Prof Praneeth Abyesundara of the Department of Anthropology of University of Sri Jayewardenepura has been appointed as the chairman of the National Arts Council, Sri Lanka by the Minister for the Education. Arts Council of Sri Lanka was formed in the year 1952, in 2019 the Arts Council of Sri Lanka was affiliated to the...Read More
First ever online audio book library of Sri Lanka “ABLE (Audio Book Library E-service) Audio Library” launched in the USJ with the help of DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) Lanka Foundation focusing on establishing an accessible and reliable online library platform for the people with print impairments. The online library system was inaugurated by the Vice...Read More
The new building of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is to be named as “Sri Wimaladharma Mansion” honoring the past President of the University Most Venerable Palannoruwe Sri Sidhdhartha Wimaladharma Chief Thero, who served during 1963-1966 period. Naming the new building as “Sri Wimaladharma Mansion” decision was approved from the Governing Body of the...Read More
The first ever SSL Origin Mixing console with 32 channels, is now in Sri Lanka, for the Research Innovation and Commercialization (RIC) project (round 2) in the Department of Music & Creative Technology, USJ, under the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development Operation (AHEAD), headed by Prof. Dharshan Pradeep Ratnayake (Head – Department of Music...Read More
Student and staff members of Mass Communication of the Department of Mass Communication of the Faculty of Humanities and Social sciences received an Incubator space on Monday, 3rd of October 2022, for developing their professional, communication and journalism skills aiming on undergraduates who are intending to pursue their career in the field of Journalism. Faculty...Read More
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura has continuously been striving to promote the view that learning and education should be accessible to all regardless of individual differences. Ven. Weliwitiye Sri Soratha Thero, the trailblazer of the contemporary Pirivena University system and the founder of the University of...Read More
Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS) is inviting papers for Vol. 8, Issue 1 which is scheduled to be published on 1st of January 2023 and the submission deadline is 01st of September 2022. Vidyodaya Journal is Humanities and Social Sciences is a high-quality open access peer-reviewed research journal published by the Faculty...Read More
Dean’s list award is offered to recognize the highest level of academic excellence demonstrated by students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura. It is expected that the recognition will encourage the students to do better in studies in the forthcoming academic years and at interviews/respective workplaces after the...Read More
Professor Shirantha Heenkenda was re-elected for a second term upon a unanimous decision as the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 23rd June 2022. His second term of office will be effective from July 1st, 2022, for another period of three years. During the...Read More
