Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - USJ

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - USJ One of the oldest Faculty of Arts in Sri Lanka, We the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - University of Sri Jayewardenepura S. F.

The Faculty of Arts was established concurrently with the inception of the Vidyodaya University in 1958. Consequently, the Faculty shares a common history with the University. Under the administration of the pioneer Dean, Prof. de Silva, the Faculty commenced its academic activities by offering subjects such as Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, and History to undergradua

tes. The Faculty expanded its strength gradually by establishing new departments and offering a wide range of subjects to a larger number of undergraduates. Since the relocation of the University to its present premises at Gangodawila, Nugegoda in 1961, the Faculty has had the Sri Sumangala Building as its main center of operation. The main administrative offices and many of the academic departments and lecture halls of the Faculty are located here. The Faculty of Arts was officially renamed in 2011 as the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, highlighting its already outstanding reputation in the disciplines of Humanities and Social Sciences, and as one of the most dynamic and diverse faculties of its kind. At present, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) is the academically most diverse faculty of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, attracting undergraduates from a wide range of backgrounds and academic interests. It is made up of sixteen academic departments, dedicated to the task of widening the academic and research potential of each generation of its student population. While offering a variety of study opportunities in numerous fields, the Faculty aims to enable its students to explore a rich system of knowledge and thus make their study a rewarding experience. The Faculty is a reputed location for many important research forums. Advanced and innovative research symposia are conducted annually at Faculty-level and also at the level of the different academic departments, thus addressing a wide range of issues related to a diversity of disciplines.

Senior Professor Shirantha Heenkenda Dean FHSS Receives Honorary Professorship from Ural State University of EconomicsS...
23/04/2026

Senior Professor Shirantha Heenkenda Dean FHSS Receives Honorary Professorship from Ural State University of Economics

Senior Professor Shirantha Heenkenda, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Sri Jayewardenapura, was awarded an honorary professorship by Ural State University of Economics (USUE) in Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation. The recognition took place during the XVI Eurasia Economics Youth Forum, held on 22 April 2026, at a gathering of Russian and foreign universities.

The honor stems from continuous academic collaboration between the two universities since 2023. Under Professor Heenkenda’s leadership, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has launched a Professional Diploma in Russian Language, established research collaborations, and organized essay competitions.

Furthermore, both institutions have agreed to expand their academic and research partnerships moving forward.

https://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/blog/2026/04/23/senior-professor-shirantha-heenkenda-dean-fhss-receives-honorary-professorship-from-ural-state-university-of-economics/

උදාවූ සිංහල හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සැමට සෞභාග්‍යය, සතුට පිරි සුබ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!மலர்ந்திருக்கும் இந்த சிங்கள மற்று...
13/04/2026

උදාවූ සිංහල හින්දු අලුත් අවුරුද්ද සැමට සෞභාග්‍යය, සතුට පිරි සුබ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!

மலர்ந்திருக்கும் இந்த சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டில் அனைவருக்கும் சௌபாக்கியமும், மகிழ்ச்சியும் உண்டாகட்டும்.

Wishing you a happy and prosperous
Sinhala and Hindu New Year!

🎬 *MOJO චිත්‍රපට උලෙළ - 2026* (අන්තර් අධ්‍යයනාංශ තරගාවලිය)ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය, මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍...
12/04/2026

🎬 *MOJO චිත්‍රපට උලෙළ - 2026* (අන්තර් අධ්‍යයනාංශ තරගාවලිය)

ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය, මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨයේ විද්‍යාර්ථින් වන ඔබගේ කලා හැකියාව හා නිර්මාණශීලිත්වය පෙන්වීමට මෙන්න මහ‍ඟු අවස්ථාවක්! 🌟

📅 අයදුම්පත් බාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනය: 2026 අප්‍රේල් 25
📅 චිත්‍රපට ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකි අවසන් දිනය: 2026 මැයි 31

🎥 රූපාවලෝකනය හරහා ඔබේ කතාව මුළු ලෝකයට ම කියන්න... ✨

වැඩි විස්තර
https://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/cult/inter-department-mojo-film-festival/

🎬 MOJO චිත්‍රපට උලෙළ 2026! (අන්තර් විශ්වවිද්‍යාල තරගාවලිය)ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඕනෑ ම රාජ්‍ය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක ඉගෙනුම ලබන ඔබගේ, නිර...
12/04/2026

🎬 MOJO චිත්‍රපට උලෙළ 2026! (අන්තර් විශ්වවිද්‍යාල තරගාවලිය)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ඕනෑ ම රාජ්‍ය විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයක ඉගෙනුම ලබන ඔබගේ, නිර්මාණශීලීත්වය රටට ම විශද කරවීමට මෙන්න මහඟු අවස්ථාවක්! 🌟

ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය, මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨයේ සංස්කෘතික කමිටුව මඟින් සංවිධානය කෙරෙන MOJO චිත්‍රපට උලෙළට දැන් ම අයදුම් කරන්න.

📅 අයදුම්පත් බාරගන්නා අවසාන දිනය: 2026 අප්‍රේල් 25
📅 චිත්‍රපට ඉදිරිපත් කළ හැකි අවසාන දිනය: 2026 මැයි 31

🎥 රූපාවලෝකනය හරහා ඔබේ කතාව මුළු ලෝකයට ම කියන්න! ✨

වැඩි විස්තර
https://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/cult/inter-university-mojo-film-festival/

Workshop on Abstract Writing – VURD 2026As part of the Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day 2026, we are pleased to invi...
10/04/2026

Workshop on Abstract Writing – VURD 2026

As part of the Vidyodaya Undergraduate Research Day 2026, we are pleased to invite you to a special workshop on Abstract Writing designed to support undergraduate researchers in enhancing their academic writing skills.

🗓️ Date: 28th April 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM onwards
📍 Platform: Zoom

Join expert resource persons from both Humanities and Social Sciences streams (Sinhala & English) and gain valuable insights into crafting effective research abstracts.

ICED 2026 Abstract Review UpdatesAbstract submissions for the International Conference on Equity and Diversity 2026 (ICE...
10/04/2026

ICED 2026 Abstract Review Updates

Abstract submissions for the International Conference on Equity and Diversity 2026 (ICED) are now under review.
Review results will be communicated to researchers as soon as possible.

Thank you for your valuable submissions and continued interest in ICED 2026. Stay tuned for further updates!

🎉 The results of our 4th year students are now released!A huge congratulations to all our students on this remarkable ac...
07/04/2026

🎉 The results of our 4th year students are now released!

A huge congratulations to all our students on this remarkable achievement. This is the result of your dedication, resilience, and effort throughout your academic journey. We are proud of each and every one of you.

More information: https://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/blog/2026/04/07/pass-list-2026/

පීඨ ප්‍රකාශන දිනය 20262026 පීඨ ප්‍රකාශන දිනය සඳහා ප්‍රකාශන බාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනය 2026.04.20 දක්වා දීර්ඝ කෙරේ.වැඩිදුර තොරතු...
06/04/2026

පීඨ ප්‍රකාශන දිනය 2026
2026 පීඨ ප්‍රකාශන දිනය සඳහා ප්‍රකාශන බාරගන්නා අවසන් දිනය 2026.04.20 දක්වා දීර්ඝ කෙරේ.
වැඩිදුර තොරතුරු සඳහා පීඨ ප්‍රකාශන කමිටු වෙබ් පිටුව වෙත පිවිසෙන්න.
https://fhss.sjp.ac.lk/publication-committee/2026/02/23/publicationday-2026/

සුභාෂා සිංහල භාෂා අභියෝග්‍යතා තරගාවලිය -2026 ජයග්‍රාහකයන් සඳහා ශුභාශංසනශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා...
06/04/2026

සුභාෂා සිංහල භාෂා අභියෝග්‍යතා තරගාවලිය -2026 ජයග්‍රාහකයන් සඳහා ශුභාශංසන

ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයීය මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨය මගින් සංවිධානය කරනු ලැබූ සුභාෂා සිංහල භාෂා අභියෝග්‍යතා තරගාවලිය -2026 හි වට තුන ම සාර්ථක අන්දමින් අවසන් වූ අතර එහි අවසාන වටයේ දී දස්කම් පා පළමු, දෙ වැනි හා තෙ වැනි ස්ථාන ලබාගත් ජයග්‍රාහකයන් මෙසේ ය. සිංහල හා ජනසන්නිවේදන අධ්‍යයනාංශයේත් ඩිජිටල් අධ්‍යාපන හා වෘත්තිය සංවර්ධන මධ්‍යස්ථානයේත් මෙහෙයවීම මත පවත්වනු ලැබූ සුභාෂා -2026 තරගාවලියෙන් ජයග්‍රහණ හිමි කරගත් සියලු විද්‍යාර්ථින්ට සමස්ත මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨයේ ශුභාශංසන.

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, warmly congratulates Prof. Nilanthi Rajapa...
05/04/2026

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, warmly congratulates Prof. Nilanthi Rajapaksha, Head of the Department of Language, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts, on her outstanding recent achievements on the global academic stage.

Prof. Rajapaksha has been honored with the prestigious Kaka Kalelkar National Encouragement Award 2025 for her exceptional contributions to Education, Literature, and Language along with her appointment as the President of the SAARC Writer's Forum India.

Adding to her illustrious record, Prof. Nilanthi Rajapaksha actively represented the university, sharing her expertise at numerous esteemed institutions across India:

As a Keynote Speaker:
* Sahitya Akademi / MP Government: International Literary Discussion at the Vande Mataram National Festival.
* Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi : International Conference on 'Hindi Teaching at Global Level: Status and Direction.'
* Jammu Central University: International Conference on 'Hindi on the Global Platform: Diverse Dimension.'

As a Distinguished Speaker:
* Hindi Department, Panjab University, Chandigard : Two-Day International Seminar on 'Men's Discourse in Contemporary Society.'
* Nagaland University: Two-Day International Seminar on 'Tribal Society of North-East India: Literature, Culture and Tradition.'
* Vaishvik Hindi Parivar, Delhi: 'A dialogue with the Diaspora.'

As a Conference Chair:
* Central University of Haryana: International Conference on 'Workplace Dynamics: Individuals and Organizations' & 5th Indian Congress of Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
* Panjab University: Two-Day International Seminar on 'Men's Discourse in Contemporary Society.'

We wish her continued success in all her future endeavors.

Degree Programs offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for the Academic Year 2025-2026.‎ The Faculty o...
01/04/2026

Degree Programs offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for the Academic Year 2025-2026.
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The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura extends its wishes to the students who have passed the Advanced Level examination held in 2025. For those who wish to study in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the following information has been provided on the Degree Programs which are offered by the Faculty. The degrees are offered in both English and Sinhala mediums.

2025 අධ්‍යයන පොදු සහතිකපත්‍ර උසස් පෙළ විභාග කඩඉම සාර්ථක ලෙස ජයගත් ඔබට උණුසුම් සුබ පැතුම්..!

අධ්‍යයන වර්ෂ 2025/2026 අධ්‍යයන පොදු සහතික පත්‍ර උසස් පෙළ විභාග කඩයිම සාර්ථක ලෙස නිම කළ ඔබට ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර විශ්වවිද්‍යාලයේ, මානවශාස්ත්‍ර හා සමාජීයවිද්‍යා පීඨය මගින් පහත සඳහන් සිවු අවුරුදු ගෞරව උපාධි පාඨමාලා පිරිනමනු ලැබේ. උපාධි අපේක්ෂකයන්හට එම පාඨමාලා, සිංහල හා ඉංග්‍රීසි යන මාධ්‍ය දෙකෙන්ම හැදෑරීමට අවකාශ සලසා ඇත.
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