd June
The Confucius Institute, Faculty of Arts hosted the Beijing Opera Troupe on 22nd June 2017, from 3.00 to 4.30 pm. at the New Arts Theatre (NAT), University of Colombo. The Beijing Opera is referred to as the quintessence of China. As the largest Chinese opera form, it is extolled as ‘Oriental Opera’. This opera form has […]
Siri Gunasinghe Memorial Seminar – 19th June
The Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo organized a Memorial Seminar of late Professor Siri Gunasinghe, on 19th June 2017 at 10.00 am in the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. Dr. (Ms) Latha Gurusinghe , Head – Department of Sinhala delivered the introductory lecture and the guest lecturers were Emeritus Professor K. N. […]
Guest Lecture on Landslide Disaster in Sri Lanka – 17th June
The Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts organized a guest lecture on “Landslide Disaster in Sri Lanka”, on 17th June 2017, at 3.00 pm in the Auditorium – Department of Sociology. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Thusitha Amarasekera, Former Dean – Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University.
Ramazan Ifthar Programme – 15th June
The Arabic & Islamic Civilization Unit of the Faculty of Arts, organized the Ramazan Ifthar Programme on 15th June 2017, in the New Arts Building (Green Tables ) at 5.15 pm.
Educational Exhibition on World Environment Day – 14th June
The Department of Geography, University of Colombo commemorated this year’s World Environment Day on 14th June 2017 under the theme of “Connecting People to Nature” with a series of activities. The inauguration ceremony was held at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts. The Chief Guest of this event was Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake […]
Inauguration Ceremony of Chinese Language Extension Courses – 10th June
The inauguration ceremony of the Chinese Language Extension Courses was held on 10th June 2017 in the Main Library Auditorium, University of Colombo at 10.00 am. The Chief Guest was the Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, Senior Professor Lakshman Dissanayake. The four courses are : Chinese Language for Beginners Chinese Language Proficiency for […]
Donation for Flood Victims
The Academic staff together with the non-academic staff of the Faculty of Arts, under the guidance of Prof. Athula Ranasinghe – Dean, Faculty of Arts, donated essential items (water bottles, dry rations, instant food, sanitary items, stationary items for school children and new clothes) to be given to the victims affected by the landslides and […]
Guest Lecture – The Interaction of Confucianism, Buddhism & Taoism
The Department of Buddhist Studies and the Confucius Institute organized a guest lecture on ‘The Interaction of Confucianism, Buddhism & Taoism’ , on 16th May 2017 at 1.00 pm in the Faculty Boardroom, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Wang Fei (PhD: Assumption University, Thailand). Dr. Wang Fei is a lecturer at Politics […]
Invited Speaker – UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Prof. Ajantha Hapuarachchi of the Journalism Unit was invited as a speaker to the Multidisciplinary International Seminar on “UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Social Justice and Media” which was organized by the Dr. Babsaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, India held on 28th – 29th April, 2017. Prof. Hapuarachchci discussed about the validity of the theme of […]
Book Launch – නූතනත්වය, පශ්චාත් නූතනත්වය සහ නව සමාජ විද්යාත්මක න්යාය
Prominent Indian Sociologist, Professor S.L. Doshi’s ‘Modernity, Post-modernity and Neo-sociological Theories’ has been edited and translated into Sinhala by Premakumara de Silva and Abeyratne Attanayake as ‘nuthanathwaya, paschath nuthnathwaya and nava samaja vidyatmaka niyaya’ (නූතනත්වය, පශ්චාත් නූතනත්වය සහ නව සමාජ විද්යාත්මක න්යාය). It was published by Fast Publishing (private) Limited – Colombo. The Book contains […]
