Programme
May 31, 2007 | June 1, 2007 | June 2, 2007
- Registration fee covers all lunch and refreshments costs.
Saturday, June 2, 2007 | Venue: Sidney
Smith Hall
- 9:00 - 9:30 AM: Registration
- 9:30 - 11:30 AM: Session One
- Panel I | Chair: Stanley J. Tambiah | Room 2108, Sidney Smith Hall
- Walking with Amman: Young malaiyaha Tamils' views of their identity in practice | Ann Kingsolver
- Sacralization of space: Gender and kinship in South Indian temple ritual | Susan McNaughton
- Re-living the devastated
social landscape? A study on continuity and discontinuity of
social relations in religious spaces in the East of Sri
Lanka | Sitralega Maunaguru
- Panel II | Chair: Glynis George | Room 2110, Sidney Smith Hall
- The question of colonialism and imperialism in Tamil nationalist thought: The case of Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950) | Ravindiran Vaitheespara
- States of transgression: Strategies of domination, accommodation, and resistance across Asia | Ravi Sriramachandran
- The demand for Dravidanadu and
the Tamil Muslims | J.B.P. More
- Panel I | Chair: Stanley J. Tambiah | Room 2108, Sidney Smith Hall
- 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM: Lunch | Lobby, Sidney Smith Hall
- 12:30 - 2:30 PM: Session Two
- Panel I | Chair: Sharryn Aiken
| Room 2108, Sidney Smith Hall
- The hyphenated Other: The ontology and responsibility of being the Other | Sujith Xavier
- Tamil Nation/Collective: Being Tamil under siege | Yamuna Sangarasivam
- Discourses of fear and
victimization: The impact of national security legislation
on the Tamil-Canadian community | Harini Sivalingam
- Panel II | Chair: R.
Champakalakshmi | Room 2110, Sidney
Smith Hall
- Tamils in protohistoric Sri Lanka: A study of megalithic culture of Sri Lanka | Junichi Fukao
- Archaeology, history and identity in ancient Tamilakam | Shinu Abraham
- State formation in the Cankam period | Katherine Young
- Panel I | Chair: Sharryn Aiken
| Room 2108, Sidney Smith Hall
- 2:30 - 3:00 PM: Refreshments
- 3:00 - 5:00 PM: Session Three (Tamil & English)
- Panel I (Tamil) | Chair: Pon
Vivekananthan | Room 2108, Sidney
Smith Hall
- Recent trends in Tamil studies | V. Arasu
- Panithinai/Paaliathinai: Transformation, continuity and aesthetics in contemporary Tamil poetry | R. Cheran
- Nedunalvadai: Translation,
continuity, and contemporary aesthetics | Chelva
Kanaganayakam
- Panel II (English) | Chair: MSS Pandian |
Room 2110, Sidney Smith Hall
- Brokering marriages: War, displacement and production of futures among Jaffna Tamils | Siddharthan Maunaguru
- Performing gender and culture: Performing arts in Tamil Nadu | Mangai
- Tamil Hinduism in
indenture-based societies | Paul Younger
- Panel I (Tamil) | Chair: Pon
Vivekananthan | Room 2108, Sidney
Smith Hall
- 5:00 - 5:15 PM: Break
- 5:15 - 5:45 PM: Forum | Room 2117, Sidney Smith Hall
- Open discussion on future plans | Moderated by Darshan
Ambalavanar
- Open discussion on future plans | Moderated by Darshan
Ambalavanar
- 5:45 - 7:00 PM: Plenary Lecture | Room 2117, Sidney
Smith Hall
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, Continuity...
- Kanthasamy, Parvathy: Pedagogical Challenges...
- Karunakaran, Krishnamoorthy: Tamil Teaching-Learning Activity...
- 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 Landscape...
- McNaughton, Susan: Sacralization of Space...
- More, J.B.P.: The Demand for Dravidanadu and the Tamil Muslims...
- Orr, Leslia: The Medieval Murukan...
- Pai, Gita: Architectural Juxtapositions in an Unsettled Landscape...
- 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...
- Seylon, Raman: TBA...
- Shanmugam, Kulasingam: Teaching Tamil as Heritage Language...
- 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