Seminar on Industrial Heritage of Sri Lanka –ISCIH Sri Lanka
The National Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS Sri Lanka) is pleased to announce that its National Scientific Committee on Industrial Heritage (ISCIH -SL) has planned a seminar on Sri Lanka’s Industrial Heritage from 2.00 to 7.00 pm on 6th March 2023 at the Postgraduate Institute of Archaeology (PGIAR). The foremost aim of this seminar is to present the recent research and findings covering Sri Lanka’s Industrial Heritage. Following presentations are planned during the seminar:
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ භාවිත මාර්ගස්ථ වාෂ්පබල යන්ත්ර
(Steam Engines associated with Sri Lanka’s Road Transportation)
Dr. Kusumsiri Kodituwakku, Chair, ISCIH-SL
Tramways and Early Lifts of Sri Lanka
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ට්රෑම් රථ ප්රවාහනය හා මුල් යුගයේ සෝපාන
Mr. Vinodh Wickremeratne, Independent Researcher
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ තේ වගාව ආශ්රිත කාර්මික උරුමය
(Industrial Heritage associated with Sri Lanka’s Tea Industry)
Mr. Vishva Sri Jayasinghe, Assistant Secretary, ISCIH-SL
දුම්රිය ආශ්රිත කාර්මික උරුමය :ගාල්ල දුම්රිය ස්ථානය ඇසුරෙන්
(Industrial Heritage associated with Railway with special reference to Galle Railway Station)
Ms. Kaveesha Nanayakkara, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සම්ප්රදායික පිත්තල කර්මාන්තය
(Sri Lanka’s Traditional Brass Industry)
Mr. Sunil Fernando, PhD Candidate, Pali and Buddhist University
Registration is now open for academics, researchers, students and the general public who are interested in attending the seminar. The registration to attend the seminar is free of charge.
Registration Form
If you prefer to register manually, please share the duly completed registration form (see attachment) via WhatsApp on 0771768949, so that the organizers could confirm your participation with an official confirmation. Please note that the registration will close on 3rd March 2023.
You may contact the following members of the organizing committee for more details of the seminar.
Dr. Kusumsiri Kodituwakku
Chair, ISCIH-SL
Telephone No: 0711275315
Mr. Harendralal Namalgamuwa
Secretary, ISCIH -SL
Telephone No: 0714948308