Symposia & Conferences: Recent submissions

  • Culture behind glass 
    Zoysa, Asoka de; Dissanayaka, Ganga Rajinee (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Responding to “Role of museums as soft power”, the beginning of a long winded process of restitution and repatriation of the “Colonial Legacy” in European museums is discussed. Based on theoretical viewpoints expressed in ...
  • Soft power of Western Sabaragamuwa region 
    Dissanayaka, Ganga Rajinee (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Sabaragamuwa Region has not been identified as having a unique cultural heritage at par with the Upcountry Kandyan Region and the Southern and Western Maritime Region. The Western part of the modern province includes ...
  • ‘Cultural Diplomacy’- Engaging peace through arts:A discussion with special reference to the South Asian region 
    Chavan, Soumya Manjunath (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage encompasses culture in its many facets of tradition, languages, architecture and arts including literature, films, dance, music, painting, sculpture etc. with a historical significance from the past and relevant ...
  • Fashioning the heritage by costumes: Visualizing elite female jackets in Colombo Museum 
    Karunaratne, Priyanka Virajini Medagedara (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The concept of heritage establishes and develops the inventories of cultural properties such as themes of memory, performance, identity, tangibility, and intangibility forms of the culture. Furthermore, the idea of heritage ...
  • Heritage dress reveals fashion ideologies: Elite change in the 19th century of Sri Lanka 
    Ranathunga, Gayathri Madubhani (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Heritage as a social action is more concerned with practices. The premise of this paper is that heritage has always been with us and has always been produced by people according to their contemporary concerns and experiences. ...
  • The role of brand elements in destination branding by using heritage (A critical study on Sri Lankan tourism taglines and logos) 
    Yohani, A.K. D. T. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    This research study evaluates the contribution of commonly used symbolic brand elements namely destination name, logo and tagline in organized tourism industry in Sri Lanka by using heritage as soft power to the establishment ...
  • A comparative investigation on the rituals based on Ruwanwelisaya inscription, in the period of queen Kalyānawatī, and their present position 
    Jinarathana, Ven. Kelegama; Sumangala, Ven. Pahiyangala; Hettiarachchi, Karunasena (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Ruwanwelisaya Stūpa, built by king Dutugemunu in 137 B.C, is concerned as the foremost Stūpa of the Mahavihara monastery. According to the Sumangalavilāsani and Papancasūdani, a large number of Buddha’s sacred physical ...
  • An identification of the usage of heritage in the study of history 
    Unknown author (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    All the qualities, traditions or teachers of life that have been continued over many years and have been passed from generation to generation can be defined as the heritage. Moreover, the heritage reprehends political, ...
  • Nata Sankirtana: A Cultural Heritage of India 
    Singh, M. Thoiba (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Manipuri Nata Sankirtana is a form of worship to the followers of Goudiya Vaishnavism. It is considered as a Mahayajna (complete sacrifice).The Vaishnava architects trace its origin to the aesthetics and philosophy of ...
  • Shree Shree Govindaji Temple:The cultural heritage of North East India 
    Salgamuwa, Dhanushka Washeera (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Shree Govindajee Temple is the largest Hindu, Vaishnav temple in Imphal city in Manipur. It is located next to the palace of the former rulers of the then Manipur Kingdom. Shree Govindaji Temple was originally built in ...
  • Building a data warehousing system to increase sustainability of the archeological tourism sector 
    Ranasinghe, R.A.N.N.; Withanachchi, Chandana (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Archeological tourism has developed throughout the world as an important segment of tourism industry. The importance of development in archeological heritage tourism is to boost the standard of living by attracting ...
  • Historically valuable Dutch plate in the library of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura 
    Nishanthi, Menaka (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The Dutch who arrived in Sri Lanka for the first time in 1602 AD were working to oust the Portuguese who were ruling the coastal provinces of Sri Lanka. At that time, the Portuguese were looking to take over the entire ...
  • Ancient Buddhist route: Pataliputra to Nepal 
    Ara, Prof. Badara (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Even though Ancient Bihar is not the birthplace of Buddha, it is closely associated with the rise and development of Buddhism. It was the training ground of Gautama Buddha after he became a wondering ascetic, and it was ...
  • Heritage as soft power: A critical analysis of foreign policy of India 
    Keer, Renu (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    In the foreign policy context, soft power and heritage have become important as a tool of diplomacy for states as hard power. It promotes intercultural dialogue, which is essential to counter the multiple challenges to the ...
  • Impacts of cultural heritage tourism at UNESCO world heritage sites in Sri Lanka 
    Wickramaratne, K.A. D. I.; Shalinika, I.S. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Cultural tourism is the sub category of tourism that is concerned with the traveler's engagement with a country or region's culture, specifically the lifestyle of the people in those geographical areas, the history of those ...
  • The discovery of ancient sites at Kathua & Samba districts in Jammu and Kashmir: A preliminary study 
    Sharma, Rajesh (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    The present research paper draws attention towards the recently discovered ancient and archaeological sites in Samba, a district in the strife torn Indian state of jammu and Kashmir. This aim of this study is to show how ...
  • Analyzing the “Soft Power” of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine 
    Kapoor, Sindhu (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Jammu is fortunate to be the important seat of shaktism in India, with Shri Mata Vaishno Devi attracting not less than 70 -80 lakh pilgrims from around the globe. Mata Vaishno Devi’s shrine is located in a cave of the ...
  • UNESCO exercise soft power through software:A study of the WINISIS software in documenting cultural heritage sites 
    Sahi, Vikram Singh Vikram Singh (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    This paper aims to discuss how the WINISIS software which is developed by UNESCO can be used for documenting the heritage sites worldwide with very little investment. This paper tries to explore how the searchable digital ...
  • Role of the “Soft Power” of a Museum 
    Widyarathne, Sanjeewani (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    Joseph Nye introduced the concept of "soft power" in late 1980s. According to Nye, this is the ability to shape the preferences of others through appeal and attraction. Further he explained the currency of “Soft Power” is ...
  • Do the museums in Sri Lanka reach their full potential as Institutions of soft power or have they simply ignored its role in cultural diplomacy 
    Gajanayake, J.M.J.P. (Centre for Heritage Studies, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019)
    This paper articulates how Museums have been identified as Agents of Soft power and if this is accepted and followed by the Museums in Sri Lanka. The study is foregrounded on three national museums in Sri Lanka, namely, ...

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