Salwatura A. Prabha Manuratne (2022) “Suspect Belongings”: The Traitor as a Figure of Betrayal
in Etel Adnan’s Sitt Marie-Rose, Women's Studies, 51:5, 575-596, https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2022.207050
Manuratne, Prabha. The Terrors of “Tomfoolery”: An Analysis of Ragging Based on the 1975 V. W. Kularatne Report. Journal of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, 2022 Volume 1, January to June. https://ss.kln.ac.lk/depts/RCSS/images/2022/ 022.pdf

Manuratne, S. A. Prabha M. “War and its Objects: Reflections of the Sri Lankan Civil War in S. P. Pushpakanthan’s Art.” South Asian Review. Taylor and Francis. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2021.1957608

Manuratne, Prabha. “Structural Violence and Ragging In Sri Lankan State Universities: A Case Study Of The 1975 V. W. Kularatne Report”. Vistas. Journal of the Open University. Volume 14, Issue 2, December 2021.
http://repository.ou.ac.lk/handle/94ousl/1998

Manuratne, Prabha. “A Film Theoretical Analysis of the Representation of Ethnic Harmony and
Reconciliation in the Film ‘Her, Him, The Other’.” The Academic Journal of the University of
Sabaragamuwa, University of Sabaragamuwa, Volume 12, December 2021. Published in
Sinhala.
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Manuratne, Prabha. “University & Co.: The Neoliberal University and the Challenges Faced
by Arts Faculties in Sri Lanka.” Dialogue. New Series XL &XLI. Colombo: The Ecumenical
Institute for Study and Dialogue, 2018-2019.

Manuratne, Prabha. “Let Her Cry: A Cry for Feminist Cinema.” Polity. Colombo: Social Scientists’
Association, 2016. Volume 7, Issue 1
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Manuratne, Prabha. “Kolambata Kiri Apita Kekiri: Neoliberalism and the 1983 Education
Reforms.” Polity. Colombo: Social Scientists’ Association, 2016. Volume 7, Issue 2

Prabha Manuratne – ‘Kolambata Kiri Apita Kekiri: Neoliberalism and the 1983 Education
Reforms’, pp. 14-22 - SSA Lanka

Manuratne, Prabha. “The Celestial Underwear and the Challenges of Post-Colonial Art.” South
Asian Journal of Visual Culture. The Colombo Institute, 2008.

Book Chapters

Manuratne, Prabha. “Dekala Purudu Kenek: Between Domesticity and Death of the Bourgeois
Family.” Hegoda, Malith. Ed. Dekala Purudu Kenek. Collection of Essays on the film Dekala
Purudu Kenek. Gagana Publishers. 2019.
Manuratne, Prabha. “The Art of Small Things: Formal Irony in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things.” Jayathu: Mangalika Jayathunga Felicitation Volume. Kelaniya: University of Kelaniya.
2018.

Manuratne, Prabha. “‘Parody of War’: Pleasure at the Limits of Pornography” in Porn
Archives, eds. Tim Dean, David Squires, and Steven Ruszczycky. Durham: Duke UP. 2014.
https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822376620-019

Manuratne, Prabha and Buddika Bandara. “The Power of One: The Fear of Freedom as a
Political Paradigm” with Buddika Bandara. Democracy Works: Theory and Action to Foster
Global Change, Eds. Torry Dickinson and Terrie A. Becerra. New York: Paradigm, 2008.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315635255.
Narrating Madness: The Ambiguous Narrative Voice of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s ‘The Yellow
Wallpaper’” in Golden Jubilee Commemoration Volume of The University of Kelaniya. Kelaniya:
University of Kelaniya, 2009.

Manuratne, Prabha. “The Wind Bird’s Disruptive Dream: Working Women, Moral Anxiety, and
Feminist Potential in Sulang Kirillie.” In Wimal Dissanayake Felicitation Volume, ed. Kulathilaka
Kumarasinghe. Colombo: Godage Publishers, 2008.

Sindu Kiyana Aragala (The Singing Revolutions), Essays and Translations on Non-Violent
Protests and Artistic Practices. With Buddika Bandara. Saharakshi Publishers, 2022.
Marie Rose: Lebanon Yudhdhaye Sthriyakage Adhishtanaya, translation of Sitt Marie Rose
by Etel Adnan. Kelaniya. Sethuka Publishers, 2020
Meena: Didulana Afghan Tharuwa, translation of Meena: Heroine of Afghanistan by Melody Ermachild Chavis. Kelaniya: Sethuka Publishers, 2008.

“Materiality and Violence in Nihal de Silva’s The Road from Elephant Pass.” International Humanities Conference, University of Kelaniya. May 21-22, 2016.
“Translating Taboo: Homosexuality and Violence in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy and Sugathapala de Silva’s Amutu Ilandariya.” Translation Theory Today Conference, City University of New York. May 5-6, 2016.
“Forms of Belonging and the Ethics of Betrayal in Etel Adnan’s Sitt Marie-Rose.” International Humanities Conference, University of Kelaniya. May 21-22, 2015.
“Accidental Martyrs: The Representation of Martyrdom in the Fiction of Sahar Khalifeh.” Annual Research Symposium of the National Centre for Advanced Studies, Sri Lanka. June 8-9, 2015.
“Violent Places: Landscapes of Violence in the Music of Ajith Kumarasiri.” Sri Lanka Graduate Conference. New School for Social Research, NY. March 25-26, 2011.
“The Usurped Sovereign, Homo Sacer, and the Politics of Suicide Bombing.” Social Theory Forum Annual Conference. University of Massachusetts, Boston. April 13-14, 2011.
“Gemak Demuda, Machan?” Reimagining Globalization in Uberto Passolini’s film Machan. Sri Lanka Graduate Conference. New School for Social Research, NY. April, 2010.
“My Dream Has Come True: Reconstructing Cultural History through Women’s Narratives of their Life-Histories.” International Conference of the Social Sciences. University of Kelaniya. July, 2008.
“Colonizing Gender: Literary Representations of the Impact of Colonialism on Gender in Native American Societies.” Graduate-Faculty Symposium. University of Kelaniya, 2007.
“Consenting to Ignorance: An Analysis of the Hostility towards Anti-War films in Sri Lanka.” Cultural Studies Conference on “Entertainment,” Kansas State University, March 2007.
“The Celestial Underwear and the Challenges of Postcolonial Art.” South Asia Regional Conference, Wisconsin, Madison. October 2006.
“Privacy in the Age of Psychoanalysis” Cultural Studies Conference titled Privacy (and Secrecy). Kansas State University. March 2006.
“Not In Theory: The Relevance of Critical Theory in Sri Lankan Universities.” Graduate Student and Faculty Conference, University of Kelaniya, 2004.

Head, Department of English, University of Kelaniya 2019 to 2022.
Editor in Chief, Kalyani Journal 2021- Acting Deputy Director of the Centre for Distance and Continuing Education, University of Kelaniya, 2018.
Member of the Institutional Review Report Writing Team 2020.
Member of the SER writing team for the external degree offered through the CDCE.
December 2021.
External Reviewer for Bachelor of Arts Degree in English and Bachelor of Arts Honour’s
Degree in English, University of Jaffna, 2020
Faculty Coordinator for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching, and AssessmentEnglish Language Teaching Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE) Project Writing Team,
AHEAD World Bank Grant Project, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2018-
2019.
Coordinator for Activity 3, Development of Socio-Emotional Skills/Inclusive education
proposed under the project for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching, and
Assessment-English Language Teaching Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE) AHEAD World
Bank Grant Project, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2019-2020.
Resource Person to develop the entire BA degree program in English at the Aquinas
College, Sri Lanka, 2018.
Member of the Faculty Research Management Committee, Faculty of Humanities,
University of Kelaniya, 2018.
Member of the Self-Evaluation Report Writing Team for the Institutional Review of the
Quality Assurance Program, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2017.
Main Coordinator, International Conference of the Humanities, Faculty of Humanities,
University of Kelaniya, 2017, 2018.
Faculty Coordinator for Faculty of Humanities, International Post-Graduate Research
Conference, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya. 2015, 2016.
Member of the editorial committee of the Kalyani journal, University of Kelaniya, 2017- to
2021
University representative for the Parliament Page Program 2016.
Department representative for the Corporate Plan Committee, 2016- 2019
Member of the editorial committee of the Humanities Journal, University of Kelaniya
2008-2009.
Member of the Faculty Board – Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Open
University of Sri Lanka. 2020 to present.
Member of the Board of Study for teaching literature in a Second Language (TLSC), Post
graduate institute of English, Open university of Sri Lanka. 3 Years with effect from 2021 to
present. Teaching for Department of Sinhala, Faculty of Humanities, 2016.
Department representative for the Cooperate Plan Committee, 2016.
Member of the editorial committee of the Humanities Journal, University of Kelaniya 2008-2009.

Chair of the Jury for the H. A. I Goonetilleke for best translation
of a work in Sinhala or Tamil into English, The Gratiaen Trust 2023
Member of the Jury of the Jaffna International Cinema Festival 2020
Member of the Jury of the Agenda 14 International Short Film Festival 2019
Member of the Jury of the Presidential Film Awards 2016
Member of the Jury of the Presidential Film Awards 2017
Member of the Jury of the Presidential Film Awards 2018
Member of the Panel of Judges of Fairway National Literary Festival 2017
Member of the Panel of Judges at the State Literary Festival 2015, 2016.
Member of the Sub-Committee on Literature of the National Arts Council.
Served on the UMBRA editorial committee in 2011 and 2014.
Co-coordinator of the Foundations in South Asian Studies Reading Group 2013-2014, University at Buffalo.
Served as a volunteer/consultant to the Women’s Bank, a micro savings scheme of urban and rural low-income women in Sri Lanka.
Volunteer editor of Sethuka Publishers, an activist publishing group committed to translating progressive books into the Sinhala language in Sri Lanka.
Resources Person for Women’s Education and Research Collective.