Professor Maithree Wickramasinghe
Educational Qualification:
PhD Women’s Studies / Education (Institute of Education, University of London).
MA Women’s Studies (University of Colombo).
BA English Honors (King’s College, University of London).
Selected Teaching Experience:
Professor in English, Department of English, University of Kelaniya(2009 – Present).
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer, Department of English, University of Kelaniya (1999 – 2009).
Assistant Lecturer, Department of English, University of Peradeniya (1990 – 1991).
Visiting Lecturer.
M A / Postgraduate Diploma in Women’s Studies, University of Colombo (2001 / 2005 / 2008 / 2009 / 2016).
Administrative Experience:
Founding Director - Centre for Gender Studies, UoK(2011 – 2014).
Head – Department of English,UoK (2011 – 2014).
Books and Publications:
Monograph: Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2012) Towards Gender Equity / Equality: A Scan of Gender Sensitive Laws, Policies and Programs in Sri Lanka, International Labour Organization, Colombo (Pgs. 368).
Training Module: Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2012) An Introduction to Gender Mainstreaming Universities – A Training Module for Trainers, Association of Commonwealth Universities, London (Pgs. 187), in CD and posted athttps://www.acu.ac.uk/focus-areas/leadership-management/gender/intro-gender-mainstreaming-universities
Book: Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2010)Feminist Research Methodology – Making Meaning of Meaning-making, London/New York: Routledge, (Pgs. 213).
Book: Wickramasinghe, Maithree, and Jayatillake, Wijaya, (2006) Beyond Glass Ceilings and Brick Walls – Gender at the Workplace, International Labour Organization, (Pgs. 106), posted at http://www.ilo.org/public//english/region/asro/colombo/downloads/publications/beyond.pdf
Book: Ariyabandu, MadhaviMalalgoda, and Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2003 / 2005) Gender Dimensions in Disaster Management – A Guide for South Asia, Intermediate Technology Development Group South Asia Publication, Colombo, (Pgs. 175), India edition- Zubaan, New Delhi, (Pgs. 180). (Translated into Hindi / Urdu / Tamil and Sinhala).
Monograph: Wijayatilake, Kamalini and Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2002) Women’sAccess to Legal Aid in Sri Lanka,Centre for Women’s Research, Colombo, (Pgs. 28).
Book: Wijayatilake, Kamalini, Wickramasinghe, Maithree, SamarasingheGameela,Liyanage, Kamala, and AbeywardenaJanaki, (2000) Sexual Harassment in Sri Lanka: Women’s Experiences and Policy Implications,Centre for Women’s Research, Colombo,(Pgs.172).
Book:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2000) From Theory to Action: Women Gender and Development,Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Colombo, (Pgs. 160)
Research Articles:
Research Article: Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2015) ‘Feminism and Gender Studies: A Revolt in Thought, a Revolution in Academia, and a Reformation of the Academy’, in Living Faith, Sri Lanka National Seminary Journal, Vol 15, No 1 (Pgs. 33 – 57).
Research Article: (revised version) Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2009) ‘Rejuvenating and Reinventing the Discipline of English Studies in Sri Lanka: A Concept Paper’, in Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities, University of Peradeniya, (Pgs. 125 - 149).
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2009)‘”)‘”The Personal is the Political and the Political is the Personal” - Contemporary Sri Lankan Women Poets and English Scholarship’, in Journal of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Vol. 10 (Pgs. 45 - 74).Scanned
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2009)‘Women – A New Paradigm in Knowledge
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2009)‘Women – A New Paradigm in Knowledge Production’, in K. Kumarasinghe (Ed.)Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume of University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka: University of Kelaniya, (Pgs. 241 - 269).
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2008) ‘“The Writer May be Dead but the Reader is Alive and Kicking” - Making Methodological Meaning of Contemporary Literary Theory/Criticism’ in Kalyani - Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Kelaniya, (Pgs. 187 - 211). Scanned
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2008) ‘Theorizing the Self in Writing up Research’ in Journal of Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Vol. VII (Pgs. 68 – 102).
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2006) ‘An Epistemology of Gender - An Aspect of Being as a Way of Seeing’, in Women's Studies International Forum, Vol. 29, No 6, (Pgs. 606 – 611). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277539506000914
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree,(2002) ‘Fundamentals of Feminist Critical Theory’ in the Journal of Faculty of Humanities (Eds. Gamini, DelaBandara, Ven. Induragare, Dhammaratana, MaithreeWickramasinghe, and LakshmanSeneviratne), Vol. III 2000/2001, University of Kelaniya, Kelaniya, (Pgs. 282 - 300). Scanned
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree,(2000)‘Gender and Development – A Conceptual Paper’ in Gender Ideology & Development in Sri Lanka, Centre for Women's Research (CENWOR),Colombo, (Pgs. 16 -49).
Research Article: Stephens, Pearl, and Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2000) ‘Sri Lanka’ in Gender Reflections in Asian Television, Asian Network of Women in Communication,India, (Pgs. 95-104).
Research Article:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (1997)'Domestic Violence' in Violence against Women: Voices of Victims and Activists,Centre for Women's Research (CENWOR),Colombo, (Pgs. 80-106).
Edited Works:
Encyclopaedia: (Editor-in-Chief) Naples, Nancy, (Associate Eds.) Hoogland, Renee C, Wickramasinghe, Maithree, and WaiChing Wong Angela, (2016) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Wiley-Blackwell, New Jersey (Pgs 2800).http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118663219
Invited Book Chapters:
Book Chapter: Wickramasinghe, Maithree (forthcoming 2017) ‘Contradictions in Quantity & Quality: Sexual & Gender-based Violence in Sri Lankan Universities’ (Ed.) L. Morley, in The Europa World of Learning Essays 2017: Gender and Access to and Participation in Higher Education, London / New York, Routledge Taylor & Francis.
Book Chapter: (revised version) Wickramasinghe, Maithree, and Kodikara, Chulani, (2014) ‘Women in Politics and the Politics of Women in Sri Lanka’, inWomen Leading Public Service and Political Participation in South Asia: New and Emerging Developments,The Women in Public Service Project, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA, posted at:
http://womeninpublicservice.wilsonc...nd-Political-Participation-in-South-Asia2.pdf
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, and Kodikara, Chulani, (2012) ‘Representation in Politics: Women and Gender in the Sri Lankan Republic’, in The Sri Lankan Republic at 40: Reflections on Constitutional History, Theory and Practice- An Edited Collection of Essays, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo. http://republicat40.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Representation-in-Politics.pdf
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2011) ‘The Possibilities and Challenges of Postcolonial Situatedness, Standpoints and Intersectionality’ (Eds.) S. Thiruchandran and D. Karunanayake, in Continuities / Departures: Essays on Postcolonial Sri Lankan Women’s (Creative) Writing in English, Colombo: Women’s Education and Research Centre, (Pgs. 137 - 162).
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2007) ‘Gender-based Violence in the Workplace’, in Gender Based Violence in Sri Lanka, Centre for Women’s Research / United Nations Population Fund, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (Pgs. 43 – 72).
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2007) ‘Imported or Indigenous Knowledges? Feminist Ontological / Epistemological Politics’, (Eds.) Neloufer de Mel and SelvyThiruchandran, in At the Cutting Edge: Essays in Honour of KumariJayawardena', Women Unlimited, India, (Pgs. 250 – 281).
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2003) ‘Whose Language is it? ‘, inI want to Speak of Tenderness – 50 Writers for Anne Ranasinghe, (Ed.) Gerard Robuchon, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, (Pgs. 354 – 360).
Book Chapter:Wickramasinghe, Maithree, (2002) ‘Feminist Critical Practice’inGender, Ideology and Empowerment, Centre for Women’s Research, Colombo, (Pgs. 42 – 65).
Book Chapters:Wickramasinghe, Maithree,(2002) ‘Gender Identity and Gender Relations’ in Gender Resource Book for Teachers (Ed.) Soma K Mendis, Centre for Women’s Research, Colombo,(Pgs. 7 – 19) (Translated into Sinhala and Tamil).
Selected Work at International & National Workshops/Seminars/Conferences:
Research Papers and Presentations:
Invited Presentation:
‘Ethics in Research Involving Women’, Forum of Ethics Review Committees, Sri Lanka, Workshop on Vulnerability and Research Ethics (28th March 2016)
Invited Paper:
‘Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Sri Lankan Universities: Contradictions and Complicities’, Centre for Higher Education Equity Research (CHEER) / Sussex Asia Centre
