Email Address :
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Email / asoka_de_zoysa@hotmail.com
Administrative Experience:
Acting
as the Head of the Department of Modern Languages
Educational Qualifications:
M.A: Indian Art History and Philology
and Germanistiks (German Studies) 1992 at the (Freie
Universitaet Berlin. Germany)
MA
Thesis: Translations of Kalidasa' s Works
into German. A comparative study (Unpublished Manuscript)
Ph.D: In German Studies. Freie
Universitaet, Berlin. Germany. 2006
Ph. D Thesis: "Bloodthirsty
Brahmins on the Banks of the Holy River".
-----------------Images
of India as reflected in the German Literature.
-----------------Peter
Lang. Frankfurt 1997
Teaching:
Deutsches
Lehrerdiplom Goethe Institute Munich Germany
Research and Publications
:
a.
"Bloodthirsty Brahmins on the Banks of the
Holy River." Images of India as reflected in
the German Literature. Peter Lang. Frankfurt 1997
b. Woyzeck. Traslation of
Georg Buechners Drama into Sinhala. Sandakada Prakashana.
Colombo 2003 c. A presentation
of the findings of "Yatra" Theatre Workshop
Project. Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA). January
2003. d. "German Literature
before and after National Socialism". In: Journal
of Faculty of Humanities Vol III, 2003 of the University
of Kelaniya.
Presentations at International
conferences :
a."Literatur
im Deutschunterricht" (Literature in Germanstudies)-2004
International Conference for German Lectureres.
Graz, Austria 2005 b."Perception
of the other: India as seen in trivial genres of
literature". German Studies Symposium organized
by the German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD).
Delhi, India 2006 c."Pixalized
urban space". At the international Confrence
"Religion, Conflict and Development" Organized
by the South Asian Studies II at the University
of Passau, Germany. 2007 d."Teaching
with images". At the Work shop on Second Language
and Foreign Language Teaching. Organized by the
Department of Linguistics of the University of Kelaniya
2007 e."Rhetorics of Power".
Propaganda Posters of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy
an Kommunist Soviet Union at the Ist International
Conference of Social Sciences organize by the Faculty
of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya 2008
Theatre Productions
and Translations :
a.
"Der Drang" (1994) – by Franz Xaver
Kroetz performed as "Oya Dora Arinna"
directed by M. Safeer in Colombo 2001. Winner of
Awards at National Drama Festivals b.
"Woyzeck" (2003) -- by George Buchner.
Translation and direction of play Asoka de Zoysa.
Performed in 2003 c. "Nathan
the Wise" (2003)-- by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing.
Scenic reading in English by Asoka de Zoysa for
the Celebration of Fifty yeas of Diplomatic Relations
Germany and Sri Lanka. 2003 d.
"Joseph und Maria " (2004) -- by Peter
Turrini performed as " Mama ipadune Iye nove"
directed by M. Safeer in Colombo 2004 e.
"Herr Mautz" (2004) --by Sybille Berg
– Translated into Sinhalese. Unpublished manuscript
2004 f. "Biedermann und
der Brandstifter" (2004) --- by Friedrich Duerrenmatts
as Gindara". Unpublished manuscript 2004 g. "Creeps" (2004) --
by Lutz Huebner. Translation into Sinlala. Direction
of the play Asoka de Zoysa 2004
Theatre Projects
:
"The
Good Women of Sezuan" by Bertold Brecht. For
the University of Performing and Visual Arts. Editing
the translation, pre-production. Assisting German
Director Matthias Gehrt (Berlin) 2006
Current Research Activities
:
1.
Teaching German for employment in the Tourism Trade 2. Reading the Pali and Sinhala
narratives of the Vamsakathas of Sri Lanka 3. Propaganda Poster Art of Authoritarian
Regimes 4. Evolution of the Women' s Costume
in Sri Lanka
Department of Modern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Phone : +94-0112903721, +94-0112903720---Fax : +94-0112914494
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