The first year students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences studying English at the English Language Teaching Unit, held their English Day on 14th December 2015 at the Bandaranaike Auditorium. The Dean of the Faculty Mr.Lasantha Nawaratne was the chief guest. Organized by the Englidh Language society of the same year, the English...Read More
The Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts organized a seminar and workshop on Hindi language studies titled “Sri Lanka Mei Hindi Ki Dasha Evam Disha” on the 29th December. The event took place at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Board room. A number of Indian academics participated at the seminar as...Read More
In a new move, the 4th International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) conference took two divisions as parallel symposia, on Reconciliation and on Pali. The IRCHSS was held at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 3rd December 2015. It was organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and featured both...Read More
The Department Geography of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized an academic exchange programme, with regard to the MoU previously signed between the university and the Parwathibai Chowgule College of Art & Science,India. A delegation of students and officials from the the Parwathibai Chowgule College participated at the event. The Indian delegation were welcomed by...Read More
University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJP) and Mount Royal University (MRU) of Canada signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will promote international educational and research collaboration between the two institutions. Prof. Sampath Ameratunge, Vice Chancellor University of USJP and former Head/ Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Prof. M.W. Jayesundara signed on behalf of USJP and Dr....Read More
Pradeep Ratnayake, Head, Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts and Masahiko Satoh, distinguished Jazz pianist from Japan, will be performing at the 2015 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival held in Korea on Saturday the 10th of October. The 2012 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival has been chosen as one of ’25 of the Best World...Read More
Pradeep Rathnayake proved his absolute brilliance as Sitarist and composer once again at Pradeepanjalee, which was held at Lionel Wendt Theatre on 10th September 2015. His collaboration with maestro pianist Masahiko Satoh from Japan, created fusion music quite unheard of before. The event organized by the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, was paralleled with the Sri...Read More
Invitations are now available for the Serendip:Pradeepanjalee Concert by sitarist Pradeep Ratnayake and pianist Masahiko Satoh presented by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on Thursday 10th September 2015, at the Lionel Wendt Theater at 7.30 p.m. They can be collected from Sashika at the Vice Chancellor’s office in the Administration Building. The concert will also...Read More
Signing the agreement between the Central Environmental Authority and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura was held on 6th of July 2015 at the CEA board room to carry out a research on reframing of the implementation of National Post Consumer Plastic Management Project in Sri Lanka. Prof. Lal Mervin Darmasiri Chairman of the central Environmental...Read More
Archaeologists at Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura have found a stone sundial while excavating Rajagala historic religious site of which the date could be assigned to a period between 1,000 to 2,200 years. The archaeologists have been excavating the site for the past three years and unearthed various artefacts,...Read More
