A guest lecture on “Humanitarian Forensic Action” organised by the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences was held on 14th November 2018. The guest lecture was conducted by Dr Claudia Garrido Varas, Forensic Specialist at the International Committee of the Red Cross. Read More
The 3rd Annual Awards Ceremony organized by the Alumni Association of the university; “Sri Jayewardenepura Pradeepa Pranama” was held in much grandeur on the 17th October 2018 at the Waters Edge, Colombo. The occasion was graced by the President Maithripala Sirisena, Senior Prof. Sampath Amaratunge; Vice Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a large number of...Read More
At the Annual Research Awards Ceremony of University of Sri Jayewardenepura 2017, the Department of Anthropology received the award ‘Highest Citation for the year 2017 in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences’ and became the best Department in the Faculty. This was a victory of the collective effort of the academic members of the department as...Read More
A Guest Lecture on ‘Current status of Forensic Research’ conducted by Dr. Mercedes Salado; Anthropologist and a Member of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (Identification Coordinator), was held on 27th August 2018 at the Seminar Room of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Dr. Mercedes Salado is specialized in the historical investigation of cases of political violence (analysis written...Read More
“Nishada Yamaya” organized by the Anthropology Crew of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, was an honoring evening offered on behalf of Dr. Praneeth Nishada Abeysundara, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, and a prominent figure in the fields of literature, music composing, sociology of literature and anthropology of art etc. He is an owner...Read More
The inaugural ceremony of the 2nd Sri Lanka Bio-Cultural Anthropology Field School was held on 14th May 2018 at the Seminar Room 1, of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. This Field School has been organized to be taken place until the 1st June 2018. This is an international academic program collaboratively organized by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura...Read More
