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University of Peradeniya

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Dr. A.S.T. Rajapakse

Senior Lecturer Grade 1

B.A. (Peradeniya),P.G. Dip.(IHS, Netherlands), M.A. (I.P. University), Ph.D. (Peradeniya)

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Education

PhD

University of Peradeniya

2016

MA

Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management, I.P. University, New Delhi, India

2007

Post-Graduate Diploma in Urban Revitalization and Heritage Management

Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS), Rotterdam The Netherlands.

1998

Certificate Course in Archaeological Practice

Cambridgeshire County Council Archaeological Field Unit, UK

1997

BA

University of Peradeniya

1996

Current Positions

Senior Lecturer Grade 1 - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2017 - To Present

Positions Held

Senior Lecturer Gr. II - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2007 - 2017

Lecturer (Probationary) - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2002 - 2007

Temporary Assistant Lecturer - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

1998 - 2000

Postgraduate Programme Coordinator in Archaeology. - University of Peradeiniya

Faculty Representative - University of Peradeniya

Secretary (Board of Study for Social Sciences and Humanities) - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya

Editorial Committee Member - For Sambhavana Journal, Faculty of Arts. University of Peradeniya

Senior Student Counsellor - University of Peradeniya

Member - Arts Faculty LBMC, University of Peradeniya

Secretary - Peradeniya Arts Faculty Teachers Association (PAFTA)

Vice President - Peradeniya Arts Faculty Teachers Association (PAFTA)

Chairperson - Internship Programme, Faculty of Arts

Committee member - Web Development Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

Member - Arts Council, University of Peradeniya

Member - Faculty Land and Building Maintenance Committee (FLBMC)

Internship coordinator - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya.

Coordinator - External Degree Programme, CDCE

Visiting Lecturer - ISLE Programme, (Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education, Bowdoin College, USA and Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.

Memberships

Member - International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)

Member - Royal Asiatic Society (Ceylon Branch)

Member (MSLCA) - Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists (SLCA)

Awards

National Centre for Advanced Studies fellowship for PhD research -

2010

Indian Commonwealth Post-Graduate Scholarship -

2005-2007

Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE-Bowdoin College, USA) Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2005

Gate Mudliyar A.G.Tillakeratne Post-graduate fellowship - University of Peradeniya

1998

Nuffic Scholarship for Sri Lankan professionals - Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (HIS), Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1998

Professor Leelananda and Dr. Nanda Prematilleke prize for Archaeology - University of perasdeniya

1996

Publications

BOOKS

Rajapakse, A. (2021). Uruma Adyayana Praveshaya, Colombo: Godage Publishers.

Rajapakse, A. (2020). Ududumbara Bhudarshana, Colombo: Godage Publishers.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Rajapakse, A. (2020). ‘ Ududumbara Gangoda-Mediwaka Asritha Ithihasika Pasubima saha Puravidyathmaka Smaraka’, in Mahacharya Malani Andagama Shasthreeya Sangrahaya’, Godage Publishers, P. (ed.) pp. 305-337.

Rajapakse, A. (2013). ‘Dalada Urumaya Ananyathavaya, Arthakathanaya Saha Kalamanakaranaya’, in Hanguranketha Dheerananda (ed.) Siri Dalada Harasaraniya, State Information Department, pp. 695-718.

Rajapakse, A. (2010). ‘Dalada Vahanse Pasubimkota Godanegunu Desiya Sanskruthika Uruma Sanrakshana Yantranyya aha ehi Gamaka Balavega’, Pujaniya Dalada Sanskrutiya, Central Provincial Council, pp. 1-18.

Rajapakse, A. (2005). ‘Sanskruthika Urumaya Abimuwa Jayagathayuthu Abhiyoga’, Purathana Sastriya Lipi Sangrahaya, Central Cultural Fund, pp. 182-194.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Rajapakse, A. (2020). Rajarata Saha Rohana Rajya Upayamargikawa Sambanda kala Malaya Rate Ududumbara Sangavunu Yatagiyawa, Sambhavana, 11(1), 19-40.

Rajapakse, A. (2020). Urumaya Goliyakaranaya veema thula Sri Lankeya Jeewamana Pujaniya Uruma kshethra Sanrakshanaye Dishanathiya Saha Arbudaya, Sambhhavana, 9 (2): 15-39.

Rajapakse, A. (2019). Mahanuwara Nagarika Uruma Sanrakshanaya Saha Praja Sahabhagithvaya, Samaja Vimasuma, 18, 187-22.

Rajapakse, A. (2018) Sampradhayen Vidyathmaka Praveshayata: Yatathvijitha Awadi thula Arbudayata Lakvana Uruma Sanrakshanaye Thirasarabhavaya, The Akyana Narrations, 3(1), 1-32.

Rajapakse, A. (2018). (Re)conceptualizing Sacred City Meaning: The Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1 (1), 15-28.

Rajapakse, A. (2017). Ududumbara Sanskruthika Bhudarshana thulin helivena Krushi Samajaya saha varthamana arbhudaya, The Akyana Narrations, 2 (1), 35-57.

Rajapakse, A. (2011) Presentation and Interpretation of Local Cultural Heritage through Museums, Alternative Archaeology, 129-140.

Rajapakse, A. (2009). Sanskruthika Uruma Vyasanaye Kalina Pravanatha Saha Abhiyoga, Sarathi, 26-37.

Rajapakse, A. (2000) Nuthana Uruma Kalamanakarana Sankalpa saha Anuradhapura Loka Uruma Nagaraye Uruma Kalamanakarana Kriyadamaya, Welipila. 5, 88-97.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Rajapakse, A. (2017). ‘Reconceptualising Sacred City Meanings: Contemporary Understanding of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura’, Annual Research Congress, Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, PGIHS-RC 2017, 31 March

Rajapakse, A. (2014). ‘Attitudes of Local Communities Towards Heritage Management and Tourism at the Sacred City of Anuradhapura’, Annual Research Symposium, Proceedings of Symposium, National Centre for Advanced Studies, 21 March

Rajapakse, A. (2013) ‘Traditional Communities and New Museology: Contextualizing the case of Vedda Heritage Centre at Dambana in Sri Lanka’, International Conference on The Future Museums an Asian Perspective, Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, 28-29 October.

Rajapakse, A. (2011) ‘Evolution of Heritage Planning Strategies of the World Heritage Site of Anuradhapura’, First international conference of the International Association for Asian Heritage (IAAH), University of Kelaniya, Colombo.

Rajapakse, A. (2011) ‘Traces of Hierarchy Exhibited by the Monastic Architecture of Dena Vehera’, Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, 6th Research Conference, Colombo, 28-30 March

Rajapakse, A. (2011). ‘Perception of Host Communities towards Heritage Conservation and Tourism: the Case of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura’, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University of Research Sessions (PURSE).

Rajapakse, A. ‘The Planned Destruction of a Heritage: Vandalism and Illicit Trafficking in Sri Lankan Cultural Property, a paper presented at the National Archaeological Symposium, Department of Archaeology, Colombo.

Rajapakse, A. (2004). ‘Redefining Cultural Landscapes of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka’ Heritage, Asia Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), Japan.

Rajapakse, A. (1998). ‘Heritage Management of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura’, A paper Presented to the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Specialization

Cultural Resource Management, Archaeological Heritage Management, Conservation of Archaeological Materials, Museology, Ancient Built Environment, Field Archaeology, Epigraphy and Numismatics.

Teaching

ACL 1001 and 1002 - Introductory Archaeology

Department of Archaeology

To Present

ACL 2004 - Cultural Resource Management

Department of Aechaeology

To Present

ACL 2005 - Conservation of Archaeological Material

Department of Archaeology

To Present

ACL 507 - Heritage and Cultural Tourism

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS)

To Present

ACL 604 - Archaeological Heritage Management

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS)

To Present

ACL 605 - Conservation of Archaeological Materials

Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (PGIHS)

To Present

Research Interests

Heritage Studies, Heritage and Cultural Tourism, Ancient Built Environment, Conservation of Archaeological Materials, Epigraphy, Museology, Cultural Landscape Studies.

Ongoing Research and Projects

Macro and Micro Study of Archaeology and Ancient Cultural Landscapes of Sindurangala and its Hinterland

Macro and Micro Study of Archaeology and Ancient Cultural Landscapes of Sindurangala and its Hinterland

Other Academic Contributions

•Chairperson, Board of Study in Arts, Center for Distance Education, University of Peradeniya (2022) •Postgraduate Programme Coordinator in Archaeology. •Faculty Representative, Board of Study for Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-2022. •Secretary, Board of Study for Social Sciences and Humanities, Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences (2019-2021) •Editorial Committee Member of Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, Faculty of Arts 2019-2021. •Editorial Committee Member of Sambhavana Journal, Faculty of Arts 2020-2022. •Senior Student Counsellor •Coordinator, General Degree Program •Member of Arts Faculty LBMC •Secretary, Peradeniya Arts Faculty Teachers Association (PAFTA) •Vice President, Peradeniya Arts Faculty Teachers Association (PAFTA) • Coordinator, Internship Programme, Faculty of Arts • Committee member of Web Development Committee, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya • Member of Arts Council, University of Peradeniya, • Member of Faculty Land and Building Maintenance Committee (FLBMC) •Internship coordinator, Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya. •Coordinator, External Degree Programme, CDCE. •Visiting Lecturer, Postgraduate Programme in Archaeology. •Visiting Lecturer, ISLE Programme, (Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education,Bowdoin College, USA and Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya.