International Conference on Heritage as Soft Power: Recent submissions

  • How storytelling influences promotion and education purpose of a cultural heritage: A study on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum 
    Chakraborty, Barota; Jahan, Qazi Afrin (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Though cultural heritages are interpreted differently to different people over the globe, they tend to secure the significance and development of cultural wealth for future generations. Many museums around the world have ...
  • Sri Lankan traditional culinary heritage for personal image building 
    Gayathri, P.; Ganeshan, Krishantha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The study of Sri Lankan Traditional Culinary Heritage for personal image building is a major outcome of Sri Lankan identity built through culinary heritage. As a result of this study, culinary heritage is clarified as soft ...
  • Milindapñha: The text and its times 
    Shukla, Renu (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The celebrated work Milindapñha, which is preserved in the Pālī language, is considered as ‘the most important non-canonical work of the theravāda’ Buddhist ideology. It is composed in the form of a dialogue between the ...
  • Jaina art: A lost Tradition of peace and tolerance in Pakistan 
    Rana, Asif Mahmood (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Abandoned Jaina temples along the major trade routes in the provinces of Punjab and Sind in Pakistan exhibit a particular genre of art in the form of sculptures, large frescos, and painted miniature scenes of meditation ...
  • Representation of ‘Struggle for freedom and human rights’ in the Liberation War Museum of Bangladesh 
    Ahmed, Maliha Nargis; Afrin, Azmaree (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Liberation War Museum Bangladesh was established in 1993 through a private initiation in a colonial period two-storied house. The original museum consisted of six galleries with almost 13,000 objects. In 2017 the museum ...
  • Examining heritage as a soft power: Indian experience 
    Raja, N. K. Kumaresan (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Asian heritage would be the best possible name to identify the cultural landscape of Asia. When the cartography of the modern world divided the heritage landscape as the Nation States, India still has the pride of being ...
  • Rebranding Zimbabwe’s global image through heritage: Lessons from India use of heritage as soft power 
    Matemba, Cathrine K. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage possesses a tremendous propensity to transform and shape international affairs. With the advent of globalization, heritage has emerged as a forceful effectual agent of soft power capable of revolutionizing ...
  • The Impact of Sinhalese films to promote studying monarchs of Sri Lanka (Based on 08 selected sinhala films) 
    Mallawaarachchi, Asitha (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    According to the Mahawansa, the first kingdom of Sri Lanka was established in the year 435 B.C. by Prince Vijaya. The Sri Lankan monarchs that began with Prince Vijaya ended in the year 1815 A.D. with King Sri Wikrama ...
  • Heritage enhancement, a soft power to handle with care 
    Delalande, Claire (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Is it possible to consider heritage enhancement as a soft power in the service of a population or a state? What benefits this usage could entail? What would be the drawbacks and drifts that could arise? Many questions ...
  • B.P. de Silva: The legacy of Asia’s finest jewelers 
    Dissanayake, D. M. K. G. K.; Windsor, R. D.; Wijayarathna, W. K. M. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    B.P. de Silva is a heritage classic family of Sri Lanka. Balage Porolis de Silva, a Sinhalese Buddhist of Magalle on the South Coast of Sri Lanka, founded the company. In 1872, he landed in Singapore and rented a shop for ...
  • Potential for heritage tourism in Kothmale region 
    Harshani, A. A. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage Tourism is traveling to experience the places, artifacts, and activities that authentically represent the stories and people of the past and present. Furthermore, people are seeking unique travel experiences that ...
  • A comparative study of representing heritage in the theme songs of major election campaigns in Sri Lanka and India 
    Jayasinghe, R.A.N.M. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Political Advertising is an effective method of communication. Political parties/institutions plan and design their political advertising campaign in the initial stage to get the maximum attraction from the people. These ...
  • Majuli as a heritage site 
    Goswami, Gitanjali; Sarma, Mousumi (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Majuli, renowned as one of the world's largest river islands is a conglomeration of Vaishnavite religion, natural beauty, art and craft, ethnic culture and traditions which need to be explored and showcased to the world. ...
  • Heritage in contemporary visual Art: the legacy of Raja Ravi Varma 
    Singh, Madhulika (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Nehru reflecting on the cultural heritage stated that ‘Indian Art is intimately associated with Indian religion and philosophy’. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, a strong connection was established between art ...
  • Heritage as soft power:Buddhist and Hindu heritage of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan 
    Shakirullah; Jan, Ihsanullah (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Pakistan is a rich country with diverse Archaeological and Cultural Heritage. Everywhere, heritage has a role in fixing the real identity of the soft power of a nation, era, region and especially of human society. Without ...
  • Heritage as a tool of diplomacy:A case study of Narendra Modi-XI Zingping Meet at Mahabalipuram 
    Sharma, Bhawna (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Diplomacy has to renovate its tools to be relevant from time to time. It has many traditional tools like negotiations, bargaining and the newly found tool of “Heritage-Meet” etc. The Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra ...
  • Bodhgaya: A case study in the development of Buddhist heritage site 
    Morde, Aparajita (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Bodhgaya is a place of Buddha's enlightenment that assumes an important place in Buddhist cosmology. It is a leading tourist place for Buddhist devotees who throng the center daily to pay respect to the holy tree. The site ...
  • Heritage value of traditional board games 
    Balambal, V. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Games and sports are as old as our civilization. Those are considered as culture and many nations have accepted it as their cultural heritage. Culture shows the image of the nation. Games are the physical activities, which ...
  • Than & Sattra institution: a living heritage of Sankaradeva legacy 
    Borkakoti, Sanjib Kumar (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Assam has a living heritage belonging to the legacy left by the medieval saint Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449 AD - 1568 AD). Known both as Thân & Sattra, this institution has survived five centuries and is still flourishing. ...
  • Buddhist heritage and cultural diplomacy: A Buddhist path to cultural diplomacy 
    Singh, Arvind Kumar (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Shri Narendra Modi declared, at the “Samvad” conference in 2015, that India was “taking the lead in promoting the Buddhist heritage across Asia.” While India has a minimal Buddhist population, with only 0.7% of its people ...

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