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Department of Archaeology

University of Peradeniya

Mr. Buddisha Weerasuriya

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Education

M.Phil (Reading)

PGIHS - University of Peradeniya

BA (Hons)

University of Peradeniya

Current Positions

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

July 2024 - To Present

Volunteer Student Counselor, - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

2021 - To Present

Assistant Deputy Proctor - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya

January 2025 - To Present

Positions Held

Temporary Lecturer - Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

October 2021 - July 2024

Memberships

Member - Archaeological Society of Sri Lanka

Life Member - Museam Society of Sri Lanka

Student Member - Sri Lanka Council of Archaeologists

Awards

Leelananda Premathilake and Nanda Premathilake Prize for Archaeology for the Greatest Competence in Archaeology - University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2020

University Prize for Academic Excellence on the basis of the results of Final Degree Examination in Special Arts Degree Programme - University of Peradeniya

2020

Best Research Presentation (Theme - Society and Environment), PGIHS Research Congress - 2022 - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2022

Publications

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Book review, Premāniśansa Vichāra Vimansana (Critiques on Premaniśansa: Death of Author - Birth of a Reader), Sarathchandra Walpola (Ed.), Nugegoda: Sarasavi Publishers.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Weerasuriya, W.L.A.B.J. (2022). “Sacredness, Livingness and Cultural Harmony destroyed by the Hegemonic Heritage Conservation: A Case Study related to Kuragala Archaeological field, Sri Lanka”, EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR), Vol. VIII, Issue. VIII, India.

https://eprajournals.com/IJMR/article/7453

Weerasuriya, W.L.A.B.J., Chandrarathne, R.M.M. (2023). “The Role of Archaeomalacological Research in Sri Lanka: A Theoretical Framework Approach”, Ancient Lanka, Mount Royal University Library, University of Alberta Libraries.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29173/anlk730

Teaching

ACL 1001 - Introductory Archaeology I

Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2024 - To Present

ACL 2003 - Archaeological Theory and Methods

Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2024 - To Present

ACL 3001 - Crafts & Technology of Pre Industrial South Asia

Department of Archaeology

First Semester, 2023/2024 Academic Year - To Present

ACL 3002 - Epigraphic Studies in Ancient India

Department of Archaeology, University of Peradeniya

2024 - To Present

ACL 4001 - Environmental Archaeology

Department of Archaeology

First Semester, 2023/2024 Academic Year

ACL 4003 - The Bronze Age & Early Iron Age Archaeology of Ancient India

Department of Archaeology

2024 - To Present

Research Interests

Contested Heritage

Archaeomalacology

Epigraphy

Bio-archaeology

Alternative Histories

Research Grants Received

Gate Mudliyar A. G. Thilakaratne Research Fellowship - 2022, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (Fellowship No. - AC/485/2022/01)