As per the decision taken at the department meeting, the Department of History and Archaeology conducted a department-level student awareness session for both 3rd year History and Archaeology undergraduates regarding the Literature Review of their independent study, on the 16th of August 2023, at Prof. Mendis Rohanadheera Hall of the department. Under the guidance of...Read More
After a short silence, the Department of History and Archaeology along with its Students Association resumed its Monthly Guest Lecture Series for the year 2023, with the title of ‘Importance of Use of ArcGIS for History and Archaeology’, on 14th of August 2023 at Prof. Mendis Rohanadheera Hall of the department. The lecture was delivered...Read More
As per the decision taken at the department meeting, the Department of History and Archaeology conducted a department-level student awareness session for both 3rd year History and Archaeology undergraduates regarding their independent study proposal writing, on the 9th of August 2023, at the Rohanadheera Hall of the department. Under the guidance of the Head of...Read More
Under the guidance of the then Head of the Department, Prof. Karunasena Hettiarachchi, the Department of History and Archaeology of the USJ was able to offer the compulsory Archaeological Excavation training program for the 2nd year Archaeology (Honours) degree students, from 10th July- 22nd July 2023, at Ibbankatuwa Megalithic Burial site (Field School), under the...Read More
Upon the invitation of the Department of Applied Archaeology of the Nāgānanda International Institute for Buddhist Studies (NIIBS), the undergraduates of the Department of History and Archaeology, USJ represented at ‘Uruma Samiksha-2023’, an archaeological workshop and exhibition, organized in parallel to the National Archaeology Day, at the NIIBS premises, on 4th, 5th and 6th of...Read More
Under the guidance of the Head of the Department, Prof. Karunasena Hettiarachchi, the Department of History and Archaeology, USJ offered an Underwater Archaeology training program for the 3rd year Archaeology (Honours) degree students, from the 4th of July – 11th of July 2023, at the Maritime Archaeology Unit (MAU) of the Central Cultural Fund in...Read More
As per the collaborative research agreement between the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, and the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany, the ‘Palaeo-Environmental Sediment Core Sampling Project-2023’ was successfully conducted from 12th June to 30th June 2023, at Horton Plains (Site No. 01), Mahagalkadawala tank (Site No. 02) and Bolgoda-South Lake (Site No. 03)...Read More
During the recent visit to Dambana Village in end-June 2023, the Chief of the Vedda community, Uruwarige Wanniyalaettho, awarded Dr. Oshan Wedage, a Senior Lecturer of the Department of History and Archaeology (USJ), and Dr. Patrick Roberts, the Lead Scientist of the Department of Archaeology of the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (Germany), with one...Read More
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...Read More
