Guest Lecture by the Honorable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh His Excellency Dr. A. K Abdul Momen – 29th March
The Department of International Relations , Faculty of Arts in collaboration with the High Commission of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka hosted the Honorable Foreign Minister of Bangladesh His Excellency Dr. A. K Abdul Momen, , Madam Selina Momen, Honorable High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka His Excellency Tareq Md Ariful Islam, dignitaries from Bangladesh at […]
Munidasa Cumaratunga Commemoration Lecture – 2022
Lecture by Dhamma Dissanayake ( Senior Lecturer/ Dept of Political Science and Public Policy, UoC) Topic: Political Ideology of Cumaratunga 2022 March 4 @ 3.00 pm M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium Department of Sinhala University of Colombo
Guest Lecture on “The Origin of Chinese Tea Culture” – 17th Sept.
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 situation of […]
Talk by Prof. Ravi Vasudevan – 08th July
Professor Ravi Vasudevan delivered a talk titled ‘Cinema-Going On the Railway Tracks: Transportation, Circulation and Exhibition of Information Film in Colonial India’ at the Department of English, University of Colombo on Monday 8 July 2019 at 3pm. Professor Ravi Vasudevan co-directs the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) media and urban studies programme Sarai […]
Talk by Dr. Priyanvada Abeywickrama – 25th June
Dr. Priyanvada Abeywickrama delivered a talk titled ‘Directed Self-Placement for Multilingual Students in Writing Programs’ at the Department of English, University of Colombo on 25 June 2019 at 4pm. During the session, Dr. Abeywickrama examined the potential of Directed Self-Placement (DSP), which is a self-evaluation process that asks students to place themselves in writing courses, […]
Dean’s Lecture Series –III – 08th March
The 3rd lecture of the of “Dean’s Lecture Series‘ was held on 08th March 2019, from 3.00 pm onwards at the Board Room, Faculty of Arts. The topic of the lecture was “The Ambiguity of Voice : the role of ‘storeytelling’. This was a talk by Sarah Kabir based on her book ‘Voices of Peace’ (2018), along with photographer Munira Mutaher.
Talk on “In My Mother’s House: Reflections on Civil War in Sri Lanka” – 06th July
Professor Sharika Thiranagama of Stanford University presented a talk on “In My Mother’s House: Reflections on Civil War in Sri Lanka” at the Department of English, on 6th July 2018 at 4.00 pm . Drawing from a decade of research and writing on Sri Lanka, this talk will reflect upon the consequences of political violence and militarization on contemporary social […]
Guest Lecture Series – 26th June
The Department of International Relations organized a Guest Lecture Series, from 20th June – 26th June 2018 to share the expertise knowledge of International Relations, provoke new thoughts and stimulate engaging conversations on contemporary International Relations topics. This is the first series in the academic year of 2017/2018.
Dean’s Lecture Series No. 1 – 18th June
The Faculty of Arts has initiated a lecture series under the title of “Dean’s Lecture Series‘ and it’s inaugural lecture was a panel discussion and held on 18th June 2018 from 3.00 pm onwards at the Faculty Board Room, Faculty of Arts. The panel discussion was on the topic of ‘Humanities & Social Sciences Education in Sri Lanka: Challenges and Alternative Policy Options’, and the discussion […]
