Guest Lecture

Jul
31

Webinar Series -Lecture 5 on “Revisiting Disaster Risk Governance” – 06th Aug.

The fifth lecture of the webinar series which is organized as part of the 15-year celebrations of the Social Policy Analysis and Research Center (SPARC), Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo was held on 6th August 2021 from 3.00-4.00 p.m. via Zoom. Dr. Jonatan Lassa who is a senior lecturer in humanitarian, emergency and disaster […]

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Jul
24

Special Lecture – 134th Birth Anniversary of Munidasa Cumaratunga

A special zoom lecture was held on 24th July 2021 (from 6.00 – 8.00 pm) to mark the 134th Birth Anniversary of Cumaratunga Munidasa. The lecture was delivered by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Head, Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo.   The title of the lecture was ‘University of Ceylon and Cumaratunga Munidasa’. It provided an evaluation […]

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Jul
10

Guest Lecture on ‘Geopolitics of China in Africa with a special emphasis on Chinese development assistance Africa’ – 17th July

The Department of Geography organized the 5th guest lecture ‘Geopolitics of China in Africa with a special emphasis on Chinese development assistance Africa’ on 17th July 2021 at 7.00 pm, virtually. The guest speaker was Dr. Victor Owusu from the Department of Geography Education in Ghana.  There were more 50 participants including academics and undergraduates […]

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Jul
08
Jun
19

Guest Lecture on ‘Open Access Geospatial Big Data and their Applications’ – 20th June

The fourth guest lecture organized by the Department of Geography was held on 20th June 2021 at 9.00 am.  The lecture was delivered by Dr. Qifan Nie, Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Albama, USA on “Open Access Geospatial Big Data and their Applications”  . It was noted that around 90 participants including the academic staff […]

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May
30

Guest Lecture on ‘Pollution Sources and Dominating Factors on Urban Air Pollution in Sri Lanka’ – 05th June

In parallel with the World Environmental Day Celebration on 5th June, 2021, the Department of Geography, University of Colombo organized the 3rd lecture of the Guest Lecture series on the same day at 9.00 am. The guest speaker was Mr. Sarath Premasiri, Director, Environmental Division of the National Building Research Organisation.  He spoke about the present day air […]

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Apr
08

The First Lecture of Public Lecture Series – “INTRODUCTION TO CONFUCIANISM” – 08th April

Confuc犀利士 ius Institute, University of Colombo organized a public lecture series to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Confucius Institute at University of Colombo and the Centenary Celebration of Humanities and Social Science in Higher Education in Sri Lanka on 8th April, 2021 at 10.00 a.m. at the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo and via […]

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Aug
14

Dean’s Lecture Series in Sinhala Medium – No. 4 (ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොවිඩ් 19 හි බලපෑම පිළිබද මනෝවිද්‍යාත්මක අවබෝධය)- 14th August

The 4th lecture of the Dean’s Lecture series in Sinhala medium (ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොවිඩ් 19 හි බලපෑම පිළිබද මනෝවිද්‍යාත්මක අවබෝධය) was held on 14th August 2020 at 3.00 pm via zoom facility under the patronage of Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts. Dr. Neil Fernando, Prof. Priyanjalie de Soyza, Dr. Kanthi Hettigoda and Dr. Dayanath Ranatunga […]

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Mar
09

Guest Lecture on “Conceptualizing Political Order in Ancient Europe and Asia” – 06th March

The Department of Political Science & Public Policy organized a guest lecture on  “Conceptualizing Political Order in Ancient Europe and Asia” on 06th March 2020 at the Room no 226, Auditorium of the Department of Political Science.  Dr. Christoph Poetsch from University of Heidelberg delivered this lecture on “Conceptualising Political Order in Ancient Europe and Asia”. This […]

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Feb
07

Guest Lecture by Peter Wallenstein: Veteran in Peace Studies – 07th Feb.

Department of International Relations, University of Colombo welcomed world-renowned scholar, founder of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, Sweden Senior Professor Peter Wallenstein to deliver a guest lecture on “Quality Peace“. The event was graced by the Dean, Faculty of Arts Senior Professor Premakumara De Silva, Heads of Departments, Senior Professors, professionals in […]

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