University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJP) and Mount Royal University (MRU) of Canada signed a Memorandum of Agreement that will promote international educational and research collaboration between the two institutions. Prof. Sampath Ameratunge, Vice Chancellor University of USJP and former Head/ Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Prof. M.W. Jayesundara signed on behalf of USJP and Dr....Read More
Pradeep Ratnayake, Head, Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts and Masahiko Satoh, distinguished Jazz pianist from Japan, will be performing at the 2015 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival held in Korea on Saturday the 10th of October. The 2012 Jeonju Int’l Sori Festival has been chosen as one of ’25 of the Best World...Read More
Pradeep Rathnayake proved his absolute brilliance as Sitarist and composer once again at Pradeepanjalee, which was held at Lionel Wendt Theatre on 10th September 2015. His collaboration with maestro pianist Masahiko Satoh from Japan, created fusion music quite unheard of before. The event organized by the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, was paralleled with the Sri...Read More
Invitations are now available for the Serendip:Pradeepanjalee Concert by sitarist Pradeep Ratnayake and pianist Masahiko Satoh presented by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on Thursday 10th September 2015, at the Lionel Wendt Theater at 7.30 p.m. They can be collected from Sashika at the Vice Chancellor’s office in the Administration Building. The concert will also...Read More
Signing the agreement between the Central Environmental Authority and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura was held on 6th of July 2015 at the CEA board room to carry out a research on reframing of the implementation of National Post Consumer Plastic Management Project in Sri Lanka. Prof. Lal Mervin Darmasiri Chairman of the central Environmental...Read More
Archaeologists at Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura have found a stone sundial while excavating Rajagala historic religious site of which the date could be assigned to a period between 1,000 to 2,200 years. The archaeologists have been excavating the site for the past three years and unearthed various artefacts,...Read More
Head of the Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts, Pradeep Ratnayake’s first international CD – “Serendip” – a work with legendary Jazz pianist Professor Masahiko Satoh, was launched in Tokyo, Japan, on 25 July 2015. It took place in the famous jazz location, the Pit Inn, in Tokyo, Japan, with a live performance...Read More
Memorandum of understanding on student exchange was signed between Faculty of humanities and social sciences， University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka) And Graduate school of International Development, Nagoya University (Japan) last week. Following academics visited Nagoya University in Japan and signed these agreements. Mr. Lasantha Nawarathna, Dean, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Mr. K....Read More
The paper titled Sri Lankan Media Discourse: In Transition? presented by Indira J Mawelle, Senior Lecturer of the Department of English, FHSS, at the International Conference on Business, Sociology and Applied Sciences (ICBSAS ’14) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last year, has won the award for the Best Paper of the session on the Social Sciences. ...Read More
