3rd Webinar on ‘Employabilty Enhancing Skills’ – 11th July
The third webinar was completed on 11th July 2020 which held from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm. The webinar focused on enhancing skills on a) Acapella voice practicing, b) Documentation and Logistics, and c) Creativity and Protocol. During the webinar, the second-year students were allowed to present their activities in the above areas. This interactive […]
2nd Webinar on “Employabilty Enhancing Skills” – 27th June
The second webinar organized by the Department of International Relations under the World Bank, AHEAD grant on “Employability Enhancing Skills” scheduled on 27th June 2020 from 8am-4pm. Speakers were Admiral Professor Jayanath Colombage, Addl. Secretary to President, Foreign Relations and Dr. Shamini Perera, Head/Faculty of Management, Sri Lanka Technological Campus. Academic mentoring and peer mentoring held separately […]
Workshop on Employability Enhancing Skills – 13th June
The Webinar held on 13th June 2020 from 8 am-4 pm on Employability Enhancing Skills concluded successfully with the participation of second-year undergraduates, 2018 batch in the International Relations Special Degree Programme. The webinar included interactive sessions on leadership skills, employability soft skills, and acapella-voice training. Plenary sessions were on voice coaching, documentation and logistics, […]
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 […]
Guest Lecture Series 2020 – Dept. of International Relations – 06th Jan.
The guest lecture on ” Rights to Life: Universality vs. Cultural Relativism” was held for the second years following International Relations Special Degree Programme on Human Rights in International Relations. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Kasun Pathiraja, Senior Program Officer, International Center for Ethnic Studies (ICES) on 6th January 2020 from 9.00 a.m to […]
Annual Field Excursion – 2019
The Department of International Relations went on a field excursion with the 4th year IR special degree students on the 25th and 26th of November 2019 with the participation of 39 International Relations special degree students and the International Relations department staff. The departmental field excursion was tied to the International Environmental Governance module (INR […]
Conference on ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific’ : 5th – 6th of Nov.
The Departments of International Relations and Economics from the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Republic of Poland held a two day Conference titled: ‘Discovering Central Europe and the Asia-Pacific: Harnessing the future of Poland-Sri Lanka Relations through multi-track […]
Academic Contribution to Sri Lanka Army – OCDC Seminar 2019
Academic Staff of the Department of International Relations, disseminated their knowledge in the Sri Lanka Army -OCDC Annual Seminar on “Challenges in Evolving the National Security in Sri Lanka“, which was held on May 30th & 31st 2019. Head of the Department of International Relations – Dr. Maneesha Wanasinghe Pasqual has presented on “endeavoring National Interests” […]