{"id":395,"date":"2016-01-13T05:29:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T05:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/?p=395"},"modified":"2017-05-16T07:20:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T07:20:01","slug":"dr-nirmali-wijegoonawardana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Nirmali Wijegoonawardana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senior Lecturer (Grade I)<\/p>\n<p>Department of History<\/p>\n<p>University of Colombo<\/p>\n<p>Colombo &#8211; Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD University of Colombo Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>M.A. (International Relations), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<li>Post Graduate Diploma, University of Uppsala, Sweden<\/li>\n<li>B.A.(History), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Teaching Areas<\/em><\/strong> &#8211; Western &amp; Eastern European History and African and American History<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Research Interests<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 History of Wars, Security Studies, Intra-State Conflicts, Peace Process, and Peace Building<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <em>Books<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>African World<\/em>, 2014. Orlanda Publication Arrawwela ISBN:978-955-41887-0- (Sinhala Medium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>International Refereed Publications <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Peace Building in Sri Lanka: Do The Root Causes Matter?<\/em> 2013, Institute of Peace Studies, University of Hiroshima, Japan.<\/li>\n<li><em>Sri Lanka: Peace Building in Traumatized Society<\/em> 2012 Institute of Peace Studies, University of Hiroshima, Japan.<\/li>\n<li>Book Review on <em>Between War and Peace in Sudan and Sri Lanka Deprivation and Livelihood Revival<\/em> By Shanmugaratnam J<em>ournal of Peace Conflict and Development<\/em> Issue 15, March 2010 Available at <em>www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Book Review on <em>Peace Building in Post Conflict Societies: Strategy and Process.<\/em> Ho-Won Jeong, Peace and Conflict: <em>Journal of Peace Psychology<\/em>, American Psychological Association volume 15July issue 03 2009.<\/li>\n<li>Book Review on Aceh, Indonesia Securing the Insecure State By Elizabeth F. Drexler <em>Journal of Peace, Conflict and Development, Issue 13, February 2009 <\/em>Available at www.peacestudiesjournal.org.uk<\/li>\n<li>Article on<em> Intra- Factional Political Actors and Peace Process<\/em>, University of Bradford United Kingdom May 2007. http:\/\/www.brad.ac.uk\/hub\/grad-conference.php<\/li>\n<li>Article on, <em>The Issue of Language and the Sri Lankan Conflict<\/em>&#8211; Institute of Philosophy Legal Review In September 2000, in Venezuela.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>National Refereed Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Peace Process 2000-2004<\/em>, Mahavamsa Volume VI, 2014, Department of Cultural Affairs, Sethsiripaya, Battaramulla Sri Lanka.<\/li>\n<li><em>Competing Political Actors in a Peace Process: A Case Study of Sri Lanka 2002-2005, <\/em>2014, NCAS Colombo.<\/li>\n<li><em>Competing political actors and their detrimental effect on civil war termination: An analysis of \u2018spoilers\u2019 2013<\/em>, Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo<\/li>\n<li>Chapter on <em>Conflict Resolution<\/em> -Distance Leaning Manual Human Rights Centre University of Colombo Sri Lanka 2006<\/li>\n<li>Article on <em>Mediation<\/em>-Hand book on Human Rights Centre for the study of Human Rights University of Colombo Sri Lanka 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conferences\/Paper Presentations :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Intra- Factional Political Actors and Peace Process<\/em> conference for Development and Justice 23<sup>rd<\/sup> June 2007. Dept. of International Development, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li><em>Political Actors and Peace Process<\/em> Graduate Research Conference 15<sup>th<\/sup> May 2007. , University of Bradford United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li><em>Road for Peace Communal Harmony in South Asia: Success Stories<\/em> December 8<sup>th<\/sup>, 2004. Seventh Sustainable Development Conference Development Policy Institute Islamabad Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li><em>Politics and Religion in USA: American Buddhism<\/em> 24th April 2005. International Seminar University of Islamabad Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>Workshop on Reproductive Health, Counselling and Training of Peer Leaders University Grant Commission Sri Lanka 2005.<\/li>\n<li><em>Human Rights and Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict<\/em>&#8211; June 13, 2000. Department of Peace and Conflict research at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards and Grants<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Tikiri Abeyasinghe Memorial Prize for History, University of Colombo, 1993<br \/>\n2. American Fulbright fellowship \u2013 U.S. Fulbright Commission, Sri Lanka, 1999<br \/>\n3. Swedish scholarship, Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA), 2000<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Executive and other positions on boards of international, national organizations<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Examiner, Resource Person and Supervisor Diploma in Conflict Resolution Centre for Conflict Resolution- Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford U.K. with Collaboration with Social Scientist Association Sri Lanka 2005<\/p>\n<p>2. Coordinator for National Heritage Commission Task Force in Collaboration with Sri Lanka Historical Association, Conference on Promoting Historical Research In Sri Lanka 2004.<\/p>\n<p>3. Chief Examiner for General Certificate of Education (Advance Level) History, Department of Examination, Sri Lanka April 2004<\/p>\n<p>4. Secretary, Sri Lanka Historical Association 2003 and 2004<\/p>\n<p>5. Examiner, Resource Person and Supervisor Diploma in International Studies, Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies 2005<\/p>\n<p><strong>Involvement with other organizations<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Executive Committee in Sri Lanka Historical Association. 2005 and 2006<br \/>\n2. Executive Committee Member in Sri Lanka Federation of University Teachers Association 1999.<br \/>\n4. Life Member in Sri Lanka Historical Association and Executive Committee in 1995 and 1996.<br \/>\n5. Membership in American Studies Association of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head of the Department<br \/>\nSenior Lecturer <\/p>\n<p>PhD University of  Colombo Sri Lanka<br \/>\nM.A. (International Relations), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<br \/>\nPost Graduate Diploma, University of Uppsala, Sweden<br \/>\nB.A.(History),  University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>Teaching Areas &#8211; Western &amp; Eastern European History and African and American History<br \/>\nResearch Interests \u2013 History of Wars, Security Studies, Intra-State Conflicts, Peace Process, and Peace Building<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/history\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}