Theme

Social Sciences & Humanities

This sub theme invites papers that explore the advances in the field of finance and economics, politics, public policy and governance, literature, anthropology & sociology, religion, philosophy & psychology, human rights, law, peace building, media studies, gender studies, environmental studies, linguistics and language studies, aesthetics & cultural studies, historical & archaeological studies, library & information sciences, and development policy.

O - Oral Presentation, P - Poster presentation

Paper No	Topic	Presentation mode
01	Role of Muslim women in decision-making: a case study of Mawanella Yoosuff Ali S	O
04	Influence of ethnicity on counseling in the divisional secretariats in Sri Lanka Karunanayake DDKS	O
08	Buddhist monastic architecture in ancient Sri Lanka designed to fit spiritual development Jayawardena RGD	O
11	Attitudes of academic towards self- archiving: a situational analysis of the University of Peradeniya Gunasekera C	O
21	Use of library resources by the Humanities and Social Sciences undergraduates: factors associated with information seeking in the main library of University of Peradeniya Alahakoon CNK	O
50	Misery in spite of happiness: critical problems of poverty alleviation programmes in Sri Lanka Udayanga KAS	O
55	Issue of Pedophilia; is it a mental disorder or a sexual orientation? Wimaladhamma K Ven	O
67	Invasion of Alexander the great and the emergence of hybrid cultures in the east Wickramasinghe CSM	O
71	Buddhist perspective on religiosity and spirituality as shown in Mahāyañña-sutta Basnayake DS	O
81	Socio-legal analysis on the law that prevents abusive calls and messages in relation to the protection of women in Sri Lanka Denagamage PL	O
110	Rearticulated caste identity in the context of war Rasanen BJ	O
119	Do university libraries in Sri Lanka use social media as a marketing tool? Abeyrathne DK, Jayasekara PK	O
167	Examination of bibliographical standards followed by Sri Lankan authors: a case study of the subject related books acquired by the Main library, University of Peradeniya Premarathne BNGS, Bandara BES	O
176	Duties of Parumuka in the stratified social set-up of pre-state era (A historical and archaeological study done in relation to pre brahmi inscriptions) Ranasinghe SK	O
187	Criteria for evaluating good and bad Herath HMM	O
189	Investigative study on synonyms used to describe women inSigiri Graffiti Wimalasara P Ven, Sirisudhamma A Ven	P
192	Protecting the protectors- broadening the definition of Human Rights Defenders Liyanapathiranage KN	O
239	Vulnerable situations of agency-hired casual workers in business logistic field in Sri Lanka. Peiris WAHT	P
244	Naming speed, phonological awareness and orthographic knowledge in children with and without dyslexia Bulathwatta DT	O
275	Multifarious replicas in metacognition and mindfulness Rathnayake WMPYB	O
306	War literature and comparative politics Baskaran N	O
313	A case study on the effectiveness of the process, services, and products provided by a popular fresh vegetable outlet in Kandy Jayasundara JMCN, Piyatissa PMJR, Meddegoda KMMN, Arampola PWIS , AbeykoonMenike ARGAM, Vitharana PRKA	O
366	Knowledge on Foot and Mouth Disease among cattle and goat farmers in NuwaraEliya district of Sri Lanka Akalanka PM, Lokugalappatti LGS, Brook RK	P
382	Youth and social media: a study on the use of social media by the new entrants in the Faculty of Dental Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Dharmarathne WGA	O
404	Relationship between anti-social behavior and stress perception of undergraduates: a case of government universities in western province of Sri Lanka Amarathunga PABH, Pathiratne S	O
405	Sri Lankan IT executives insight towards emotional intelligence Weerasinghe D, Pathiratne S, Amarathunga PABH	O
417	Quest for reality- a preliminary study of platonic philosophy and Buddhist philosophy respectively with special reference to the Republic and Dhammacakkappavattana-sutta Ranasingha KGBB	O
430	Environmental sustainability, food security and food labelling: a comparative analysis of nutrition labeling laws in selected Asian jurisdictions Madugalla KK	O
435	Interactive multimedia drama to popularize the tea industry among school children in tea growing areas of Sri Lanka Wehalla WNK, Wanigasundera WADP	O
452	Macro-scaffolding for learner autonomy in ESL learning Arivarasy GM I	O
453	“To be or not to be: that is not the question”: a study of suicide in university discourse Kasun GML	O
477	Cicero on ageing gracefully: a modern reading of Cicero’s De Senectute Ekanayake SW	O
478	Psycho-social analysis of parental influence on casual work and its impact on late teenagers’ volition Jayasooriya UGLB, Mathangasinghe Y	O
502	National memory and digital platforms: imagining post war Sri Lanka on the Facebook page- Humans of northern Sri Lanka Niles JS	O
504	Effectiveness of social capital for the empowerment of women: a study on Neethra Samadhi women’s foundation Kanchana DG	O
511	Different type of usages of the suffix ‘hu’ (yq) as a noun case in art of Sinhala writing Dayananda S Ven, Sasanadhaja R Ven	O
513	A medical sociological study on accessibility of health care services for the war-disabled in Kilinochchi district Sivakanthan S, Rathnayake A, Silva KT	O
514	Reading habits of undergraduates at South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Jazeel MIM, Dehigama K	O
519	Monologue to dialogue: changing role of female ex combatants and facing encounters Samarakoon A, Priyantha R	O
536	A critical survey on the Cārucaryā with reference to its sociological and ethical significance Seelananda K Ven	O
537	A survey on internet use among university undergraduates Jazeel MIM, Dehigama K	O
552	Managing solid waste in the University of Peradeniya: successes and failures of strategies Samarakkody PMA	O
557	Strategies adopted by a municipal council to obtain the community participation for solid waste management activities: a sociological study with special reference to Kandy municipal council in the central province of Sri anka Ihalagedara IMMK, Pinnawala M	O
570	Preliminary Geo-archaeological study of Lunuhunugala rock shelter at Aranayaka, Sri Lanka Ranaweera DC, KodikaraArachchi MH, Dharmapriya PL	O