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May 2021
ICMS Colloquium on How to Maximize the Research output in Humanities and Social Sciences?
The first Colloquium organized by the International Center for Multidisciplinary studies of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on 19th May 2021 through Zoom. This colloquium will be conducted by Snr. Prof. Premakumara De Silva of the University of Colombo on "How to Maximize the Research output in Humanities and Social Sciences?". All are welcome to this timely colloquium. Date: May 19th, 2021 Time: 10:00am Zoom Link: https://learn.zoom.us/j/66541322730?pwd=bFNycFA4ODN5L0hDMHNyU1MxcFp2QT09 Meeting ID: 665 4132 2730 Passcode: ICMS@us2
Find out more »Dharma and Environmental Ethics from the Buddha and Mahavira to Ghandi
Topic: Dharma and Environmental Ethics: From the Buddha and Mahavira to Gandhi Time: May 20, 2021 09:00 AM Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/64862739659?pwd=aTl3Z3lEOHlJUjRRUCtrbERHajIydz09 Meeting ID: 648 6273 9659 Passcode: Hj%y0u$b
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The Impact of Stress on the Immune System
Topic: “The Impact of Stress on the Immune System” Time: May 28, 2021 12:00 Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/66167660565?pwd=dzRwMlExWngwbDJTNzlQeHBmRnA4QT09 Meeting ID: 661 6766 0565 Passcode: Xa?9n0%Y
Find out more »Abilitree Motivational Speech – Phase 5
Topic: Abilitree Motivational Speech - Phase 5 Time: May 29, 2021 10:00 AM Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/64312530233?pwd=Y0NWamhUN1N5RGVIZU41b25uWTlaZz09 Meeting ID: 643 1253 0233 Passcode: ys!P6Trr
Find out more »Special Talk on “Do You Trust Your Computer? An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Fairness”
Special Talk on "Do You Trust Your Computer? An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Fairness" organized by the Department of ICT of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will held on 31st May 2021. Special Talk will be conducted by Dr. Niels Quinten; Independent Consultant in Artificial Intelligence. Topic: Do You Trust Your Computer? An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Fairness Time: May 31, 2021 01:30 PM Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/69726398449?pwd=MG1ZdTRPMlJBVVZ4MHgxK0VIYllwQT09 Meeting ID: 697 2639 8449 Passcode: 3t=.dN!E
Find out more »June 2021
Register for the World Environment Day Webinar
World Environment Day webinar organized by the Department of Geography of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on 5th June 2021 with the participation of Prof. Pathmalal Manage; Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Prof. Meththika Withanage, Profession in Natural Resources of the Faculty of Applied Science USJ. Registration for the webinars are open until 4th June 2021. Registration Link for the Webinar on Micro Plastic: Detrimental Impact on Environment and Ecosystems by Prof.…
Find out more »Mindfulness Session
Topic: Mindfulness Session Time: Jun 5, 2021 10:00 AM Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/61647144215?pwd=N2E3eWVQTDAyeElTV2ZWRDRBMnpRQT09 Meeting ID: 616 4714 4215 Passcode: s$U!z5Cf
Find out more »ග්රන්ථයක ව්යුහමය සැකසුම සහ එහි ප්රකාශන ක්රියාවලිය
Topic: ග්රන්ථයක ව්යුහමය සැකසුම සහ එහි ප්රකාශන ක්රියාවලිය Time: Jun 8, 2021 12:00 PM Asia/Colombo Join Zoom Meeting https://learn.zoom.us/j/67655607331?pwd=djc0bFprclJCb2dxbWVibEpMdUNqQT09 Meeting ID: 676 5560 7331 Passcode: kaU?QKL5
Find out more »What sort of person would do that Agent-based virtue ethics and respect for nature
There is a class of human interactions with the environment that are, intuitively, morally evaluable but that are hard to criticize on the basis of their implications for sentient creatures. Demolishing landscape features, transforming ecosystems, or manipulating the genomes of organisms need not cause harm to any sentient organism but still seem problematic in some circumstances. One way to evaluate such actions is to make reference to the idea that certain things have “intrinsic value”. However, there are a number…
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