{"id":930,"date":"2026-08-03T03:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/?p=930"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:20:24","slug":"wake-forest-university-faculty-led-abroad-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wake-forest-university-faculty-led-abroad-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake Forest University Faculty-Led Abroad Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Wake Forest University Faculty-Led Abroad Programme<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date: 26 May 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Political Science and Public Policy participated in the Wake Forest University Faculty-Led Abroad Programme, organized in collaboration with Professor Eranda Jayawickreme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The programme brought eight undergraduate students from Wake Forest University, USA, to Sri Lanka as part of the seminar course &#8220;Enable Pluralism Across Religious and Cultural Differences.&#8221; During their visit, students explored the psychological and social foundations of pluralism, religious coexistence, reconciliation, and intercultural understanding through interactions with academics and practitioners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A special seminar session was conducted at the University of Colombo by Prof. T. M. Mahees, Department of Sociology; Dr. Pavithra Jayawardena, Department of International Relations; and Dr. Crishni Silva, Department of Political Science and Public Policy. The session provided international students with valuable insights into Sri Lanka&#8217;s experiences of ethnic diversity, social cohesion, and democratic pluralism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-932 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1-255x191.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-933 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-255x340.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-934 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2-255x340.jpeg 255w, https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-30-at-2.35.27-PM-2.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wake Forest University Faculty-Led Abroad Programme Date: 26 May 2026 The Department of Political Science and Public Policy participated in the Wake Forest University Faculty-Led Abroad Programme, organized in collaboration with Professor Eranda Jayawickreme. The programme brought eight undergraduate students from Wake Forest University, USA, to Sri Lanka as part of the seminar course &#8220;Enable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arts.cmb.ac.lk\/politic\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}