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The Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies (BCIS) held a panel discussion at the launch of ‘The Routledge Companion to Sinhala Fiction from Postwar Sri Lanka: Resistance and Reconfiguration’ edited and translated by Dr. Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, as part of the seminar series organized by the BCIS Language and Cultural Studies Division on Saturday, July 08, 2023, at the BCIS Auditorium [The Olympus]. Professor Sasanka Perera, Professor Liyanage Amarakeerthi, Professor Sumathy...Read More

A lecture titled ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Sri Lanka: Persisting Portuguese Influence’ under the BCIS Public Lecture Series,  was held on Saturday, July 01, 2023, at the BCIS Auditorium [The Olympus]. The Resource Person was Professor Shihan De Silva Jayasuriya, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Senior Associate, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge and Chair, National Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage ICOMOS Sri Lanka.Read More

The Discussion on “Russia – Ukraine War: Implications for South Asia” which was organized under the BCIS Discussion Series on Current Global Issues 2023, was successfully held on Wednesday, 07th June 2023 at the Olympus Auditorium of the BCIS. Prof. Sumanasiri Liyanage, co-cordinator of Marx School and a fellow of the Solomon Asch Center for Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Harinda Vidanage, Director, Centre for Strategic Assessment at the...Read More

A panel discussion on ” Conditionality of International Financing Agencies: Use and Misuse ” was held at the BCIS Olympus Auditorium of the BCIS on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Dr. Roshan Perera, Public Policy specialist, former Director of Central Bank and a Senior Research Fellow of the Advocata Institute served as the main speaker of the panel. Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasingha, Former Foreign Secretary and Mr. Ramindu Perera, Senior Lecturer, Department...Read More