Amal Jayawardane

Who is Amal Jayawardane?

Amal Jayawardane is a Sri Lankan historian.

Born in 1947, in the Western province of Sri Lanka. He had his early education at De Mazenod College, Kandana. He obtained his B.A. Honours degree from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and M.A. Ph.D. from the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Presently, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Formerly he was the Head of the Department of History & International Relations. He was also the coordinator of the M.A. Degree Programme in International Relations, University of Colombo.

He has also served as Visiting Professor at American University, Washington D.C., USA, and Research Scholar at the Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K..

Professor Amal Jayawardane also serves as a Consultant to the National Integration Programme Unit of the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs and National Integration.

During the period 1994-1997, he served as a Member of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry in respect of Involuntary Removal and Disappearances of Persons in the Western, Southern and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. Nearly ten thousand witnesses came to give evidence before this Presidential Commission.