'PRABHĀSHANA'
BPUSL 2026 Undergraduate Annual Research Symposium on Sinhala Studies

About Conference

Conference Tracks

  • පෙරදිග හා අපරදිග සාහිත්‍ය විචාරය / Eastern and Western literary criticism 
  • සම්භාව්‍ය සිංහල ගද්‍ය හා පද්‍ය සාහිත්‍යය / Classical Sinhala prose and poetry literature 
  • සිංහල ව්‍යාකරණය හා වාග්විද්‍යාව/ Sinhala Grammar and Linguistics 
  • සිංහල සංස්කෘතිය, ජනශ්‍රැතිය හා කලා ශිල්ප/ Sinhala culture, folklore and Art & Crafts 
  • සිංහල සිනමාව හා නාට්‍ය අධ්‍යයනය/ Sinhala Cinema and Drama Studies 
  • සිංහල නවකතා හා කෙටිකතා/ Sinhala novels and short stories 

Important Dates

Call for Abstracts Papers- From 23rd April to 15th June 2026
Notification of Abstracts Acceptance – From 01st July to 20th July 2026
Final submission of Revised Abstract – From 25th July to 30th August 2026
Registration – From 01st September to 30th September 2026
Research Symposium Date – 03rd (Thursday) December 2026

Keynote Speaker

Senior Professor Mr. Bihesh Indika Sampath

Chief Guest

Ven. Senior Prof.Kiwulegedara Narada Thero

Guidelines for Abstracts

Medium :- Sinhala/English 

Fonts :- FM Abhaya/Times New Roman (Font size 12) 

Format :- Title, Author Details (Full Name, Academic year, University or Institute name with  Departments, email Address, Telephone Number) Introduction, objectives, Methodology,  Findings, Conclusion, Keywords (Maximum Five) 

Word count :- 350 (Maximum) 

Number of Abstract : can submit only one abstract

Send Your Abstract to : prabhashana@bpu.ac.lk 

Contact Details

Chief Supervisor : Prof. A.L.N.P. Perera – 0777360025 

Chairman : Prof. Upul Priyantha Gamage – 0742398865 

Secretary : Dr. Padiyathalawe Amarawansa thero – 0715294050 

Treasurer :- Mr. Kalpa Eranda – 0777175791 

Coordinator : Mr. Saman Peramuna – 0703755245 

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