Research
- PhD in English Literature and Philosophy (Colombo) (2023) thesis titled Revisiting Ideology in Postcolonial Fiction: A Lacanian Reading on Salman Rushdie
- MA in Linguistics (Kelaniya) (2015) thesis titled A Study on Ideological Language in Relation to Creative Fiction (with reference to Gabriel Okara’s The Voice and V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas)
- MA in Women’s Studies (Colombo) (2014) thesis titled Empowerment and Upward Mobility of Women Workers in Garment Industries in Sri Lanka- Illusion or Reality?
- PgD in Women’s Studies (Colombo) (2009), Extended Essay titled Examining Job Security and Attitude of Women Executives in Managerial Contexts
- BA (Hons) (Peradeniya) (2006) dissertation titled An Examination of the Discourse on Studying/Learning English as a Second Language at Peradeniya University
Books
- Amaratunga, W.A. A.K., Willarachchi, D.D.L., Anandawansa, B.D.K. and Gunasekara, D.S.C.D.P. (Eds.) (2023) Megha 2: (In)visible lines of creativity in trilingual expression, Ratmalana: KDU Press, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. ISBN 978-624-6427-09-2.
- Anandawansa, K. et al. (Eds.) (2021) Megha: (In)visible lines of creativity in trilingual expression, Ratmalana: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. ISBN 978-624-5574-21-6
- Anandawansa, K. et al. (Eds.) (2020) Megha: (In)visible lines of creativity in trilingual expression [online], Ratmalana: General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University. ISBN 978-624-5574-02-5
- Anandawansa, K. (2020). ‘Krishanthi Anandawansa’ In Vihanga Perera (Ed.), Jean’s: A Memorial Anthology (pp.12,24,56). Kandy: Vihanga Perera.
- Goonasekara, CL., Premaratne, PH and Anandawansa, K. (Eds.) (2015) 8th International Research Conference- Proceedings, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana.
- Goonasekara, CL., Premaratne, PH and Anandawansa, K. (Eds.) (2015) 8th International Research Conference- Abstracts, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Ratmalana.
- Anandawansa, K. (2014) Simply Freckled- a collection of poetry, Sanghinda Printers & Publishers, Nugegoda.
- Anandawansa, K (2009) I Picture the Mosaic- a collection of poetry, Organization for Literary Accomplishments (OLA) Publication, Mt. Lavinia.
Academic Papers Published
- Hapugoda, M. & Anandawansa, K. (2023) Spiritual thirdspace and silent faith: reading the parallax between Buddhism and Christianity in the movie Silence (2016), Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS), 46(1), (pp.05-18) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljss.v46i1.7881
- Anandawansa, B.D.K. & Hapugoda, H.A.M.A. (2018) The Symptom of Situational Consciousness in Third-World Literature: Exploring Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, 11th International Research Conference 2018 (KDU-IRC 2018), General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, (pp.284-291). [online only] at https://www.kdu.ac.lk/irc2018/downlods/ProceedingBooks/MGT.pdf
- Anandawansa, K. & Hapugoda, M. (2017) Traversing beyond Postcolonial Identity: Symptomatic Self-Annihilation in The God of Small Things as a Symbolic Failure in Roy’s Politics, Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences (SLJSS), 40(2), (pp.81-92) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljss.v40i2.7539
- Anandawansa, K & Hettiarachchi, R. (2016) Language and ideology in the fiction of Gabriel Okara’s The Voice and V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas, International Conference on the Humanities (ICH 2015), University of Kelaniya, (pp.14-33)
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2014) Literature as a Function of Aristotelian “Catharsis”: A Study in Relation to ‘Shame’ by Salman Rushdie, Jaffna University International Research Conference 2012 (JUICE-2012), Jaffna, (p. 141-147).
Abstracts Published
- Hapugoda, M. and Anandawansa, K. (2020) Is Yukio Mishima a radical idealist of our times? [online]. 18th Asia Pacific Conference. Beppu, Japan 14 November 2020. Beppu: Asia Pacific University. Available [online only]
at https://en.apu.ac.jp/apconf/program/2020/Proceedings.pdf - Anandawansa, K. (2019) Heterotopias as Alternate Thirdspace: The Dialectic of the ‘Postcolonial Condition’ in Midnight’s Children [online]. 17th Asia Pacific Conference. Beppu, Japan 30 November–1 December 2019. Beppu: Asia Pacific University. Available [online only]
at: http://en.apu.ac.jp/apconf/program/2019/AY2019_Proceedings.pdf - Anandawansa, K. (2019) Heterotopias as Alternate Thirdspace: The Dialectic of the ‘Postcolonial Condition’ in Midnight’s Children [online]. 17th Asia Pacific Conference. Beppu, Japan 30 November–1 December 2019. Beppu: Asia Pacific University. Available [online only] at: http://en.apu.ac.jp/apconf/program/2019/AY2019_Proceedings.pdf
- Hapugoda, M. and Anandawansa, K. (2018) The Spiritual Thirdspace and Silent Faith: Reading the Parallax between Buddhism and Christianity in the Movie “Silence” (2016) [online]. 16th Asia Pacific Conference. Beppu, Japan 1-2 December 2018. Beppu: Asia Pacific University. Available [online only] at: http://en.apu.ac.jp/apconf/program/2018/AY2018_Proceedings.pdf
- Hapugoda, H.A.M.A. and Anandawansa, B.D.K. (2018) The Reversal of Postcolonial Consciousness, towards an Asiatic Revolutionary Model: Reading the Movie ‘Gandhi’ In University of Colombo Annual Research Symposium 2018. Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 November 2018. Colombo: UoC. Available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y6us0iKEvyjds89q5yF6H1NqRNmTzvn7/view?usp=sharing
- Anandawansa, K. and Hapugoda, M. (2018) The Symptom of Situational Consciousness in Third-World Literature: Exploring Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children In KDU International Research Conference- KDU IRC- 2018 Abstracts. Ratmalana, Sri Lanka 13-14 July 2018. Ratmalana: KDU, (p.53). Available at : http://www.kdu.ac.lk/irc2018/downlods/abstracts/management.pdf
- Anandawansa, K. & Hapugoda, M. (2017) Traversing beyond Postcolonial Identity: Symptomatic Self-Annihilation in The God of Small Things as a Symbolic Failure in Roy’s Politics In K.T. Silva and S.S. Colombage, eds. Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, 40(2). Colombo: National Science Foundation, (pp.81-92).
- Hettiarachchi, R. and Anandawansa, K. (2015) A Study on Ideological Language in Creative Fiction with Reference to Gabriel Okara’s The Voice and V.S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas. In D. Fernando, ed. ICH-2015 International Conference on the Humanities: New Dynamics, Divergences, Directions. Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 21-22 May 2015. Kelaniya: University of Kelaniya, (p.69).
- Krishanthi Anandawansa and Mahesh Hapugoda (2014) Woman Beyond Phallus? Analyzing the Symptomatic Madness in Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’, Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions- iPURSE- 2014, (p. 659).
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2012) Literature as a Function of Aristotelian “Catharsis”: A Study in Relation to ‘Shame’ by Salman Rushdie, Proceedings of Jaffna University International Research Conference- JUICE-2012, (p. 112).
Newspaper Articles Published (selected)
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2014) Conversation: Questions and Answers from a Woman’s Perspective. Published in Lanka Weekend Newspaper, (p. 04).
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2014) Waris Dirie’s ‘Desert Flower’: The Woman Who Opposed Female Circumcision. Published in Lanka Weekend Newspaper, (p. 04).
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2014) A Narration of Maria’s Soul in Paulo Coelho’s ‘Eleven Minutes’. Published in Lanka Weekend Newspaper, (p. 04).
Magazine Contributions
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2005) ‘The Choice’, ‘The King and I’, ‘Cycle of Life’, ‘Freedom’- Poetry In “The Freelancer”- An Illustrated English Fortnightly Magazine, Vol. 1. No. 4., Dr. Ali Shareef Publication, Male (Maldives), (p. 12-13).
Online Contributions
- Krishanthi Anandawansa (2010) ‘The Checkpoint’- Poem In “Human Rights and Culture”- An Online Article Series, Vol. 3, 6th Issue, The Asian Human Rights Commission, Kowloon (Hong Kong).
