{"id":6693,"date":"2021-06-05T15:58:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/publication-committee\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2021-06-05T15:58:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T15:58:34","slug":"faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences-hosted-the-first-faculty-publication-day-2020%e2%80%b2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.fhss.sjp.ac.lk\/publication-committee\/2021\/06\/05\/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences-hosted-the-first-faculty-publication-day-2020%e2%80%b2\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted the first \u2018Faculty Publication Day 2020\u2032"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Publication Committee of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty hosted the first \u2018Faculty Publication Day\u2019 event on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. Under the vision and guidance of the Dean of the faculty Prof. Shirantha Heenkenda, excellent creative skills of academic staff, non-academic staff and undergraduates of the faculty were appreciated in the event. Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage \u2013 Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and veteran writer Mr Chulananda Samaranayake attended the event as distinguished chief guests. The main objective of the \u2018Faculty Publication Day\u2019 was to appraise the creative writing skills of the faculty members.<\/p>\n

In this unprecedented event, two significant books were released as faculty publications. \u2018Disi Vidasi\u2019 \u2013 a collection of poems written by the undergraduates of the faculty to alleviate their stress while quarantined at home during the COVID \u2013 19 pandemic. The other book published at the event was entitled as \u2018Ranrasu Nirmana Sangrahaya\u2019 \u2013 a collection of award-winning short stories and poems at the \u2018Ranrasu Prathibha\u2019 Arts Festival held in 2019.<\/p>\n

In addition to these two faculty publications, over 25 books published by lecturers of the faculty were also prized at the event. Furthermore, books comprising scholarly articles edited by the academic staff of the faculty, articles and books written by the undergraduates were also appraised at this occasion.<\/p>\n

Marking a significant milestone in the history of Sri Lankan universities, it was also announced that \u2018Vidudaya Vinivida Kathana Grantha\u2019 project, launched by the faculty has published more than 250 audiobooks for students with special needs. In particular, this audiobook project is another unique community outreach program conducted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.<\/p>\n

Image Courtesy:\u00a0Japura Flames\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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