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Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, without deviating from the great vision and mission of the university, has been able to extend its educational and research offer in line with the national demand of the country. All the degree programmes in the curriculum which are continuously being reviewed and developed are designed to produce globally responsible and socially responsive graduates with broad knowledge and skills related to the respective study areas.
Mission
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is committed to the development of the community and the nation at large through the dissemination and enhancement of knowledge enriched with the country’s cultural heritage.
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ජපන් භාෂා ඩිප්ලෝමාව සඳහා ලියාපදිංචි වීමේ කාල සීමාව මාර්තු මස 15 වන දින දක්වා දීර්ඝ කර ඇත.For more information : Japanese language diploma
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ලේඛකත්ව හා සන්නිවේදන ඩිප්ලෝමා පාඨමාලාව සඳහා සිසුන් ලියාපදිංචි කිරීමේ කාල සීමාව අප්‍රේල් 05 දක්වා දීර්ඝ කෙරේ. වැඩි විස්තර සඳහා පිවිසෙන්න :http://tinyurl.com/2u3abjh9
FHSS E-Repository
Scan the QR code and access the FHSS E-Repository to explore books, research publications, and conference proceedings by the Faculty members. Read and download at your convenience.
ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ 2022/2023 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂය සඳහා පීඨ මණ්ඩල නියෝජිත නිලවරණය පැවැත්වීමට අදාළව කරනු ලබන නිවේදනයයි.
2022/2023 අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂය වෙනුවෙන්‌ මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨය සඳහා පීඨ මණ්ඩල නියොජිතයින්‌ දෙදෙනෙකු තොරා පත්‌ කර ගත යුතුව ඇත. මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨ නිලචරණයකදී ඡන්දය දීමට සුදුසුකම්‌ ලබා ඇති සිසුන්ගේ
3rd DELT Assembly
The 3rd DELT assembly organized by the first year student body of the Department of English Language Teaching under the guidance of Dr. Badhubhashini Dissanayake Ratnayake will take place on
Conferences and Journals
International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS)
The 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences, organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, invites researchers from around the world to submit their abstracts for presentation at IRCHSS 2023, to be held in a hybrid format on 16th and 17th March 2023. IRCHSS 2023 will feature a wide range of talks on humanities and social sciences and a symposium on English Language Teaching and Learning.
Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS)
Vidyodaya Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (VJHSS) is the official journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. VJHSS is open access and peer-reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
This peer-reviewed journal publishes two issues annually and invite original research articles from diverse disciplines .
Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day (VURD)
Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura under the theme of “Achieving Greatness” focusing on uplifting the skills of the final year undergraduates and provide an exposure to ascertain and share novel knowledge through research related to the fields of humanities and social sciences.
The conference will stimulate interaction between students and faculty, while encouraging undergraduates to pursue higher degrees through advanced research.
National Action Research Conference (NARCHE)
The National Action Research Conference on Higher Education organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences will be held on 16th September 2021. This conference enables the researchers to present their new advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied learning, teaching and assessment and the participants to critically evaluate and absorb the good practices into their teaching, learning and assessment.
Submit your extended abstract on or before 10th June 2021 (Submission Deadline Extended)
For more information visit NARCHE web: http://narche.sjp.ac.lk
International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICICH)
3rd International Conference on Intangible Cultural Heritage organized by the Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura is one of the very first conference in this field of studies in Sri Lanka. ICICH will be conducted under the theme “Enriching Global Citizens through Traditional Insights” which promotes folklore research among the academia.
The conference encourages research findings from various fields such as Animal lore, Plant lore, Food culture, Traditional medicine, Traditional knowledge, Folk Art and Craft, Folk Medicine, Folk Drama, Folk Tale, Traditional Heritage, Folk dancing, Supernatural belief systems, Religion and Magic, Folk Poems etc.