Mrs.Ajiththa Suganthan

• PhD in History and Ethnography of Religions (Reading) at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
• Master of Arts in History & criticism of Art: Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies (2021-2023) at FSU, USA
• Fulbright Program: English for Graduate Studies University of Arkansas – Spring International Language Center (2021) University of Arkansas Fayetteville: Fayetteville, AR, USA
• TOEFL iBT & GRE (100/120 & 334/340) “internet-based test” The Educational Testing Service (ETS) in New Jersey, USA (2021)
• Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology (2010-2015), University of Jaffna, NP, SL

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University.
• Intern at Southeast Archaeological Center, US Department of State, Innovation Park Tallahassee, FL, under the supervision of Mr. Hank Kratt (Supervisory Museum Specialist at SEAC) during the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.
• Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, University of Jaffna, since 3rd December 2018 to date.
• Archaeological Graduate Trainee at Central Cultural Fund, Jaffna Project, Sri Lanka, from August 2016 to August 2018.
• Temporary Assistant Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, University of Jaffna, from September 2015 to June 2016.

Research: Archaeological Excavations

• Involved in the excavation at the Jaffna Fort in collaboration with the foreign Archaeology team headed by Professor Robin Conningham, Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK, organized by the Central Cultural Fund, Government of Sri Lanka in 2017 and 2018.
• Involved in Archaeological excavation at Kantharodai, Jaffna, collaborated with the foreign Archaeology team headed by Professor Barbara Helwing, The University of Sydney, Australia in 2019

Research:

Peer reviewed journals

• Suganthan, A. (2023). Some considerations on what we know about Dutch colonial architecture in general, and in Sri Lanka specifically: The Kruys church at Jaffna Fort. Archaelogia: South Asian Journal of Archaeology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
• Suganthan, A. (2022). Pre-colonial Monuments in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Nagananda International Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences.

Symposiums

• Suganthan, A. (2020). Painting and Its Special Preservation Activities – Based on Sigiriya Painting. In National Research Symposium: Role of The Arts in Multi-Cultural Environment, held on 23rd January 2020 at Swami Vipulananda Institute of Aesthetic Studies, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, Kallady, Batticaloa.
• Suganthan, A. (2017). Role and significance in Preservation of Manuscripts of Siddha Medicine found during the Jaffna Kingdom Period. National Archaeological Symposium.

Conferences

Suganthan, A. (2015). Hindu temples in Sri Lanka that commemorate the Ramayana. In All Ceylon Hindu Congress (Ed.), Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Issue, Vol. 2, Conference Proceedings.

• Dean’s Doctoral Scholar Award for the PhD in History and Ethnography of Religions, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University, USA, for the academic year 2023-2024.
• Fulbright master’s Scholar Award in Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies, U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Commission SL-USA, for the year 2021-2023.
• Tuition Award for the Master of Arts in History and Criticism of Art: Museum and Cultural Heritage Studies, Art History Department, Florida State University, USA.
• Early Career Researcher Fellowship 2021, Rewriting World Archaeology, supported by the British Academy and Durham University in the United Kingdom.