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Department of Political Science

University of Peradeniya

Dr. A.K. Jeewaka Saman Kumara

Senior Lecturer

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Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Pune, India

2007-2010

Master of Arts Degree

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

2000-2003

Postgraduate Diploma in World Affairs

Bandaranayake Centre for International Studies, Sri Lanka.

2000-2002

Bachelor of Arts

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

1995-1999

Current Positions

Coordinator-Volunteering Activities of CIVCO - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2020 - To Present

Co-editor-Book Project of the NORPART - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniyaa under the NORPART Project on Human Rights and Reconciliation in a Post-conflict Multicultural Society in Sri Lanka

2021 - To Present

Resource Person, - Centre for the Study of the Human Rights, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2004 - To Present

Academic Coordinator - Master Degree in Human Rights and Multiculturalism - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2019 - To Present

Academic Coordinator - Centre for the Study of Human Rights, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2017 - To Present

Positions Held

Governing Board Member, NORHED-Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development - Department of Political Science, University of Pereadeniya, Sri Lanka

2017 - 2020

Activity Coordinator (Research Project), NORPART - Norwegian Partnership Programme for Global Academic Cooperation - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2019 - 2020

Activity Coordinator (Curriculum Development), NORPART - Norwegian Partnership Programme for Global Academic Cooperation, - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2017 - 2018

Coordinator-Citizenship Education Programme, - Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2011- 2013 & - 2015-2016

Coordinator-Arts Faculty Seminar Series - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2013 - 2016

Coordinator-Postgraduate Degree Programme of Political Science - Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2013 - 2016

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

2011 - 2014

Secretary-Board of Study for Social Sciences, - Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2015 - 2017

Awards

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) - University Grants Commission, India

2008-2010

ISLE Fellowship - Bowdoin College, Brunswike - USA

2005

Publications

BOOKS

Concept of Human Rights: Global and Regional Mechanisms

Author publication, 2015 (in Sinhala)

National Security Dilemmas of Small States: A case study of Sri Lanka

Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, 2012

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

The Buddhist Perspective of the State and the Origen of the King

Sri Sumangala Felicitation Volume, 2002, (in Sinhala)

JOURNAL ARTICLES

The Insecurity Dilemma of Developing Small States: A Critical Study of Sri Lanka in Relation to Terrorism and Insurgency

Rexter – časopis pro výzkum radikalismu, extremismu a terorismu Vydání: 01/2015, pp. 127-155

National Security Dilemmas of Developing Small States: A Study of Sri Lanka

Modern Sri Lanka Studies, Vol . IV , No. 2 , 2013, pp. 34-55

The Economic Impact of Civil Wars: A Case Study of Sri Lanka, Global Meltdown: Opportunities and Challenges

Department of Management Science, University of Pune, 2009, pp. 221-225

Eastern Political Thought and Kautilya’s Arthasastra,

Sambawana, Vol. 2, issue I. 2001, pp. 01-24, (in Sinhala)

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Big Powers Presence in Small Powers: Chinese-Sri Lanka Relations

PURSE, Vol.18, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 2013

Specialization

National Security, Foreign Policy, Political Theory, International Politics