The inauguration ceremony of Master of Social Sciences and Master of Arts Degree Programmes offered by the University of Kelaniya was held on the 16th of December 2018 at the Dharmaloka Hall.
Prof. W.A. Weerasooriya, Professor in Library and Information Science delivered the Keynote address of the event.
International Conference on Social Sciences- ICSS organized for the fourth consecutive time by the Research Centre of the University of Kelaniya was held on the 13th and 14th of December 2018 at the premises of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The prime objectives of the conference themed “Asia in Search of New Global Order in 21st Century”, were to establish new research culture and improve research skills of the undergraduates.
Around 101 research papers relevant to the fields of Economics Trade & Regional Cooperation, Heritage Culture & Tourism, Mass Media, Communication, Information Management & Technology, Reconciliation & National Development were presented at the conference.
National Research Conference on Applied Social Statistics- NRCASS 2018 organized for the 04th consecutive by Social Statistics Students’ Association of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya was held on the 30th of November 2018 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The conference was organized with the objective of promoting academic writing and academic presenting among young researchers in all the universities in Sri Lanka, providing experience of a conference & a national level platform to researchers to present their research work and enhancing their soft skills.
The keynote address of this conference which was held under the theme “Quantitative Research in Social Sciences Perspectives”, was delivered by Dr. A.J. Satharasinghe, Former Director General of Department of Census and Statistics.
“Vista 2018”: Arts and Creation Exhibition jointly organized by the Visual Arts, Design & Performing Arts Unit of the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya and the Visual Arts Students’ Association was held on the 27th, 28th and 29th of November 2018 at the premises of Senaka Bandaranaike Hall. This was held with the prime objective of improving & appreciating creative skills of the undergraduates and creating a friendly environment within the University by motivating them towards Aesthetics.
This exhibition which was organized in relation to a course unit of Visual Arts degree programme, consisted of paintings, sculptures and carvings relevant to different traditions.
A foreign artist, Mr. Vijaya Khan conducted lectures on all the three days of the exhibition.
