UDITHA DEVAPRIYA will be presenting a WEBINAIR on MARTIN WICKRAMASINGHE at SOAS in London on 13th November 2025 …. “The Evolution of the Sri Lankan Mind. ….”
Author, journalist, thinker, and critic, Martin Wickramasinghe (1890 – 1976) was one of Sri Lanka’s most renowned writers and cultural and literary figures. His body of work includes 13 novels and numerous short stories, and almost countless essays on art, culture, history, literature, politics, and anthropology.
Deeply bilingual and bicultural, Wickramasinghe explored various facets of indigenous art, culture, and literature in his essays. These display a fervent interest in subjects like sociology.
I am currently working on a critical study of Martin Wickramasinghe. Beginning in November, I will make a series of presentations on Wickramasinghe’s life and work. The first of these will be a webinar at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the UK.
Date: 13 November 2025
Time: 12.00 noon London Time (05.30 pm Sri Lanka and India Time)
You can register for the webinar here.
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ALSO NOTE
Uditha Devapriya: “Profound Currents of Thought: …. https://thuppahis.com/2023/04/25/profound-currents-of-thought-at-trinity-college-fraser-martin-wickramasinghe-bishop-wickremesinghe/
Michael Roberts: “Promrdial Strands in Contemporary Strands of Sinhalese Nationalism: Urumaya as Ur,” https://thuppahis.com/2014/12/24/primordialist-strands-in-contemporary-sinhalese-nationalism-urumaya-as-ur/
