{"id":4302,"date":"2026-03-03T04:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T04:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/?page_id=4302"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:49:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:49:21","slug":"dr-dhanuka-bandara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/index.php\/dr-dhanuka-bandara\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr.Dhanuka Bandara"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4302\" class=\"elementor elementor-4302\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1a6434 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1a6434\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9a12a5\" data-id=\"c9a12a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206447a elementor-position-left elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"206447a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1923\" src=\"https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4292\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-1536x1154.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.len.jfn.ac.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Dhanuka-1-2048x1539.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\"><P><b>Dr.Dhanuka Bandara\n\nSenior Lecturer (Gr. II) in English Literature<\/b><\/P>\n<P>BA English Honours, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2013) <\/P>\nMA in English, Miami University, USA (2018)<\/P>\nPhD in English, Miami University, USA (2022) <\/P>Email: dhanukabndr@gmail.com<\/P>\n\nTelephone: 0212218162 (Office)<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e477242 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"e477242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2391\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2391\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching and Research Interest<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2392\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2392\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research and Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2393\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2393\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prizes and Awards<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2394\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2394\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Administrative Positions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2395\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2395\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Services to University<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2396\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2396\" aria-expanded=\"false\">National Services and Community Outreach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2391\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching and Research Interest<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2391\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2391\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><div style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;\"><b>Research Interests<\/b><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-line: inherit; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; color: #171414;\">Literary modernism<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">Postcolonial Literature<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Nationalism\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">and Cosmopolitanism\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2392\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research and Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2392\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2392\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><div style=\"display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; pointer-events: all; position: relative;\"><b>Publications and Presentations<\/b><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cThe Ritual Sacrifice of Richard de Zoysa\u201d; \u2018Not really one of us, hence one of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Polity,\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">SSA,\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: #e1dfcf;\" href=\"https:\/\/polity.lk\/the-ritual-sacrifice-of-richard-de-zoysa-not-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/polity.lk\/the-ritual-sacrifice-of-richard-de-zoysa-not-<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">really-one-of-us-hence-one-of-them-dhanuka-bandara\/. Accessed May 10, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cWhere does Ravana fit in Sri Lanka\u2019s Imagined Past?\u201d\u00a0Himal Southasian, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; background-color: #e1dfcf;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/culture\/ravan-sri-lanka-sinhala-buddhist-appropriation-mythology-early-\">https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/culture\/ravan-sri-lanka-sinhala-buddhist-appropriation-mythology-early-<\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\"> history-sunela-jayewardene.\u00a0Accessed May 10, 2025.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cState Patronage and Geopolitics are Strange Bedfellows for Sri Lanka\u2019s Literary and Art Festivals.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Himal Southasian,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/culture\/galle-literary-festival-marata-arts-culture-geopolitics-ranil-wickremesinghe-economic-crisis-sri-lanka.\u00a0Accessed%20July%2019\">https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/culture\/galle-literary-festival-marata-arts-culture-geopolitics-ranil-wickremesinghe-economic-crisis-sri-lanka.\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal;\">Accessed July 19<\/span><\/a><\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">, 2024.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cThe Limited Genius of Geoffrey Bawa.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Himal Southasian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/geoffrey-bawa-archives-architecture-nation-building-sri-lanka\/\">https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/geoffrey-bawa-archives-architecture-nation-building-sri-lanka\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Accessed November 27, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cMartin Wickramasinghe: Multiculturalist or Sinhala Buddhist Nationalist,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Sahityaya,\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">edited by Krishantha Fedricks &amp; Kaushalya Perera, Department of Cultural Affairs, 2023, pp. 39-50.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cHow agrarian utopianism shapes Sri Lanka.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Himal Southasian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/agrarian-utopianism-wickramasinghe-coomaraswamy-peoples-struggle-sri-\">https:\/\/www.himalmag.com\/agrarian-utopianism-wickramasinghe-coomaraswamy-peoples-struggle-sri-<\/a>lanka\/.\u00a0<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Accessed November 27, 2023.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cPost-Structuralism and Eastern Epistemology: Concordance in Discordance,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">, Carmen Wickramagamage (editor), Volume 40, University of Peradeniya, 2015.\u2022\u00a0Bandara, Dhanuka. \u201cParricidal Joyce: Filial Rebellion and Liminality in James Joyce\u2019s Fiction,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Phoenix<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">, Walter Perera (editor), Volume 12, Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 2015.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Bandara, Dhanuka \u201cNon-Duality in D.H. Lawrence\u2019s Fiction,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">Proceedings: Peradeniya University International Research Sessions<\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414;\">. Liyanage Amarakeerthi (co-editor), Volume 18, University of Peradeniya, 2014.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414; font-family: Symbol;\"><span style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in; color: #171414; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Co-author,\u00a0<i>The Pen of Granite: A Richard de Zoysa 25th\u00a0Year Memorial,\u00a0<\/i>Paw Print Publishing, 2015.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: none; margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; position: relative; text-decoration-line: inherit; color: #212121; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 1.56; font-variant-caps: normal; text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2393\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Prizes and Awards<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2393\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2393\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Fourth<br \/>Year fellowship (Fall semester 2021, Miami University)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Leigh<br \/>Smith Memorial Prize for the best results in English literature, University of\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">Peradeniya<br \/>(2013)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">E.F.C.<br \/>Ludowyk Memorial Prize for the highest mark in the Shakespeare paper,<br \/>University\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">of<br \/>Peradeniya (2013)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">E.F.C.<br \/>Ludowyk Challenge Cup for the Best Actor at the Inter Faculty Drama competition\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">organized<br \/>by the Ceylon Dramatic Society, University of Peradeniya (2010)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2394\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Administrative Positions<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2394\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2394\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Senior<br \/>Lecturer Grade II, Department of Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">(current)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Temporary<br \/>Senior Lecturer, Department of English University of Peradeniya (2023-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">2025)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Visiting<br \/>Lecturer, Postgraduate Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University<br \/>of Peradeniya (2023-2025)<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Visiting<br \/>Lecturer, Department of English and Linguistics, University of Sri<br \/>Jayewardenepura (2024)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Visiting<br \/>Lecturer, Department of English, University of Peradeniya (2015)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Temporary<br \/>Assistant Lecturer, Department of English, University of Peradeniya<br \/>(2013-2014)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2395\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Services to University<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2395\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2395\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Committee<br \/>Member, Committee for Disability Access and Inclusion, University of<br \/>Jaffna.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">Editorial<br \/>assistance, The Sri Lanka Journal of South Asian Studies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2396\" aria-expanded=\"false\">National Services and Community Outreach<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2396\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"6\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2396\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">Theatrical<br \/>work<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px;\">\u201cThe<br \/>Commode\u201d (2010)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u201cParallel<br \/>Stage I\u201d (2014)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\">\u201cParallel<br \/>Stage II\u201d (2025)\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr.Dhanuka Bandara Senior Lecturer (Gr. 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