SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Second Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 on 25th April 2025 (Friday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time).
The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Thakur S Powdyel, Former Minister of Education, Royal Government of Bhutan.
Prof. Thakur S Powdyel will deliver his lecture on the topic “Our SAARC Universities: Re-claiming the Soul of Their Role”.
All are cordially invited. Please do spread the word.
Join us via Zoom : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84314562491
Meeting ID: 843 1456 2491
We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions during this enlightening lecture.
SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming First Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2025 on 27th March 2025 (Thursday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Md. Masood Imran, Department of Archaeology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Prof. Md. Masood Imran will deliver his lecture on the topic “Heritage Diplomacy: Negotiating the Mechanisms of Geographical Indication Rights to Safeguard the Shared Living Cultural Heritage of South Asia”.
All are cordially invited. Please do spread the word.
Join us via Zoom : https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82103748736
Meeting ID: 821 0374 8736
We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions during this enlightening lecture.
Join us to celebrate International Women’s day 2025 with an online forum under the theme ‘Remembering 20th Century South Asian Women in Culture’
Date: Tuesday, 11th March 2025
Time: 4pm-6pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time)
Join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83580083526
Meeting ID: 835 8008 3526
This online forum will feature five women figures whose contributions and ideas helped shape the South Asian cultural landscape in the 20th Century, a period of significant social, cultural, and economic change.
The forum will feature:
INDIA
Irawati Karvé (1905-1970) – India’s first female anthropologist and known for her groundbreaking writings about Indian culture and civilization and caste system.
PAKISTAN
Noor Jahan (1926-2000) – known as Pakistan’s Queen of Melody, she is considered one of the greatest and most influential singers of her time in South Asia
NEPAL
Bishnu Kumari Waiba (1937-1993) – a leading literary figure in the 1960s and 1970s who wrote under the pen name of Parijat.
BANGLADESH
Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999) – poet, litterateur, social activist and feminist
SRI LANKA
Minette De Silva (1918-1998) – an internationally recognized and trailblazing Sri Lankan modernist architect
Our speakers:
• Dr. Kumud Bhansali, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, South Asian University, New Delhi, India
• Dr. Nabiha Fatima, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Sciences, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
• Prof. Sangita Rayamajhi, Senior Professor, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Jinat Ara Haque, Chief Executive, WE CAN Alliance to End VAW (Violence Against Women), Bangladesh
• Irushi Tennekoon, Artist, Animator, and Educator, Colombo, Sri Lanka
SAARC Cultural Centre presents the SAARC Special Lecture on “Is Puppetry Relevant in the 21st Century South Asia?” featuring Ms. Sulochana Dissanayake, Founder & Artistic Director, Power of Play (Pvt) Ltd, Sri Lanka on 13th December 2024, 2:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time).
Here is the link to join https://meet.google.com/wxg-tgui-gsu
SAARC Cultural Centre presents the SAARC Special Lecture on “Digital Renaissance: How Technology is Reshaping Culture” featuring Ms. Ashwini Natesan, Legal Consultant and Researcher Tech, Media and Telecommunications Law, Sri Lanka on 9th December 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time).
Here is the link to join https://meet.google.com/ums-zcwi-kqs
SAARC Cultural Centre presents the SAARC Special Lecture on “Early Historic Urbanization and Urban-Rural Landscapes in South Asia” featuring Dr. Selvakumar Veerasamy, Head of the Department, Department of Maritime History and Marine Archaeology, Tamil University, Tanjavur, India. on 25th November 2024, 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time).
Here is the link to join https://meet.google.com/fjq-jixz-htn
SAARC Cultural Centre and Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Colombo present SAARC Special Lecture and Meet the Author on 18th Oct 2024,3:30 PM at SVCC Premises, 16/2 Gregory’s Rd, Colombo-7.
Prof. Anand Singh and Ven. Prof. Miriswaththe Wimalagnana will discuss the book Nālandā: A Glorious Past
Details are given below.
Please join us for an intriguing session.
SAARC Cultural Centre, Colombo is presenting its upcoming Seventh Session of the SAARC Talk Series 2024 on 30th August 2024 (Friday) at 3:00 pm (Sri Lanka Standard Time). The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Zameer Careem, Visiting Lecturer in International Relations, Faculty of Management, Social Sciences and Humanities, General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University (KDU), Sri Lanka.
Dr. Zameer Careem will deliver his lecture on the topic “Bridging Beliefs: Saints as Symbols of Syncretism in South Asia”
The presentation is open to public. To attend kindly register at the link given below.
Please click here to register
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/xhj-gmxf-jjv
Do spread the word. We look forward to your participation and engaging discussions during this enlightening lecture.
Best wishes to the Kandy Esala Perahera Festival of 2024, the esteemed cultural festival of this country, commencing 10th of August. This grand event, embodying centuries of pride, showcases the rich cultural identity of Sri Lanka to the world. Let us pass on this heritage to our children and educate them about its significance.
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