Tamil Studies Conference 2007 | May 31 - June 2, 2007 | Toronto, Canada

Presenters:

The conference will host over 40 scholars of various disciplines from North America, Europe, South Asia, and Australasia:

Schedule

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Abraham, S.
Aiken, Sharryn
Ambalavanar, D.
Arasu, V.
Champakalakshmi, R.
Cheran, R.
Fukao, J.
George, G.
George, U.
Ghose, R.
Guruge, S.
Jegathesan, M.
Kanaganayakam, C.
Kanthasamy, P.
Karunakaran, K.
Karunanithi, G.
Kingsolver, A.
Mangai
Mason, R.
Maunaguru, S.
Maunaguru, Sitralega
McNaughton, S.
More, J.B.P.
Orr, L.
Pai, G.
Palaniappan, S.
Pandian, M.S.S.
Rajesh, V.
Renganathan, V.
Sangarasivam, Y.
Seylon, R.
Shanmugam, K.
Sivalingam, H.
Sriramachandran, R.
Sundar, A.
Tambiah, S.J.
Tyyskä, V.
Vaitheespara, R.
Vivekananthan, P.
Whitaker, M.
Xavier, S.
Young, K.
Younger, P.

Programme

May 31, 2007 | June 1, 2007 | June 2, 2007

Registration fee covers all lunch and refreshments costs.

Friday, June 1, 2007 | Venue: New College and Medical Sciences Building

8:30 - 9:00 AM: Registration | William Doo Auditorium, New College
9:00 - 11:00 AM: Session One | William Doo Auditorium, New College
- Panel I | Chairs: Sepali Guruge & Parvathy Kandasamy
  - Relationships between children and their parents in the Tamil society in the diaspora | Vappu Tyyska
  - Perceptions of and response to intimate partner violence among Tamil women | Robin Mason
  - Older Tamil immigrant women and their attitudes toward breast cancer screening | Usha George
11:00 - 11:30 AM: Welcome | William Doo Auditorium, New College
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch | William Doo Auditorium, New College
12:30 - 2:30 PM: Session Two | Wilson Hall, New College
- Panel I | Chair: Aparna Sundar | Room 1016, Wilson Hall, New College
  - Reflections on 'Tamilness' before and after social trauma: from 'good people' to nationalism | Mark Whitaker
  - Struggle for Recognition: Constitutional and legal definition of difference and encountering fasting unto death as a life-giving force | Mythiri Jegathesan
  - The continuities and transformations of caste in structuring Tamil collectives | G. Karunanithi
- Panel II | Chair: Raman Seylon | Room 1017, Wilson Hall, New College
  - The making of Sangam literary canon and Tamil identity | V. Rajesh
  - The notion of untouchability in classical Tamil society | Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan
  - Tamil nationalism and the hegemony of textual tradition | Vasu Renganathan
2:30 - 3:00 PM: Refreshments | William Doo Auditorium, New College
3:00 - 5:00 PM: Session Three | Wilson Hall, New College
- Panel I | Chair: Krishnamoorthy Karunakaran | Room 1016, Wilson Hall, New College
  - Pedagogical Challenges in the Teaching of the Tamil Language in Canada | Parvathy Kanthasamy
  - Tamil teaching-learning activity in North America: Reinforcements needed | Krishnamoorthy Karunakaran
  - Teaching Tamil as a heritage language in Australia | Kulam Shanmugam
- Panel II | Chair: Darshan Ambalavanar | Room 1017, Wilson Hall, New College
5:30 - 5:45 PM: Book Launch | William Doo Auditorium, New College
- Book Review of "History and Imagination: Tamil Culture in the Global Context" | Paul Younger
5:45 - 7:00 PM: Plenary Lecture | William Doo Auditorium, New College
- Caste and Community: Oscillating Identities in Pre-Modern Tamil Society | Prof. R. Champakalakshmi
- Chair: Katherine Young
7:15 - 8:45 PM: Formal Dinner | Venue: Medical Sciences Dining Room

Presenting Scholars

Abraham, Shinu: Archaeology, History and Identity...

Arasu, V: Recent Trends in Tamil Studies...

Champakalakshmi, R.: Caste and Community...

Cheran, R.: Panithinai/Paaliathinai: Transformation, Continuity...

Fukao, Junichi: Tamils in Protohistoric Sri Lanka...

George, Usha: Older Tamil Immigrant Women...

Ghose, Rajeshwari: Parochial Communities in Tamilnadu...

Guruge, Sepali: Older Tamil Immigrant Women...

Jegathesan, Mythri: Struggle for Recognition...

Kanaganayakam, Chelva: Nedunalvadai: Translation...

Kanthasamy, Parvathy: Pedagogical Challenges...

Karunakaran, Krishnamoorthy: Tamil Teaching-Learning....

Karunanithi, G: TBA

Kingsolver, Ann: Walking with Amman...

Mangai: Performing Gender and Culture...

Mason, Robin: Intimate Partner Violence Among Tamil Women...

Maunaguru, Siddharthan: Brokering Marriages...

Maunaguru, Sitralega: Re-living the Devastated Social...

McNaughton, Susan: Sacralization of Space...

More, J.B.P.: The Demand for Dravidanadu and the Tamil...

Orr, Leslia: The Medieval Murukan...

Pai, Gita: Architectural Juxtapositions in an Unsettled...

Palaniappan, Sudalaimuthu: The Notion of Untouchability...

Pandian, M.S.S.: Nation Impossible...

Rajesh, V.: The Making of Sangam Literary Canon...

Renganathan, Vasu: Tamil Nationalism...

Sangarasivam, Yamuna: Tamil Nation/Collective...

Shanmugam, Kulasingam: Teaching Tamil as Heritage...

Sivalingam, Harini: Discourses of Fear and Victimization...

Sriramachandran, Ravi: States of Transgression...

Tyyskä, Vappu: Relationships Between Children...

Vaitheespara, Ravindiran: The Question of Colonialism...

Whitaker, Mark: Reflections on 'Tamilness'...

Xavier, Sujith: The Hyphenated Other...
Young, Katharine: State Formation in the Cankam Period
Younger, Paul: Tamil Hinduism in Indenture-based Societies