Ranaweera Appuhamilage Leslie Herbert Gunawardana

Background

Gunawardana, Ranaweera Appuhamilage Leslie Herbert was born on August 17, 1938 in Veyangoda, Sri Lanka. Son of Resident Advisor Don P. and Premavati (Vithanage) Gunawardana.

Education

Bachelor, U. Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, U. London, 1965.

Career

From assistant lecturer to lecturer, U. Ceylon, Peradeniya, 1960-1971; senior lecturer, U. Peradeniya, 1971-1976; associate professor, U. Peradeniya, 1976-1982; professor of history, U. Peradeniya, since 1982; head department history, U. Peradeniya, 1986-1987, 90-91; dean faculty of arts, U. Peradeniya, 1991-1992; visiting associate, director research, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris, 1992; Numata visiting professor, University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, 1993. Visiting research scholar U. Kyoto, Japan, 1980-1981. Visiting professor Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1987, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1988, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1993.

Director seminar for Asian studies, Peradeniya, 1982-1986. Member Silk Routes of Sea Expedition, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Ranaweera Appuhamilage Leslie Herbert Gunawardana has been listed as a noteworthy History educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Advisory Committee on Education, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1970-1972. Vice president National Committee for Unesco, Colombo, 1970-1972. Member Sri Lanka Branch Royal Asiatic Society (life), Sri Lanka History Association (Vice-President 1990-1991, life).

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Viranjanie Kusumsiri Silva, December 22, 1972. 1 child, Asela.

Father:

Resident Advisor Don P. Gunawardana

Mother:

Premavati (Vithanage) Gunawardana

Spouse:

Viranjanie Kusumsiri Silva

child:

Asela Gunawardana