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THE SRI LANKA ASSOCIATION FOR COMMONWEALTH
LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES


​The Sri Lanka Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (SLACLALS) is a chapter of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies  (ACLALS).  ACLALS was started in 1964 with a conference at the University of Leeds and was officially accredited to the Commonwealth in 2005.
The Sri Lanka branch of ACLALS, SLACLALS was created in the late 1970s under the guidance of Ashley Halpé who was Professor in English at the University of Ceylon at the time. The aims of SLACLALS shall be to encourage the study of and research into Commonwealth Literature and Language with special reference to Sri Lanka and to support creative writing in English. SLACLALS has held several conferences and seminars over the years in Peradeniya, Colombo, Kandy,  and Sabaragamuwa.

Call for Papers
9th SLACLALS conference
and Triennial General Meeting will be held on 21 and 22 July 2023
at Water's Edge Hotel
Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended to 1  June 2023.
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Notices:​
  • ​Phoenix Volume XV and XVI has been published. Copies are available in the English Department Office, University of Peradeniya. Price: Rs. 400.00. You can view the contents page here. ​​​


Other than organizing Conferences, SLACLALS also focuses on creative writing. [Read More]. 

The current SLACLALS executive includes academics from the University of Peradeniya and elsewhere who have specialized in Commonwealth/Postcolonial Literature in English. (See the full Committee of SLACLALS)

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9th SLACLALS conference
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The 9th SLACLALS conference will be held in Colombo 21-22, July 2023.
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Phoenix XV XVI cover and content pages.pdf
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    • Who We Are
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