June 20, 2023

Day

The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day field visit for the 4th year Archaeology (Honours) Degree undergraduate students related to their final year course unit on ‘Practical Monument Conservation’, at Star Granite factory and Anuradhapura on the 28th and 29th of March 2023. On the way to...
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The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day training program for 2nd year History and Archaeology students on taking inscription stampages with regard to the 2nd year course unit on Épigraphy and Character Morphology, in Anuradhapura, on the 29th and 30th of April 2023. Under the guidance of...
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The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized an Instrument training and practical demonstration for the 4th year Archaeology (Honours) Degree undergraduates relevant to their final year course unit on ‘Arcaheo-Chemistry’, on 27th April 2023, at the Instrument Centre of the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Applied Sciences,...
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With the objective of venerating Lord Buddha with the spirit of giving and celebrating the annual Vesak Poya Day, the Students Association of the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a ‘Vesak Dansela’ on the 03rd May 2023 at the Faculty premises. Under the guidance of the Head of...
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A foreign research team from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology (Germany) and several other institutions headed by Dr. Patrick Roberts visited the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 13th June 2023. The team comprised Dr. Patrick Roberts (British), Dr. Shira Yoshimi Maezumi (USA) and Dr. Rachel Claire Rudd (Australian), representing...
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The Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura organized a two-day training program for 3rd-year History and Archaeology students on the course units of traditional irrigation and epigraphy at the Rajagala Archaeological Project, on the 4th and 5th of March 2023. Under the guidance of the Head of the Department and...
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