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Dr. PL Nugapitiya

Senior Lecturer

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About Me

Mr. P. L. Nugapitiya is a Senior Lecturer attached to The Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He earned his BA (Hons.) in Sinhala from The University of Peradeniya in 1990 and MA in Sinhala from The University of Peradeniya in 2003.Subsequently, he obtained his PhD from The Masaryk University, Czech Republic in 2019.

Education

PhD

Masaryk University

2019

MA

University of Peradeniya

2003

BA (hons.) Sinhala

University of Peradeniya

1990

Current Positions

Senior Lecturer - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2003 - To Present

Positions Held

Probationary Lecturer - Department of SInhala, University of Peradeniya

1996-2002

Temporary Assistant Lecturer - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

1992-1996

Visiting Lecturer - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

1990-1992

Head - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

Deputy Proctor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2012

Chairperson of the Finance Committee - International Conference of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2011

Senior Student Counsellor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2011

Academic Coordinator - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2009

Senior Student Counsellor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2005

Student Counsellor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2003

Managing Editor, Sambhavana, Refereed Sinhala Journal, - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2003

Student Counsellor - University of Peradeniya

2000

Part Time Senior Academic Sub-Warden, Hilda Obeysekera Residence Hall - University of Peradeniya

1995-1997

Part Time Academic Sub-Warden, Hilda Obeysekera Residence Hall - University of Peradeniya

1993-1995

Co-editor, Sambawana Journal - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2014

Postgraduate Coordinator - Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya

2008-2011

Memberships

Member, Senate Publication Committee - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Member (Senate) - University of Peradeniya

Awards

Gate Mudliyar A. G. Tillekeratne Postgraduate Research Fellowship for Masters Degree in Arts - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

1996

University Scholarship in Arts on performance at B.A. Special Degree Examination 1986/87 - University of Peradeniya

1990

University Scholarship in Arts on performance at B.A. Special Degree Examination 1986/87 - University of Peradeniya

1990

JayanthaWeerasekara Prize” for Sinhala at the Special Arts Degree Examination 1986/87 - University of Peradeniya

1990

C.E. Jayanayaka Prize” for Sinhala at the Special Arts Degree Examination 1986/87 - University of Peradeniya

1990

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Nugapitiya, E.M.M.R.P.L., (2013), "Siyabaslakara (10th century Treatise on Poetics) Recommendation that only the Buddha’s Life by Poetry was influenced by Buddhacharita and Saundarananda", Patipada, H. Gnanawimala (ed.), Creative printers and designers, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Nugapitiya, E.M.M.R.P.L., (2000), "Revitalization of the Buddhist Order in poetry during the 16th-18th centuries", Piyavara, Sinhalese Society Journal, University of Peradeniya.

Nugapitiya, E.M.M.R.P.L., (1993), "The Didactic Poetry in Sinhala", Sinhala Sahityaye Heli Peheli, The Journal of Ky/ Variyapola Sri Sumangala College Literary Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

TRANSLATION AND PUBLICATION OF BOOKS OF SCHOLARLY WORK

Nutana Sinhala Bhasha Dvirupatave Bhasha Selasumkaranaya ha Ananyata Selasumkaranaya, Penasara, Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa Felicitation Volume,2010, Godage, Colombo. (A Sinhala translation of the "Language Planning and Identity Planning in Modern Sinhalese Diglossia", by Prof. K.N.O. Dharmadasa, Ceylon Studies Seminar Paper, 1980).

Nidahasinpasu Sinhala Bhashava ha Sahityaya, Pehesara, Prof. P. B. Meegaskumbura Felicitation Volume,2008, Godage, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (A Sinhala translation of the "Sinhala language and Literature since Independence", by Prof. P.B.Meegaskumbura, Facets of Development of Sri Lanka since Independence: Socio-Political, Economic, Scientific and Cultural, Ed. W.D.Lakshman, C.A.Tisdell, The University of Queensland, 1990).

Sigiri Gi Kavya Bhashava, Anumodana, Prof. AnuradhaSeneviratne Felicitation Volume, 2004, Godage, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (A Sinhala translation of "The Language of the Sigiri Poems" by Prof. P.B.Meegaskumbura, The Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, Vol. 2.1, 1982).

Aitihaika Mulasrayak Vasayen Dampiya Atuva Getapadaye Vedagatkama, Anumodana, Prof. Anuradha Seneviratne Felicitation Volume, 2004, Godage, Colombo, Sri Lanka. (A Sinhala translation of the "Dampiya Atuva Getapadaya as a Historical Source" by Prof. K.N.O.Dharmadasa).

Sinhala Samajaya tula Petirunu Pattini Deva Anuhasa, Sahityaya 2003, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, (A Sinhala translation of the "Manifestation of the Goddes Pattini in Sinhala Society" by Prof. AnuradhaSeneviratne, Sahityaya, Special Volume 2003, Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Sri Lanka)

Specialization

Sinhala Language and Literature

Research Interests

Language Studies, Literature, Cultural Studies

Other Academic Contributions

Drafted Undergraduate Syllabi for the Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2012-2013

Drafted Postgraduate Syllabi for the Department of Sinhala, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2012-2013