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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. This is to inform you that the 9th SLACLALS triennial conference which was to be held from the 29th to the 31st of May 2020 has been regretfully postponed because of the prevailing pandemic.
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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)
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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ACLALS Conference (2022):
The ACLALS conference will be held in Toronto 11-15, July 2022.
Download the CFP below or visit their website for more information:
http://aclals.net/conferences-and-cfps/
The ACLALS conference will be held in Toronto 11-15, July 2022.
Download the CFP below or visit their website for more information:
http://aclals.net/conferences-and-cfps/
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