Ms. M. Nelani De Costa
Lecturer (prob) in English
Dept. of Languages
Faculty of Arts and Culture
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Ms. M. Nelani De Costa
| Designation | Lecturer (prob) in English |
| Department / Unit | Dept. of Languages |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts and Culture |
| Tp | +94 67 22 55 180 |
| Mobile | +94771611484 |
| Skype / WhatsApp | # | # |
| mn.decosta@seu.ac.lk, |
- BA (Hons) in English (USJP)
- PGDip in Gender and Women's Studies (UoC)
- Member of the Writing Team and Sub-Committee for the Self Evaluation Report of the Institutional Review of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (2019)
- Treasurer of the Undergraduate Research Colloquium 2019 at the Faculty of Arts and Culture, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka
- Member of the Panel of Writers for the Programme Review Team: for the Self Evaluation Report of the Bachelor of Arts (General) Degree Program of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Member of the Judge panel of Best Communicator at the J’PURA Employability Skills Award 2017 organized by the Career Guidance Unit of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura
- Reviewer of Abstracts for the International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) 2018
- Literary Theory
- Women and Gender Studies in Literature
- Sri Lankan English Literature
- Medieval to Metaphysical Literature
- Romantic to Victorian Literature
- Modern Literature
- Postcolonial Literature
- Linguistics
- Translation Studies
- Women and Gender Studies
- Queer Studies in Literature
- Film Studies
- Dystopian Studies in Literature
- Sri Lankan English Literary Studies
- Absurdism in Literature
- 1. “Disciplining Women through ‘Respectable’ Attire: A Study among Undergraduates in University”, Special issue on "Gender Issues and Development", (2019), VISTAS Journal, The Open University of Sri Lanka.
- The Disciplining Mechanism of Power in Selected Literary Works by Albert Camus and Franz Kafka.” 15th Open University Research Sessions (OURS 2017), hosted by the Open University of Sri Lanka
- De Costa, Nelani. “Trivialization of the Sri Lankan Experience for Bland Comic Effects: Chhimi Tenduf-La’s The Amazing Racist.” (Bi-Annual Publication). The Politics of Sri Lankan Literature. Kandy: Creative Printers Pvt. Ltd. November 2016
- De Costa, Nelani. “The Stereotyping of Queer Identities in Sri Lankan English Fiction.” Colombo, State Literary Advisory Board. September 2018
- The Fashioning of Homosexuality; Queering Contemporary Sri Lankan English Fiction” ,International Research Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) 2018, University of Sri Jayewardenepura)
- The Absurd Heroes of Resistance in Translated Works of Literature.” 7th Annual Research Symposium UVPA 2017, hosted by the University of the Visual & Performing Arts, Sri Lanka, November 2017
- The Politics of Power, Resistance and the Disciplining Gaze of Overbearing Institutions in Selected Works of Literature.” Vavuniya Campus International Research Symposium 2017, hosted by the Vavuniya Campus of the University of Jaffna, August 2017
- Striving for Freedom: Sylvia Plath’s engagement with abjection in relation to the female body and sexuality as a mode of freedom and empowerment from patriarchy and gender stereotypes.” The International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences 2016, hosted by the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, November 2016
- Conducted a workshop on raising awareness to establish a Gavel Club at the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka with the participation of the Gavel Club of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Toastmasters in Sri Lanka
- Workshop on Capacity Building on Gender for Junior Lecturers from all State Universities by the Centre for Gender Equity & Equality, University Grant Commission (CGEE/UGC) from March 11-15, 2018
- Workshop on Creative Writing, held at the Department of Cultural Affairs, ‘Sethsiripaya’, Battaramulla on 30th. May. 2014
- Lecturing (Internal and External Seminars), Research, Administrative Work, Writing and Editing, Examination Paper Setting, Invigilating Duties