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Ms. S. Marasinghe

Lecturer (Probationary), Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

BA (Hons) in English (University of Peradeniya), MPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (University of Oxford)

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Education

MPhil in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics

University of Oxford

2023 - 2025 (Reading)

BA (First Class Honors)

University of Peradeniya

2019

Current Positions

Lecturer (Probationary) - Department of English, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

March 2022 - To Present

Positions Held

Temporary Lecturer - Department of English, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

August 2019 - August 2020

Awards

Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities - University of Oxford

2023

University Prize for Academic Excellence - University of Peradeniya

2019

Leigh Smith Memorial Prize for Greatest Competence in English - University of Peradeniya

2019

Winner – LabCitoyen French Essay Competition - Embassy of France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives

2019

University Scholarship for Best Performance in the 100 Level (First Year) Examinations of the Faculty of Arts - University of Peradeniya

2016

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Cadaverous Images of the Caste System: An Analysis of U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Novella 'Samskara' and Mahasweta Devi’s Short Story ‘Douloti the Bountiful’”, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Review, Vol.5 (3), pp.168-178.

PUBLISHED IN ABSTRACT FORM

“Language Power Game: Towards a More Inclusive Approach in English Language Testing”, Proceedings of the Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE 2021), p.378.

“Performing ‘Exotic’ Identities: A Discourse Study on the Telugu ‘Gypsy’ Community of Sri Lanka”, Proceedings of the Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya (URCFA 2018), p.121.

Conferences

Peradeniya University International Research Sessions

iPURSE 2021

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

11th and 12th November, 2021

LabCitoyen 2019

Conference on "Women's Rights: Equality and Citizenship" / "Droits des femmes: égalité et citoyenneté"

Paris, France.

June - July 2019

Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts

URCFA 2018

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

29th November 2018

Research Interests

Language Studies

Postcolonial Studies

Literary Studies

Translation

Other Academic Contributions

Editorial Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya – 2019

Editorial Committee Member, Undergraduate Research Congress of the Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya – 2021