MA in English Studies – 2020
The deadline for submission of applications has been extended to 31st October 2019.
Linguistics: Computation and Humanities
The Department of English hosted a panel discussion on Natural Language Processing on 29th July 2019 at 8.30am. During this discussion, the University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) and the University of Moratuwa discussed their work in the field. In Sri Lanka, two of the main bodies that work with NLP are the University of Colombo School […]
Talk by Prof. Ravi Vasudevan
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
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, […]
Corpora, Archives & Performance: Sri Lankan Languages and Literature : 13-14 Nov.
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Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2019
As in previous years, the Department’s first-year students participated in the Fairway Galle Literary Festival 2019 under the North-South University Collaboration. Those who took part are Haadiyah Marikar, Husna Naleer, Kaumadi Jayaweera, Lara Wijesuriya, Rasudula Dissanayake, Shamika Kulasingham, Shamla Naleer, and Uvini Hettiarachchi. Student Testimonial: “None of us had experienced a full-stay at the Galle […]
Passing of former Professor Siromi Fernando, former Chair of the Department of English
Guest Lecture by Gerard H. Gaskin
Gerard H. Gaskin delivered a Lecture titled ‘Legendary: The Performative and Aesthetic History of the Queer African American and Latino House Ballroom Community’ at the Department of English on 23rd November 2018 at 4pm. The Lecture included the discussion of a series of photographs of the queer African American and Latino house ballroom community, both of the […]
A Talk by Nimanthi Rajasingham
Dr. Nimanthi Rajasingham delivered a talk titled ‘How Bodies Matter: Working-Class Women’s Theatre from Sri Lanka’s Free Trade Zones’ at the Department of English on 15th November 2018 at 4pm. Arguing that the contemporary working-class women’s theatres from within the Export Processing Zones in Sri Lanka are rich sites for documenting the development and nature of working-class, feminist […]