Schedule
May 11, 2006 | May 12, 2006 | May 13, 2006 | May 14, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006 | Venue: William Doo Auditorium, New College
- 8:00 EST: Registration
- 8:30 - 9:00 EST: Opening Remarks
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9:00 - 11:00 EST: Historical Literature | Chair: E. Balasundaram
"Why abandon a lovely rabbit to chase after a crow?"... | Archana Venkatesan
The Kuravanji Fortune-teller Dramas of Tamilnadu... | Indira Peterson
Writing Tamil History: “Post National” Perspectives | P. Ragupathy
An Anachronistic Aarruppadai for Lord Murugan... | Layne Little
Pulavars and Potentates in Nineteenth-century... | Sascha Ebeling [Withdrawn]
Style and Substance in a Late Old Tamil Anthology | Martha Selby [Withdrawn] - 11:00 - 11:20 EST: Refreshments
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11:20 - 13:20 EST: Contemporary Literature | Chair: Parthiban Vadivelu
Challenges of Language to Modern Tamil Creative Writing | E. Annamalai
Contemporary Dalit Literature | M. Kannan
Genre, Space and Typology... | Chelva Kanaganayakam
Caste, Gender and the Tamil Realist Novel Today | V. Geetha - 13:20 - 14:30 EST: Lunch
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14:30 - 16:30 EST: Diaspora Studies | Chair: Vappu Tyyskä
Constructing a Diaspora Identity in English | Suresh Canagarajah
A Death and the Tamil Diaspora... | Mark Whittaker
Negotiating Cultures: Tamil Youth in Toronto | Stanley J. Tambiah
When Two Cultures Collide at the Bed-Side... | Joseph Chandrakanthan
Theorizing Tamil "DiasporiCity" | R. Cheran - 16:30 - 17:00 EST: Refreshments
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17:00 - 18:20 EST: Visual Arts and Media | Chair: R. Cheran
Territory, Identity and Liminality in Contemporary Painting: T. Sanathanan, Geevan and Karuna* Note: T. Sanathanan and Geevan will give a slide presentation of their work. They will then be joined by Karuna for the Q & A. All three artists' work will be displayed during the conference and all three will be available during the conference to discuss their work.
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18:20 - 19:00 EST: The Animation of a South Indian Folk Epic | Brenda Beck