Office Address	Department of Classical Languages Faculty of Arts University of Peradeniya Peradeniya 20400 Sri Lanka
	Email	ruwanthak@yahoo.co.uk
	Telephone	0094 81 239 2524
	Personal Website	HERE

Educational & Professional Qualifications

PhD Cand. (Thessaloniki, Greece) since 2010 MPhil (Cork, Ireland) BA in Western Classical Culture (Peradeniya) 2001 Greek and Latin Summer School, University College Cork, Ireland -2005, 2007 Foundation Certificate in Management Studies, The Institute of Commercial Management, Kandy, Sri Lanka - 2001 - 2002 Diploma in French Language, Alliance Française de Kandy, Sri Lanka -1992 - 1996

Positions Held (selected)

Head of Department, Department of Classical Languages, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya - Since 01st June 2021 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of Peradeniya - 2009 – 2010 Secretary, Senior Common Room - Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya – 2009-2010 Student Orientation Programme - Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya – Member - Organizing Committee – 2010 Faculty Handbook, Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya – Member - Preparation Team – 2010 Postgraduate Handbook, Faculty of Arts – University of Peradeniya – Member – Preparation Team - 2010 Society for the Integration of Science and Human Values, University of Peradeniya – Secretary - 2005 - 2006, 2009 - 2010 Peradeniya University Research Sessions (PURSE) – Member - Organizing Committee – 2003, 2004, 2010 Postgraduate Research Symposium - Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya Member - Organizing Committee – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 World Bank sponsored IRQUE Project to Improve Relevance and Quality of Undergraduate Education – Member – Proposal Development Committee – Joint Social Sciences Proposal, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya - 2004 Proposal for the Establishment of Sri Lanka Research Conference at the Faulty of Arts - Member – Proposal Development Committee – 2005 Alliance Franςaise de Kandy – Member - Executive Committee - 2002 - 2003

Workshops Attended (selected)

Quality Assurance (QA) Project: One Day Workshop on Benchmarking Subject Standards, University of Kaleniya, Sri Lanka – Participation – 10th June 2005 Six Week Staff Development Programme on Research Methods and Teaching Methodologies – Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka – 2005 One Day Workshop on Curriculum Development and Revision, Local Technical Secretariat, Improving Quality and Relevance of Undergraduate Project (IRQUE), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka – Participation - 08th May 2005 One Day Workshop on Teacher and Course Evaluation – Staff Development Centre, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka – 2002 Two-day Workshop on Research and Publication on 08th and 09th October 2009

Professional Memberships (selected)

(SISHVa) Society for the Integration of Science and Human Values, University of Peradeniya - Life Member Alliance Franςaise de Kandy - Life Member Classical Association – Member since 2002 Royal Asiatic Society – Member since 2002 Alumni Association, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka - Life Member since 2001

Research Interests

Ancient history, literature, philosophy, archaeology, aesthetics and literary criticism, ethics, self-perception and presentation, reception and comparative studies

Research  Publications (selected)

to be posted.