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Asoka d. Zoysa

Samkathana Research Center, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

Prof Asoka de Zoysa had his training at the Institut für indische Philologie und Kunstgeschichte, Berlin to read Sanskrit, Pali and hybrid-Hindi texts and interpret the art of India and the Himalayan region. His doctoral thesis Blutrünstige Braminen am heiligen Strome (1997) published in Frankfurt, analyses how India was represented in the 18th and 19th century popular genres of opera and theater of Germany, France and England. After his MA in Indology and Germanisitik he was a member of the Educational Service at Museum für Indische Kunst in Berlin, arranging guided tours and lectures in the Museum of Indian Art and special exhibitions.
Since 1997 Asoka has been a member of the faculty at the Department of Modern Languages and is now a professor in charge of German Studies and Director of the Samkathana Research Centre. He is interested in gender aspects in contemporary art, theatre, fashion, advertising, cinema and literature and has translated German plays to Sinhala and English, some of which he directed himself. His current research interests are centred around the Buddhist Temple Buddhist and Hindu Iconography. He writes regular reviews for newspapers on the performances and exhibitions.

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