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5th June 2021, 3.PM (IST), 9.30 AM (UTC) Via Zoom The Second international series of the Multidisciplinary Research Seminar of the Department of Demography, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka will be held on 5th June 2021, 3.PM (IST), 9.30 AM (UTC) onwards via ZOOM, under the topic of “Sustainable development and changing demography in the Asia-Pacific”. The Speaker […]

This seminar, held on 22 May 2021 (Saturday) via zoom at 3pm, focused on the ethical concerns related to interviews, a common data collection method in qualitative studies. The panellists discussed ethical issues in preparing for interviews and writing the analysis of interview related data. The panelists for Seminar 5 were Dr Asha Abeyasekera (Faculty […]

This is the fourth in the Postgraduate Seminar Series on Research Methodology and Ethics organized by the Faculty of Arts in collaboration with the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. The sole panelist was Senior Prof Athula Ranasinghe (Dept of Economics) followed by a Q and A session afterwards chaired […]

This seminar focused on the ethical concerns related to a very common data collection method – surveys. Panellists Prof Amala de Silva (Dept of Economics) and Prof Sunethra Perera (Chair, ERC and faculty member, Dept of Demography) spoke on this, and the discussion was moderated by Dr Kaushalya Perera (Director of Postgraduate Studies). This was held on 27 February 2021 via zoom, the panellists discussed the […]

The Department of Sociology organized the monthly seminar for the month of January, on 22nd January 2020 from 12.00 noon – 1.00 p.m.  in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology.  At this seminar, Dr. Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya delivered the lecture on “The History and Sociology of Sri Lankan Baila”. Dr Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya is a Senior Fellow at the […]

The Department of Economics , UoC organized a postgraduate seminar on ‘Impact of Port City on Sri Lanka Tourism‘, on 12th January 2020 at the Department of Economics under the patronage of Prof. Suranga de Silva, Co-ordinator – Tourism Stuy Programs, UoC. This Seminar was ended in great success with the participation of Professor Suranga […]

The Department of Sociology organized the monthly seminar for the month of October, on Thursday 24th October 2019 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. in the SPARC Conference Room.  At this seminar,  Dr. Bart Klem delivered the lecture on  “Post-war Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the problem of peace”.  The speaker is a senior DECRA research fellow of the […]

A seminar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Gamperaliya novel written by Martin Wickramasinghe was held on 4th July 2019 at 9.30 am – 12.30 pm at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. The seminar focused on socio- political and literary context of Gamperaliya novel. The keynote lecture was delivered by Emeritus Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, University of Colombo. A […]

The Department of Sociology  organized 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,  Prof. Rafal Smoczynski delivered the lecture on “Moral Panics and Migrants: Rethinking Unemployment Insecurities”. Prof. Rafal Smoczynski, an Associate professor at Institute of Philosophy […]