J'pura Holds Sosaa In Style

Sri Jayewardenepura University hosts SOSAA’s 7th International Conference on History and Archaeology

- Nishantha Hewage

The seventh international conference of the Society of South Asian Archaeology (SOSAA), which was hosted by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (USJ), was held from September 18-19, 2020.

As the first part of the conference, the inauguration ceremony and the presentation of research papers from Sri Lanka was held on September 18 from 9 a.m. onwards, at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) of the USJ. The second part of the conference was held on September 19 at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology, Deccan College, India.

The entire conference on both days was streamed online via Zoom to facilitate the participation of scholars and other presenters around the South Asian region and other countries.

With the theme “Save our heritage for our future”, the conference was held in collaboration with Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre of Indian High Commission Colombo and the Sri Lanka national commission for UNESCO.

The conference was chaired by the Guest of Honour Emeritus Prof.S.B.Hettiarachi, Dr.S.U.Deraniyagala, the DirectorGeneral of the Department of Archaeology. Dr Rewant Vikram Singh