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by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Efflorescence
Going back to the “cultural desert” remark, Goonetilleke records that Jennings thought of “Thurstan Road as an oasis” He was eagerly awaiting the transfer to Peradeniya where ” the desert would blossom like the rose” ( KR, Intro. Xxiii) .As we all know it did indeed. (Let us leave aside the “cultural desert” part.) . Being empowered to “develop” in a separate Faculty, Sinhalese, Tamil, Pali and Sanskrit studies expanded their academic vistas. I think the most momentous development was in the Department of Sinhalese. In Peradeniya, it had come under a new Professor and Head of Department, D.E.Hettiarachchi (B.A.;Ph.D. Lond; M.A.; Ph.D. Calcutta) The study of modern Sinhala literature was added to the curriculum of the Department enlisting the services of Ediriweera Sarachcnadra, a scholar who had been making pioneering studies on modern Sinhala literature, getting him transferred from the Department of Pali. This proved to
Peradeniya University holds eighth International Economics Research Symposium (PIERS) View(s):
The eighth Peradeniya International Economics Research Symposium (PIERS) was held at the University of Peradeniya’s Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The keynote address was delivered by Pathfinder Foundation Executive Director Lashman Siriwardene. The theme of the symposium was “Stimulating economic growth to face economic and social challenges during and post Covid-19.”
Chief Guest Vice-Chancellor Professor Upul B.Dissanayake addressing the gathering and pictures of the symposium.
“Let me, at the very outset accept the fact that the current economic situation and related social outcomes are globally, as well as locally, gloomy and a return to normalcy in the short run is unimaginable. The entire world is going through an unprecedented health crisis which has driven almost all countries other than China into negative economic growth,”