THE SHORT COURSE ON “CULTURAL LINKAGES TOWARDS AN ASIAN IDEOLOGY” 2022/23 - LECTURE 03
A LECTURE ON “THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR CULTURAL LINKAGES TOWARDS AN 'ASIAN IDEOLOGY' AND BEYOND” BY MR. KITHSIRI AMARATUNGA

The third lecture of the Short Course on “Cultural Linkages towards an Asian Ideology” 2022/23 was delivered by Mr. Kithsiri Amaratunga on The English Language for Cultural Linkages Towards an ‘Asian Ideology’ and Beyond on 25th October 2022 from 1500 to 1635 via Zoom. 

Mr. Kithsiri Amaratunga is the Dean, Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities at the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Languages. He is a senior academic in the field of English language and literature with over 35 years of experience in teaching at various levels and over 18 years of experience in university administration. 

Mr. Amaratunga holds a MPhil in English from the University of Kelaniya, a MA in Linguistics (Merit) from University of Kelaniya, and a BA (Special) in English with second class honours from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. 

The course is organized for the 3rd consecutive year by the Department of Social Sciences, FMSH under a research grant awarded by the Eurasia Foundation (from Asia) in Japan and will be held from October 2022 to February 2023 for a selected group of undergraduates representing all Faculties of KDU.