Friday, 04 April 2025

The Department of Linguistics at the University of Kelaniya hosted initial discussions on a proposed institutional collaboration to digitally scan the Mirror Wall at Sigiriya on the 19th of February 2025. The meeting was attended by Senior Professor Nilanthi de Silva, Vice Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, and Ven. Dr. Kapugollawe Anandakiththi Thero, Head of the Department of Linguistics, alongside distinguished foreign scholar Dr. Divya Kumar-Dumas, Director of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University (NYU). Also present was Professor Mangala Katugampola at the Department of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya.

‘Prabhāṣaṇaya’, the research symposium, organized by the Department of Sinhala, University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on the 30th of January 2025, at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Humanities. The symposium centered on the theme “The Influence of World Literature on Sinhala Language Literature and Cultural Studies.”

'Prabhā' Academic Journal 2023/2024, a collection of academic articles compiled by the junior academic staff of the Faculty of Humanities, was officially launched by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, on the 10th of January 2025 at the Vice-chancellor’s Office.

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