International Research Conference 2015 – Faculty of Arts

International Research Conference 2015 – Faculty of Arts

TheInternational Research Conference – Faculty of Arts,under the themeof “Changing Socio-Economic Dynamics in Sri Lanka: Contexts, Cultures andImaginations,was held on 03rd – 04thDecember 2015,with the intention of providing a valuable platform for scholars in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences to showcase their research work.

The Keynote Speaker wasProfessor Naren Chitty A. M.– Director, Soft Power Analysis & Resource Centre (SPARC), Macquarie University, Australia and the Guest Speaker wasAssociate Professor Rohan Bastin– Associate Professor of Anthropology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Australia National and international scholars were invited to submitabstractsfor this conference.

The Editorial Committee for theFaculty of Arts International Research Conference 2015invited academic staff members and postgraduate students from the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the above Conferenceunder the followingsub-themes:

  • Crises andSocialTransformation
  • Language asanAgentofChangeinSriLanka
  • Human-Environment Interaction:ChangeandSustainability
  • Historical ConsciousnessandPost-WarReconciliationinSriLanka
  • Religion andPoliticalChangeinSriLanka

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