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Department of English

Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

Dr. NM Kalugampitiya

  •    Department of ENGLISH

Education

PhD in Interdisciplinary Arts

Ohio University, USA

2016

MA in Linguistics

Ohio University, USA

2012

BA (Hons) in English

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2007

Current Positions

Head-of-Department - Department of English, University of Peradeniya

July 2020 - To Present

Director, Extension Course in English for Professionals - Department of English, University of Peradeniya

2019 - To Present

Senior Lecturer in English - Department of English, University of Peradeniya

- To Present

Positions Held

Member of the Jury for the Gratiaen Prize 2021 - Gratiaen Trust

2021

Co-Editor, The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities (SLJH) - University of Peradeniya

May 2017 - April 2020

Coordinator - Internal Quality Assurance Unit, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2019 - September 2021

Awards

InterArts Excellence and Diversity Fellowship 2014-2015 - School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University

2015

Seigfred Award 2014-2015 (for outstanding performance in oral and written comprehensive examinations, coursework, and teaching) - School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University

2015

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

“Art as More Real than the Real” in Sahithyaya: Literary Journal 2020-2021 published by State Literary Advisory Council, Department of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka, 2021: p. 151-160.

Preface to Early Poems: A Compendium 1983-2007 by Kamala Wijeratne, published by Kamala Wijeratne, 2017: p. 1-4

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“The Need to Go beyond Linguistics for an Effective and Meaningful Study of Language: The Case of Veddah Language Studies” in Phoenix: Sri Lanka Journal of English in the Commonwealth, Vol. 9, 2012 (Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)

“‘So Black, So Beautiful’: The Western Idea of Race in Peter Brook’s Reconceptualization of the Mahabharata” in Phoenix: Sri Lanka Journal of English in the Commonwealth, Vol. 13 & 14, 2016-2017. Ed. S.W. Perera and Nihal Fernando. (Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies)

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

“Resistance and Reinforcement: Rethinking the Underclass Commercial Sex Worker Discourse in Sri Lanka” in The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2012, p. 25-41

“Rethinking the ‘Native Speaker’/‘Nonnative Speaker’ Dichotomy” in The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2013, p. 37-50

“The Transition from Myth to Art from a Losevian Perspective: An Analysis of the Culladhanuggaha Jātaka as Myth and Its Transition into Sri Lankan Folk and Classical Theatre” in The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2014, p. 1-20

“The Chulladhanuddara Jātaka in Sri Lankan Folk and Contemporary Theatre: What Does This Transition Say about the Nature of Myth and Art?” in NAAAS (National Association of African American Studies) and Affiliates 2014 Conference Monograph Series, p. 899-925

PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT FORM

“Meaning-Based Approach to the Study of New Varieties of English.” Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions 2021 23 (2021): 375

“Learner Invisibility as Success Factor in Online ESL/ESP Learning.” (Co-authored with R.I. Vithanage) Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Sessions 2021 23 (2021): 373

“Seeming Neutrality of Corpora as Neutralizer of Ideological Struggles: The Case of Available Bodies of ‘Data’ on Adivasi Language.” Proceedings of Corpora, Archives and Performance 2019: Conference on Sri Lankan Languages and Literature (2019): 4

“The Pursuit of Equity and Excellence in English through English Medium/Bilingual Education in the Sri Lankan Education System: Effective Strategy to Meet Desired End.” (Co-authored with Carmen Wickramagamage and Prasad Sethunga) Proceedings and Extended Abstracts of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions PURSE 2010 15 (2010): 841-843

“The Discursive Nature of the Dominant Sympathy-Story of Underclass Commercial Sex Workers.” Proceedings and Extended Abstracts of the Peradeniya University Research Sessions PURSE 2008 13 (2008): 63-64

Teaching

ENG 3003 (ENG 303) - Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse Analysis

Department of English, University of Peradeniya

2019 - To Present

ENG 2003 (ENG 203) - Varieties and Norms of English (English Across the World)

Department of English, University of Peradeniya

2017 - To Present

ENG 4001 (ENG 401) - Language, Culture, Thought, Ideology

Department of English, University of Peradeniya

2019

ENG 2001 (ENG 201) - The Structure of the English Language

2017

2021 - To Present

IART 1170 - Introduction to the Arts: Arts in Contexts

School of Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University, USA

Sep' 2012 - May 2016

IART 1180 - Introduction to the Arts: Objects and Events

School of Interdisciplinary Arts

Sep' 2012 - May 2016

LING 270 - The Nature of Language

Department of Linguistics, Ohio University, USA

Sep' 2010 - June 2012