News & Updates

Ceremonial Induction of New Dean, FHSS Dr. D.P.S. Chandrakumara was appointed as the new Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenpura by the Council of the University. He assumed duties on 2016.07.01 at Ceremonial Induction at 8.00 a.m. at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Chandrakumara graduated from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree specialized...Read More

The annual Bhakthi Gee competition is organized by one of the oldest departments of study in the university, which is the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies. It is done in collaboration with the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is a function that brings together all departments of the faculty under one roof to perform and be a part of an evening full of devotional tranquility. This occasion...Read More

A felicitation Ceremony for Prof. Prashantha Mandawala was held on the 11.06.2016 marking the leaving of the Department of History and Archaeology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.  Prof. Prashantha Mandawala joined the post of Dean of the Faculty of Technology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.Read More

The inaugural ceremony and lecture series of the Sri Lanka Bio – Cultural Anthropology Field School, Mount Royal University of Canada was an international collaboration done in partnership with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. This forum opened its doors for the presentation of papers on certain very interesting subjects. Some of which were the “Socio-cultural aspects of indigenous people: Vedda Community in Sri...Read More

We are delighted to announce the fifth International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences-2016 (IRCHSS-2016), to take place at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, on 10th and 11th November, 2016. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Professor David Amigoni, Pro Vice Chancellor, Professor in Victorian Literature, University of Keele, UK Professor Scott McCracken, Research Director/ Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of English Literature, University of Keele, UK Await more! The theme...Read More