Monthly Seminar on ‘The History and Sociology of Sri Lankan Baila’ – 22nd Jan.
The Department of Sociology organized the monthly seminar for the month of January, on 22nd of January 2020 at the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, UoC. At this seminar, Dr. Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya delivered a lecture on The History and Sociology of Sri Lankan Baila. Dr Shihan de Silva […]
Monthly Seminar on “Post-war Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the problem of peace” – 24th Oct.
The Department of Sociology organized the monthly seminar for the month of October, on Thursday 24th October 2019 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. in the SPARC Conference Room. At this seminar, Dr. Bart Klem delivered the lecture on “Post-war Tamil Politics in Sri Lanka: Sovereignty, Nationalism and the problem of peace”. The speaker is a senior DECRA research fellow of the […]
International Symposium on ‘SOCIOLOGY FOR EVERYDAY LIFE’ : 3rd – 4th Sept.
The International Research Symposium of the Department of Sociology organized in celebration of its fiftieth milestone, with the theme ‘Sociology for everyday life‘ was held successfully on the 3rd and 4th of September 2019 at the University of Colombo premises. The inauguration ceremony was held on the 3rd of September at the College House Auditorium. The Chief […]
Monthly Seminar Series : “Moral Panics and Migrants: Rethinking Unemployment Insecurities”– 10th June
The Department of Sociology will be organizing the monthly seminar for the month of June, on 10th June 2019 from 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Department of Sociology. At this seminar, Prof. Rafal Smoczynski delivered the lecture on “Moral Panics and Migrants: Rethinking Unemployment Insecurities”. Prof. Rafal Smoczynski, an Associate professor at Institute of Philosophy and […]
‘Golden Jubilee Celebrations’- Inauguration
The teaching of Sociology was introduced at the University of Colombo within the Department of Sociology and Social Welfare in the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1969. Today, the Department of Sociology is one of the largest in the Faculty of Arts, with more than 1,000 students following courses in Sociology at both undergraduate […]