The Inauguration of the MA in Sinhala Programme – 2020/2021 batch
The Inauguration of the MA in Sinhala 2020/2021 programme was held on 5th September 2020 at the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. The Welcome address was delivered by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Head | Department of Sinhala. A special lecture for the new intake was delivered by Prof Ven Agalakada Sirisumana. Emeritus Professors Kusuma Karunarthne, Rohini Paranavitana, Professor Sarath […]
The Inauguration of the Diploma in Sinhala 2020/2021 ( 10th Batch)
The Inauguration of the Diploma in Sinhala 2020/2021 programme (10th batch) was held on 29th August 2020 at the M.B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. The Welcome address was delivered by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Head – Department of Sinhala. Dr. Premasiri Nagasinghe, Co-ordinator, Diploma in Sinhala programme delivered the vote of thanks. Dr. Latha Gurusinghe, Dr. […]
Certificate Course in Spoken Tamil – 2020 (Batch 12)
The Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts entertains applications for the Certificate Course in Spoken Tamil (Short Course ) – 12th batch, up to 30th August 2020. This course will be suitable to the personnel employed in public and private sector organizations, university students and school teachers who wish to improve their skills in listening, speaking, […]
Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium 2019 – 4th Dec.
The Inauguration Ceremony of the Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium 2019 and 75 years Anniversary Celebrations of the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo was held on 4th December 2019 at the Professor VK Samaranayake Auditorium, UCSC under the theme “Sinhala Studies: Past, Present & Future”. The Chief Guest of the Ceremony was Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, Vice-Chancellor, University of Colombo. The […]
Godage National Literary Awards – 2019
Emeritus Professor of Sinhala J B Disanayaka and Professor and Head / Department of Sinhala Sandagomi Coperahewa received awards at the Godage National Literary Festival held on 5th September 2019 at the SLFI Auditorium. Prof. Disanayaka received the Godage Lifetime Award for his contribution towards Sinhala language and literature and Professor Coperahewa received an award […]
9th Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium 2019 – 17th & 18th Oct.
The 9th Annual Sinhala Studies Symposium organized by the Department of Sinhala, University of Colombo, is scheduled to be held on 17 – 18 October 2019 at the Department of Sinhala. This year the conference theme is “Sinhala Studies: Past, Present, and Future” and the event will be extended through following sub-themes enabling a participation […]
75th Anniversary of Gamperaliya (ගම්පෙරලිය) Novel (1944 – 2019) – 4th July
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 […]
Book Launch – “සංහිතා දීපනී“ (Sanhitha Deepanee) – 17th June
The book “සංහිතා දීපනී“ (Sanhitha Deepanee) authored by Dr. Ranjith Senanayake (Senior Lecturer, Department of Sinhala) , was launched on 17th June, 2019 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo. This event was chaired by Senior Professor Premakumara de Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts and Prof. Ranjana Hettiarachchi, Rector – Sreepali Campus, Prof. Sandagomi Coperahewa, […]
Inauguration Ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala – 2019, 30th March
The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Sinhala programme (8th batch) was held on 30th March 2019 at the M. B. Ariyapala Auditorium, Department of Sinhala. Senior Professor Premakumara De Silva, Dean – Faculty of Arts, chaired the inauguration ceremony and the welcome address was delivered by Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa, Head – Department of Sinhala. Professor Jinadasa Danansuriya, […]
