Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Migration Studies & Diaspora Literature

Postcolonial Studies & Commonwealth Literature

Memory in Migrant Contexts

South Asian Studies & Sri Lankan Literature

Creative Writing in Higher Education

Literature in the ELT Classrooms of Sri Lanka

THESES

PhD Thesis:

Veerasingam, Ebenezer Breman. “Sri Lankan Experiences of Migration to the West: An Analysis of Diasporic Literature as a Medium of Prosthetic Memory.” Queen’s University Belfast, 2025.

MA Thesis:

Veerasingam, Ebenezer Breman. “The Significance of Identity, Survival and Memories of Homeland in The Ethnic-Relationships of A Diasporic Community: Exploring Jean Arasanayagam’s Story ‘The Journey.’” Christ University Bangalore, 2014.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Veerasingam, E. B. “South Asian Diaspora in the UK & COVID-19: Student Experiences.” Pandemic Reflections: Stories from the Covid-19 Lockdown. Ed. B. Sebastian, T. A. Mattappallil. Nova Narrate Publishers, India. 2024. 17-20. Print.

Veerasingam, E. B. “Sri Lankan Diasporic Literature and the Prospects of Reconciliation.” Behold the Beauty of Literature. Ed. J Kennedy. Batticaloa: Department of Languages, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2021. 35-47. Print.

Veerasingam, E. B. “Disability in the Diaspora: Serving People with Disability in the Context of Migration with a Special Note on Sri Lankan Diasporas.” Called to Live Life Together: Theological Understandings of People with Disabilities. Ed. S. S. Gnanarajah. Colombo. Loyal Publication, Sri Lanka. 2020. 117-124. Print. 

ARTICLES IN JOURNALS

Dananjaya, W. M. S., Veerasingam, E. B. “A Comparative Study on Specific Practices of Learning English beyond the Classroom by ESL Intermediate Advanced Learners; A Sri Lankan Sociolinguistic Approach.” Quest Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 2022, pp. 277-281. ISSN(Online):2321-9467

Veerasingam, E. B. “The Concept of Survival in Diasporic Journeys: An Application of Maslows Hierarchy of Needs on Jean Arasanayagam’s “The Journey.”” International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), vol. 10, no. 11, Nov. 2020, pp. 438-443. ISSN 2250-3153.

Veerasingam, E. B., Dananjaya, W. M. S. “Significance of Symbols in Poetry Titles: A Study on A. E. Houseman’s ‘Farewell to Barn and Stack and Tree.’” International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, vol. 09, no. 11, Nov. 2019, pp. 631–636. ISSN 2250-3153.

Dananjaya, W. M. S., Veerasingam, E. B. “The Projection of Subconscious through Symbolism: An Analysis of Mansfield’s ‘The Voyage.’” International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, vol. 08, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 683–687. ISSN 2250-3153.

Savarimuttu, J. S. R., Jairus, R. J., Dananjaya, W. M. S., Veerasingam, E. B., Savarimuthu, R. J. S., & Kanniammal, C. (2024). Online Learning Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic besides the Economic Crisis. Indian Journal of Continuing Nursing Education, 25(2), 133–135. https://doi.org/10.4103/IJCN.IJCN_158_23

ABSTRACTS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Veerasingam, E. B. “‘Identity’ of a Diasporic Community in the Process of Ethnic-Reconciliation: Exploring Jean Arasanayagam’s “The Journey.”” Book of Abstracts of 4th International Conference on Social Sciences (ICOSS 2017), Colombo, 21- 22 September 2017. Edited by Udayangani Premarathne, The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), 2017, pp. 27. ISBN 978-955-4903-78-4.

Veerasingam, E. B. “Blogging in Creative Writing Class: Sharing Blog-Posts on Social Media as a Positive Reinforcement for Learners.” Book of Abstracts of International Conference on Global Education and E-Learning (GLOBED 2017), Colombo, 10-11 October 2017. Edited by Udayangani Premarathne, The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), 2017, pp. 117. ISBN 978-955-4903-90-6.

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FORUMS

Presentation on “Sri Lankan Diasporic Narratives of Homeland Memories as Mediums of Prosthetic Memory” at the Common Ground AEL Postgraduate Conference at Queen’s University Belfast, UK. (June 2024)

Presentation (online) on “The Usage of Proper Nouns in Sri Lankan Diasporic Literature: A Study on Select Novels” at the Online Presentations - 08 of the Tamil Mozhiyiyal Sangam, Tamil Nadu, India. (October 2021)

Presentation on “‘Identity’ of a Diasporic Community in the Process of Ethnic-Reconciliation: Exploring Jean Arasanayagam’s “The Journey”” at the 4th International Conference on Social Sciences- “Social Sciences: Towards a Sustainable and Prospective Future” organised by TIIKM with University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia. (September 2017)

Presentation on “Blogging in Creative Writing Class: Sharing Blog-Posts on Social Media as a Positive Reinforcement for Learners” at the International Conference on Global Education and E-Learning 2017 – “The Digital South and North: Spaces, Mobilities and Practices” organised by TIIKM with University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. (October 2017)

Presented a Paper on “Approaching the Illegal Migrants – Preferable” in the discussions and trainings on “South Asian Christian Diasporas: God’s New Communities in Mission” at the South Asian Christian Youth Network’s (SACYN) Annual Conference held in Dubai. The conference was also an Ethnographic Experience with the Labor Diaspora in the Middle East. (November 2014)

Presented a Paper on “Participatory Learning in English Language Classroom” at the National Seminar on ‘ELT in Higher Education: Exploring Learner Centered Approaches’ organised by the Department of English, Christ University, India. (February 2013).