The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) organized an interactive session between Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Former Vice Chancellor, Ashoka University, India and Sri Lankan researchers on  ‘Researching Democracy: Ideas for an Agenda for South Asia’ at the Olympus Auditorium of the BCIS on September 11, 2023.  The session was moderated by members of the Board of...Read More

A two-volume publication, Democracy and Democratisation in Sri Lanka: Paths, Trends and Imaginations, was launched on September 09, 2023 at the BMICH, Colombo. Edited by Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, the book is published by the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS), Colombo. With 21 chapters written by a team of Sri Lankan scholars, the two volumes...Read More

A lecture on ‘What is Research and How to Begin?’ was conducted by Professor Emeritus Gamini Keerawella/ Executive Director of the BCIS, under the BCIS Brown Bag Discussion series on Friday, September 01, 2023, at the Olympus Auditorium, BCIS. This discussion provided insights into what research is, an overview of the types of research, how...Read More