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Ven. Professor Agalakada Sirisumana Thero \u2013 Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Head – Department of Sinhala<\/p>\n

BA (Colombo) MPhil (Colombo)<\/p>\n

Classical Sinhala literature, Sinhala culture<\/p>\n

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Senior Professor Sandagomi Coperahewa \u2013 Senior Professor <\/strong><\/p>\n

Department Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n

BA (Colombo) MA (Lancaster) MPhil (Peradeniya) PhD (Cambridge)<\/p>\n

Modern Sinhala Usage and Grammar, Sociolinguistics, Language and Communication<\/p>\n

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\"\"Professor. (Ms) Latha Gurusinghe \u2013 Professor<\/strong><\/p>\n

BA (Colombo) MPhil (Colombo) PhD (Colombo)<\/p>\n

Modern Sinhala Literature, Feminist literature and Gender Studies<\/p>\n

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Dr. Premasiri Nagasinghe \u2013 Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nBA (Colombo) MA (Kelaniya) MPhil (Colombo) PhD (Kelaniya) , Pg.Dip. Counselling (Colombo)<\/p>\n

Sinhala culture, Classical Sinhala literature, Art & Architecture<\/p>\n

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\"\"Professor (Ms.) Kumudu Karunaratne \u2013 Professor\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBA (Colombo) MA (Kelaniya) MPhil (Colombo) PhD (Sri Jayawardenenpura)<\/p>\n

Modern Sinhala Literature, Sociology of Literature, Women’s Writing<\/p>\n

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Dr. Krishantha Fedricks \u2013 Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nBA (Colombo) MA (Kelaniya) MA (California)<\/p>\n

Modern Linguistic Theories, Semiotics<\/p>\n

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Dr. (Ms) T. A. C. Jayanthi Bandara \u2013 Senior Lecturer
\n<\/strong>BA (Colombo), Dip in Journalism (Colombo), PG Dip in Archeology (Kelaniya), MA (By Research) (Colombo), PhD(Colombo)<\/p>\n

Archaeology, Journalism, Art & Culture<\/p>\n

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\"\"Dr. Ranjith Senanayake – Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nBA (Ruhuna), PG Dip in Education (Colombo),\u00a0 MPhil (Peradeniya), PhD (Jayawardenapura)<\/p>\n

Classical Sinhala literature; Sinhala Drama; Modern Sinhala Fiction<\/p>\n

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Dr. (Ms.) W. M. Kalyani Wijesundera – Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nBA (Colombo), MA (Kelaniya), PhD.\u00a0(Kelaniya)<\/p>\n

Inscriptions of Ceylon, Classical Sinhala Literature<\/p>\n

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Dr.\u00a0 (Ms) W. A. D. Abeysinghe \u2013 Senior Lecturer\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBA(Kelaniya), M.A(Kelaniya), M Phil(Colombo), Ph.D (Kelaniya)<\/p>\n

Literature Criticism,\u00a0 Modern Sinhala Literature, Translation Literature.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Mr. Achinthya Bandara – Lecturer<\/strong>
\nBA (Hons.) Colombo\/ La Trobe University, Australia (Exchange) MA (Texas, USA)<\/p>\n

Contact Linguistics: Pidgins and Creoles, Indo-Portuguese Creoles, Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Post-Colonial Language and Cultural Identities, English as a Second Language, TESOL, Academic Writing, Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0Mr. Osanda Gunarathne – Lecturer (Probationary)<\/strong>
\nBA (Hon.) MA (Colombo)<\/p>\n

Modern Sinhala Drama, Classical and Modern Sinhala poetry , Modern Sinhala Literature , School Grammer<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ven Ginikatuwewe Vipula Thero – Lecturer (Unconfirmed)<\/strong><\/p>\n

BA (Peradeniya) MA (Kelaniya) Mphil (Peradeniya)<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ms. Ridmi Handapangoda – Lecturer (Probationary)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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