Workshops on Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Second Language Teaching, and Language Policy/Planning collaboratively organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Language Processing Center, University of Moratuwa and Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz, Germany will take place from 18th March to 21at March 2019 at the Department of English Language Teaching of the...Read More

International Conference on Oriental Languages organized by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held celebrating 6oth anniversary of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on  20th February 2019. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Cheif Guest; Vidyodaya Pariwenadhipathi Ven. Balangoda Sobhitha Thero, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara; Dean of the...Read More

The inauguration ceremony of the Diploma in Development Policy Analysis (DPA-2019 batch), organized by the Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held on 16th February 2019 at the Thilakarathna memorial of the Department of Economics. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the University 0f Sri Jayewardenepura, Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara; Dean of the Faculty...Read More

පසුගිය සමයේ බෙහෙවින් කතාබහට ලක් වූ සංවර්ධන නිලධාරී තනතුර සඳහා අයදුම් කිරීමට රටපුරා දකින්නට ලැබුණු උද්යෝගය පිටුපස ඇත්තේ ඉටුකරන සේවයට නිසි වැටුපක් ලබන අතරවාරයේ ජනතාවටද නිසි සේවයක් සැලසීමද, එසේත් නැත්නම් නිදහස් ජීවිතයක් ගත කිරීමට රාජ්‍ය සේවය තෝරා ගැනීමද යන්න ඉදිරියේ ඇත්තේ ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථයකි. කෙසේනමුත් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය සේවයේ පවතින දැඩි අකාර්යක්ෂමතාව පිළිබඳව මේ වනවිට දේශපාලන වේදිකාවන්වල...Read More

Prof. Charmalie Nahallage attached to the Department of Anthropology, of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, recently received a Merit Award for her Scientific Publications ( for the year 2016)  by the National Research Council in Sri Lanka. This awards for Scientific Publications gives due recognition for scientific merit and is based on publications. These awards are given to Sri Lankan scientists with a...Read More

Center of Student Welfare and Counseling of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences awarded scholarships for selected Undergraduates (2016/2017 academic year) in the Faculty on 12th February 2019 at Faculty Board Room. Professor D. P. S. Chandrakumara – Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dr. Sunil Rajaneththi; President Center of the Student...Read More

The ceremony of the enshrinement of sacred relics in the Rajagala Stupa which is conserved under the Rajagala Archaeological project, being carried out by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka, was held in Ampara under the precedence of honorable Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge;...Read More

Dr. Asha Fernando and her selected final year research students attached to the Department of Philosophy and Psychology, of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, presented their research findings in An International Conference of Compassionate Youth: KARUNA A COMPASSIONATE WORLD held in Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Puducherry, India on 24th and 25th January 2019. This event was...Read More

Ms. Kaushalya Jayasinghe, a former officer at the Department of Immigration and Emigration donated a laptop computer to the Center for Student Welfare and Counselling of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. With the coordination of the center, this laptop was donated to a differently abled undergraduate of the faculty. Dr. Sunil Rajaneththi, Mrs. Kaushalya Jayathilake, Students...Read More

Renovated Prof. Mandis Rohanadhira hall of the Department of History and Archeology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was opened by the Vice-chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura; Prof. Sampath Amaratunge with the participation of the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Prof. D. P. S. Chandrakumara  at the opening ceremony held on...Read More