Stories about "Sri Lanka"
Senior to use Watson award to study South African, Indonesian theater

Monday, March 30, 2009 1:56 pm

With the ultimate aim of teaching contemporary drama in her native Sri Lanka, a Bates College senior has received a 2009 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study performance arts in South Africa and Indonesia. Sulochana Dissanayake of Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka, is one of 40 recipients of the 2009 fellowship, a $28,000 award supporting a year of independent research abroad.

Sulochana's mainstage production

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:57 pm

http://www.vimeo.com/3762950 Sulochana Dissanayake ’09 of Pita Kotte, Sri Lanka, directed the Bates…

Stratton receives Fulbright award for Sri Lanka research

Wednesday, January 4, 2006 1:38 pm

Rory Stratton, a 2005 graduate of Bates College, is researching Islamic art and architectural history in Sri Lanka with the support of a Fulbright grant.