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Dr. Udara de Silva

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. Graduate School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan 2015.
  • M.A. Graduate School of Language & Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan 2012.
  • M.A. in Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2004/2005.
  • B.A. (General) Degree, First Class Honors, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 2004.

Professional Experience

  • Senior Lecturer Gr I, Department of Modern Languages, University of Kelaniya 2019
  • Visiting Lecturer, Department of Languages, Cultural Studies, and Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. 2025.
  • Japanese Language Certificate, Soka University, Japan 2002.
  • Japanese Language Proficiency, Level 1 (2004, 2010).
  • Teacher Training, Japan Foundation, 2010.
  • President, Japanese Language Teachers’ Association of Sri Lanka. (2008/ 2009)

Scholarships and Awards

Coordination Excellence in Humanities Award, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Erasmus+ “International Credit Mobility” Grant, Staff Training Mobility, University of Rouen Normandy, France.

Monbukagakusho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: MEXT) Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies (Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy), Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.

Tsukada Memorial Award for the ‘Best Master’s Thesis by a Foreign Student’, Graduate School of Language and Society, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.

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