The Journal of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences(JFHSS) is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal published twice a year (June and December) by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ruhuna. The objective of the peer-review process is to ensure that high quality scientific research is published. The authors are requested to submit their papers to the JFHSS which is intended to publish its next issue by June 2020.

Aims and scope

The main aim of the journal is to provide a platform for scholars, academics, researchers and professionals to publish their research papers covering a wide range of disciplines, including, but not limited to: Economics, Political Science, Social Statistics, Sociology, Geography, History and Archaeology, Pali and Buddhist Studies, Languages, Psycology and Education.The journal intends to publish articles written based on all aspects of theoretical, empirical or case-based research and it opens to all contributions from the above fields, highlighting recent developments in the respective area.

Last updated on May 29, 2021

	Impact of the Teachers’ Self-Motivation on the Quality of the TESL Teacher Training Programmes in Sri Lanka K.S.G.S. Nishantha
	The Last Trumpet from Sinharaja: A Status Study of Elephant Population in Sinharaja World Heritage Site Manjula Karunaratne
	“Big Brother” and Foucault: Power of Surveillance in George Orwell’s 1984 P.W.B.J. Chathurya
	A Model for Seeking the Determinants of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT) Monthly Household Expenditure S.S. Langappuli
	පුස්තකාලයාධිපතිත්වයල වෘත්තීය කාර්යය හා අභියෝග පිළිබඳ විමර්ශනාත්මක ප්‍රවේශයක් යු. ඒ. ලාල් පන්නිල
	පුරාතන ලංකාවේ රාජ්‍ය පාලනය තුළින් නිරූපිත යහපාලන ලක්‍ෂණ කංචන ජනප්‍රිය
	දේශීය පාලන සමයේ ඉඩම් අයිතිය හා භුක්තිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් රජුගේ කාර්යභාරය ජේ. කේ. ඒ. කාන්ති