2016 – 2023       

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University 

2010 – 2013       

Master of Sound Design (by research)—University of Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia.            

2004-2006          

Master of Arts in Drama & Theatre at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Sri Lanka.

1996-1999          

Bachelor of Arts at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

1995-1996         

Diploma in Writership and Communication at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Sri Lanka.

Sound Anthropology

Ethnomusicology

Interactive Media

2025 up to now Teaching associate, Department of Media & Communication,School of Social Sciences, Media, Film and Education, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorne

2024 up to now: Teaching Associate, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Monash University, 900 Dandenong Road, Caulfield East VIC 3145, Australia.

2024 up to now Research Assistant - School of Culture and Communication, The Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010.

2024 up to now Teaching Associate, School of Culture and Communication, The Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010.

2024 up 2025 Teaching associate, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University.

2017-2021 Senior Lecturer - Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

2014 - 2017 Visiting Lecturer - Department of Fine Arts, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

2014 – 2017  Assistant Lecturer - Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya

2001-2007  Radio Journalist - Music Division, Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lanka.

2022 Best Publication (Film & Television), State Literary Festival, Sri Lanka.

2021 Best Music Director – RAIGAM TELE’S, Sri Lanka.

2019 Short-listed for 10 books in Humanities, State Literary Festival, Sri Lanka (State Literary Awards).

2019 Vice-Chancellor's University of Kelaniya Award, Sri Lanka.

2014 'BUNKA' Japan Sri Lanka Friendship Cultural Award.

2007 Best Music Director - State Tele Festival, Sri Lanka.

2004 Presidential Scholarship, President Secretariat, Sri Lanka.

2001 Best Published Book (Third Place), National Youth Festival, Sri Lanka.

2000 Best Music Director - State Drama Festival, Sri Lanka.

2000 Best Music Director (Merit Award): State Drama Festival, Sri Lanka.

1999 Best Music Director - National Youth Festival, Sri Lanka.

1998 Best Music Director - National Youth Festival, Sri Lanka.

1998 Best Music Director (Merit Award) - State Drama Festival, Sri Lanka.

1996 Best Music Director - National Youth Festival, Sri Lanka.

1982 Merit Award (Actor) - State Drama Festival, Sri Lanka.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2020. Sound Ethnography. Sarasavi Publishers. ISBN: 978-955-31-3336-6 (Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2020 Sound in Cinema (Shabdika Cinemawa). Sarasavi Publishers. ISBN: 978-955-2046-5 (Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2018 Trends in Sinhalese Theatre Music 1956-1996. Sarasavi Publishers. ISBN: 979-0-710009-06-6(Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2017 Discussions on Sound (Nada sankathana - Sinhalese Medium) 2017.ISBN: 978-955-38486-0-4

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2017 Sound Studies: With Special Reference to Sri Lankan Sonic Experience. Australia. ISBN: 978-955-38486-1-1 (Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2016 The Birthday Party (Godura). Translation (Australia: Bloomberg publishing. Drama.ISBN:978-955-44850-9-9 (Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2013 Party time (Sadaya). Translation (Sri Lanka. FAST Publishing Private Limited". Drama. ISBN: 978-955-448- 508-2 (Sinhalese Medium).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2000 The Evolution of Sinhalese Theatre Music 1956 - 1974. Sri Lanka: FAST Publishing Private Limited. ISBN: 978-955-677-001-08

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2018. අභිනය – 12th Vol (Abhinaya – A Special edition about Theatre education) The Department of Cultural Affairs. ISBN: 978-955-3748-15-7

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2025. Echoes of Resistance: The Convergence of Literature and Sound in Sri Lanka’s Political Uprisings. In Routledge Companion to Literature and Sound (forthcoming).

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2025. Sonic Bridges: Cultural Sustainability and Music Practices Among Sri Lankan Migrants in Melbourne. In Music and Sustainability (forthcoming). University of Hildesheim Press.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2019. The Music Usage of the Brechtian Theatre and Its Sri Lankan Contextualization. Drama, Theatre works production. 337-357. ISBN: 977-2682-733002

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2018. Bob Dylan to Vimkthi Gee: Social Protest Musical Movement. Professor Rohana Luxman Piyadasa Felicitation Volume, Department of Mass Communication, University of Kelaniya. 337-357. ISBN: 978-955-7040-81-3

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2018. Drama & Theatre as University Subjects. Gestures (Abhinaya – A Special edition about Theatre education) The Department of Cultural Affairs. ISBN: 978-955-3748-15-7. (Sinhalese Medium)

 Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2017. A synchronism as a Principle of Sound Film. Felicitation Volume of Professor Chadrasiri Palliyaguru. The Department of Mass Communication. 358 - 362. ISBN: 978-955-7040-29-5 (Sinhalese Medium)

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2017. "New paradigms in Sound Design: as an effective medium for Storytelling in visual media." Prabha, Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya Vol. 04: 268-283. ISSN: 2279-3127 http://repository.kln.ac.lk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/16365/1/Prabha%20 268-283.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2016. "Audio Design: Creating Multi-Sensory Images for the Mind." Roopavahini Sameeksha. Vol: 10: 183-190. ISSN: 1800-2854

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2016. " Aural Mementoes: Memories of Sri Lankan Migrants in Melbourne." Journal of Aesthetics and Fine Arts – Volume - 01. Drama & Theatre and Image Arts Unit, Department of Fine Arts, University of Kelaniya (01): Vol. 01, 58-74. ISSN 2386-1428

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2024. "Echoes of Resistance: The Convergence of Literature and Sound in Sri Lanka’s Political Uprisings." British Forum for Ethnomusicology Autumn Conference 2024.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2024. "AI as a Cultural Mediator: The Role of Large Language Models in the Academic and Social Integration of Foreign Students." Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference - AAS2024, University of Western Australia. 27 to 29 November.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2023. "Harmonizing Resistance: The Social Protest Musical Movement, Vulnerability, and Civil Mobilization during Sri Lanka's insurrection Era (1988-1991)" Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference - AAS2023, Macquarie University. 28 November to 01 December.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi.2023. " Exploring Low-Country Drum Soundscapes: An Ethnomusicological Investigation of Corporeal Simulation and Auditory Fluctuations" British Forum for Ethnomusicology Autumn Conference, 3 – 4 November 2023

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2022. " Sinhalese low-country drumming: qualities of life" Australian Anthropological Society Annual Conference - AAS2022, Deakin University 23-26 November.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2019 Drum and the Body: From Cognition to Performance of the Sri Lankan drummer. The Second Symposium of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Study Group on Music and Allied Arts of Greater South Asia is scheduled to take place in conjunction with the annual research symposium of the University of Visual and Performing Arts (UVPA) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 12-14, 2019.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2019. Shifting Identities: The Embodiment and Transformative Performing of Sri-Lankan Low-Country Drumming in Ritual and Non-Ritual Contexts: "Performing bodies", XXXV European Seminar in Ethnomusicology. 3-7 September 2019 - Durham University, UK

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2019. " Shifting Identities: The Corporeal Simulation and Trans-contextualization in Sri Lankan Low- Country Drumming." Paper presented at the Body of Knowledge: Art and Embodied Cognition Conference. 27-29 June 2019, Deakin University, Australia.

Munasinghe, Tharupathi. 2016. "Inside and Outside: The Variable Nature of a Sri Lankan Low-Country Drummer." Paper presented at the ICH - New Directions in the Humanities: Our Engagement with the Environment, University of Kelaniya, and Sri Lanka. http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/14594

Project Title: Digital Resilience Ambassadors: Building Older CALD Migrants’ Digital Resilience and Inclusive Communities Through Intergenerational Collaboration (2024-2025)

• Funding Source: University of Melbourne

• Project Role: Co-leader

• Description: An intergenerational digital resilience project in Melbourne, connecting international students with older Chinese and Sri Lankan Australians. The initiative enhanced digital literacy among seniors and fostered community cohesion. It developed multilingual resources to support ongoing learning, including digital term glossaries and scam prevention guides.

• Reference Link: Building Digital Resilience Among Older CALD Australians

Project Title: Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD)

• Funding Source: World Bank

• Project Role: Member of the proposal writing team

• Description: A World Bank-funded project proposal of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, aiming to enhance higher education.

• Grant Amount: USD one million