Curriculum Vitae Nirmal R. Dewasiri
Personal Details
Date of birth |
18 October 1965 |
Place of birth |
Gampaha, Sri Lanka |
Nationality |
Sri Lankan |
Phone office |
+31 (0)71 527 2771 |
Fax office |
+31 (0)71 527 2652
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Address home |
29/34 B, 5th Lane, D.M. Colomboge Mawatha, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka |
Mail address |
P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Education
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Period |
2003-2006 |
Degree |
Ph.D. Candidate |
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Period |
2002 |
Degree |
Advanced Master |
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Period |
2000 |
Degree |
M. Phil |
Subject |
Formation of Sinhala Nationalism in Sri Lanka in the late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries |
American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad, India
Period |
May-June 1998 |
Subject |
American Civilisation and Culture |
Uppsala University, Sweden
Period |
April-June 1994 |
Subject |
Conflict Resolution |
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Period |
1991 |
Degree |
Bachelor of Arts |
Subject |
History |
Work Experience
1991-present |
Lecturer in History, Department of History and Political Science (currently Department of History and International Relations), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. |
1992-1995 |
Co-editor, Pravada, Sinhala semi-academic journal. |
1990-1992 |
Assistant Editor, Uktiya, Sinhala language tabloid newspaper |
Academic Presentations
"Historiography and Ethnic Identity Ideology In Contemporary Sri Lanka." The Sri Lanka Historical Association, August 1996. Unpublished. (In Sinhala).
"Ethnicity, Religious Diversity and Internal Conflicts: a Comparative analysis of Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Guatemala." Joint paper, the Advanced International Training Programme on Conflict Resolution at Uppsala University, Sweden, 1994. Unpublished. (in English).
Selected studies
"Formation of Sinhala Nationalist Ideology in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries." M. Phil thesis, the University of Colombo, 2000. Unpublished. (In English).
"Impact of Rohana Wijeweera (the charismatic leader of two armed insurrections of southern Sri Lanka) as a Political Leader- 1965-1989." BA dissertation, 1991. Unpublished. (In Sinhala)
Selected Publications
Book and Articles (in Sinhala)
"Problems of Teaching Languages in the Universities of Sri Lanka." In Sarasa No.1, Sinhala Journal of Sinhala Society of University of Colombo, 2001.
"Democracy Against Capitalism." In Manpetha, A Sinhala Quarterly Journal, No.1, March-May 1993.
"President Ranasingha Premadasa: The Person and Politics." A series of six articles, in Yukthiya, a Sinhala weekly Tabloid, May-July 1993.
"Politics of Kandalama and Capital: A review of the Campaign against the Construction of a Tourist Hotel on the Bund of the Kandalama Tank."With Jayadeva Uyangoda, in Pravada, a Sinhala Bi-Monthly Journal, July-August 1992.
To Escape from the Trap of War- an Analysis of the War, Ethnic Conflict and Related Issues. Inter-Ethnic Fraternity, Colombo, 1995.
"Towards a New Left Politics." In Pravada, April 1995.
"The Ethnic Problem: Issues and Solutions." In Pravada, June-August 1995.
Book Reviews (in Sinhala)
Silva, K.T., Caste, Class and Changing Sri Lankan Society. (Kandy, 1996), in Pravada, 1997.
Andradi, T., Marxism Against Plundering Capitalism: A Comparative Historical Analysis (1993), in Pravada, October-November 1993.
Dissanayake, W., Left Movement in Sri Lanka:An Analytical Approach (Education and Research Institute for People's Action, Colombo, 1992), in Pravada, December 1992.
Dharmasekera, G.I.D., The Burning World and Vishvatharaism (Chinthana Parshadaya, 1991), in Pravada, May 1992.
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