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First International Tamil
Conference - Seminar Delegates and the Titles of Their Presentations
Theme: South-East Asia Jean Filiozat: Presidential Address – Research in South-East Asia and in the Far East T.P.Meenakshisundaram: Tiru-p-pavai, Tiruvempavai in South-East Asia S.Singaravelu: Some aspects of South Indian cultural contacts with Thailand – historical background. Ho Peng Yoke: Indian science in East Asia J.J.Boeles: A note on Tamil relations with south Thailand and the identification of Tacola. Yutaka Iwamoto: On the Ho-ling Kingdom Xavier S.Thani Nayagam: The identification of Kataaram Harry M.Buck: An introduction to the study of the Ramayana in South and South-East Asia S.Singaravelu: A comparative study of the story of Rama in South India and South-East Asia. S.Arasaratnam: Social and political ferment in the Malayan Indian community, 1945-1955. F.R.J.Verhoeven: Some notes on the history of the Tamil community in Dutch Malacca (1641-1825). R.K.Jain: Ramnathapuram experiment – Paradigm of an estate-farm-factory community in Malaya. Kernial Singh Sandhu: Tamil and other Indian convicts in the Straits settlements, A.D. 1790-1873. M.Palaniappan: The Young Men’s Indian Association and the Indians of Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, 1945-55. Clarence E.Glick: Attitudes of Indians toward their position in Fiji Clarence E.Glick: Leaders of Indian origin in Kuala Lumpur – A study of minority group leadership and trends toward national cohesion. M.Sangeelee: A brief history of the Tamilians of Mauritius M.Nadarajan: The Nattukottai Chettiar community and South-East Asia Joseph Minattur: Dravidian elements in Malay culture. Theme: Social History; Society of the Sangam Period K.K.Pillay: Aryan influence in Tamilaham during the Sangam epoch M.A.Dorai Rangaswamy: Did Utiyan Ceral belong to the Mahabharata period? Klaus L.Janert: The oldest evidence of the name Kerala P.Arunachalam: Peruncottu Utiyan Ceralatan D.Nadarajah: Mullai and Tulaci as symbols of chastity K.Sivathamby: An analysis of the anthropological significance of the economic activities and conduct-code ascribed to Mullai Tinai. M.Rajamanikkam: Aspects of social life of the Tamils in the Sangam age (300 B.C. – A.D. 300) V.T.Manickam: Harlots in Ancient Tamil literature M.E.Manickavasagam Pillai: Population of Tamilakam during the Sangham age M.S.Govindasamy: Notes on ‘Periyadevar’ and ‘Ayyadevar’ H.W.Tambiah: Pre-Aryan customary laws V.Subramaniam: The Kural’s contribution to political thought – a new analysis of Porutpaal M.Shanmugasubramaniam: Concepts of law in Thirukkural N.Baluswamy: Studies in Tirukkural – chapter 68: Vinai ceyal Vakai – Manner of Action G.Venkatachalam: The philosophy of Valluvar R.Panneerchelvam: An important Brahmi Tamil inscription – a reconstruction of the genealogy of the Chera kings Theme: Social History; Society of the Period of Empires Noboru Karashima: Allur and Isanamangalam – Two South Indian villages of the Cola times Suresh B.Pillai: Raajaraajeesvaram at Tancaavuur S.Y.Krishnaswamy: Major irrigation systems of Ancient Tamilnad P.Sarvesvara Iyer: Puranic Saivism in Ceylon during the Polonnaruwa Period K.S.Nadarajah: A critical study of Tamil documents pertaining to the History of Jaffna K.Kularatnam: Tamil place names in Ceylon outside the Northern and Eastern provinces Theme: Social History; Trade and External Relations W.M.K.Wijetunga: South Indian corporate commercial organizations in South and South-East Asia Lo Hsiang-Lin: On the voyage of Soli Samudra, Chola’s envoy to China in A.D. 1015 C.J.Su: Chinese knowledge of Calicut during the 14th and 15 th centuries S.A.Raghavan: A study of the coins of Tamil Nad F.X.C.Nadarajah: A survey of nautical (navigational) terms in Tamil Theme: Social History; Society of the Modern Period R.E.Frykenburg: Elite formation in Nineteenth century South India – an interpretative analysis S.Arasaratnam: Aspects of the role and activities of South Indian merchants c. 1650-1750 N.Vanamamalai: A study of the historical ballads of Tamilnad S.Kadhirvel: Puli Thevan’s bid for the re-establishment of a Hindu kingdom at Madurai M.Arokiaswami: Land system in South India in the early Nineteenth century Brenda E.F.Beck: A sociological sketch of the major castes in the Coimbatore district C.J.Eliezer: On Ramanujan, the mathematician Bertram Bastiampillai: Social conditions of the Indian immigrant labour in Ceylon in the Nineteenth century, with special reference to the ‘Seventies, and some comparisons with conditions in other colonies B.L.Panditharatne: The geographical distribution, demographic characteristics and mobility trends of the Ceylon Tamil community with special reference to the urban areas of Ceylon A.M.A.Azeez: Some aspects of the Muslim society of Ceylon with special reference to the Eighteen eighties Theme: Literary Theory T.P.Meenakshisundaran: Tolkappiyar’s literary theory P.Thirugnanasambandham: A study of Rasa – Tholkappiar and Bharata H.S.David: The place of Tolkappiyam in Ancient Tamil literature V.Chelvanayakam: Some problems in the study of Tolkappiyam in relation to Sangam poetry M.Varadarajan: Literary theories in Early Tamil – Ettuttokai C.A.Keller: A literary study of the Tirumurukarruppadai M.Manuel: The use of literary conventions in Tamil Classical poetry Avvai D.Natarajan: An introduction to the traditional doctrine of love T.E.Gnanamoorthy: Tamil literary theories – Epic C.Jesudasan and E.Jesudasan: What Kamban means to us A.Srinivasa Raghavan: Mystical symbolism in the work of the Alwars Xavier S.Thani Nayagam: Apperception in Tamil literary studies P.T.Rajan: The contributions of the Sangams to Tamil language and literature V.I.Subramaniam: The influence of Tamil in Mahabharata N.Vanamamalai: The folk motif in Silappadikaram S.V.Subramanian: Treatment of dreams in Cilappatikaaram K.Sivathamby: The ritualistic origins of Tamil drama P.R.Subramanian: A myth – its development and treatment V.Veerasamy: The legendary structure of Periapuranam T.P.Meenakshisundaran: The Parani poetry K.P.S.Hameed: Structural analysis and pattern of description of a primitive legend of the west coast of South India Mary Masillamani: H.A.Krishna Pillai’s contribution to Tamil literature D.Yesudhas: ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’ and Iratcaniya Yaattirikam Helga Anton: Subramania Bharati’s ideas on the development of Tamil literature V.Sachithanandan: Whitman and Bharati as Vedantists Prema Nandakumar: The emotive aspects of Subramania Bharati’s poetry Vijaya Bharathi: Poetic aspect in Bharati’s personality Loganayagy Nannithamby: Traces of Earlier literatures in the poetical works of Bharati Dasan R.Dhandayudham: Special features of Kalki’s novels Annapoorani Chandrasekaran: A discussion on Akilan as a short story writer Murugu Subramaniam: Growth of Modern Tamil literature in Malaysia F.B.J.Kuiper: Dutch students of Tamil Albrecht Wezler: German Dravidology – Past and Present Albertine Gaur: European missionaries and the study of Dravidian languages (Notes on some books and manuscripts held in the British Museum) S.Vithiananthan: Tamil literature and scholarship – The pioneer work of Christians in Ceylon Arumugam Vimalachandra: The American contribution to the development of Tamil language in Ceylon K.E.Mathiaparanam: The contribution made to Tamil by the missionaries who served in Ceylon Ove K.Nordstrand: Some notes on the foundation of the Royal Danish Mission printing press and paper mill at Tranquebar Theme: Music, Dance and Iconography S.Ramanathan: Ancient musical modes in Cilappatikaram Nirmala Ramachandran: Classical dance of the ancient Tamils V.P.Raman: The music of the ancient Tamils Saw.Ganesan: Some iconographic concepts S.Nadarasa: The influence of Tamil dramatic tradition on Sinhala theatre Theme: Plenary Session in Tamil M.A.Dorai Rangasamy: Udhiyan Cheral – Bharatha kaalathavanaa? L.P.Karu Ramanathan Chettiar: Pattu Paattil Aarru Padai K.Vellaivaranan: Vaara Paadalin thotramum valarchiyum K.Arumugam: Ilakkiya thiranaaivil Thamil illakanathin panku M.Thiru Arasu: Valluvarin samayam Muru.Pazha.Rathinam Chettiar: Saiva Sithanthattukuriya thani chirappukal Theme: Language and Linguistics S.Agestilingam: Teaching Tamil as a foreign language P.Arunachalam: Verbal participles in Tamil R.E.Asher: Notes on F.W.Ellis and an unpublished fragment of his commentary on Tirukkural R.E.Asher: 250 years after – Some features of Ziegenbalg’s study of Tamil Asmah Binte Haji Omar: The natural of Tamil loan words in Malay Gerard Diffloth: The Irula dialect of Tamil (some phonological remarks) M.B.Emeneau: The South Dravidian languages J.R.Francisco: Notes on probable Tamil words in Philippine languages V.M.Gnanapragasam: Some salient features of Fr.Beschi’s Latin commentary on Tirukkural M.Israel: The system of parts of speech in Tamil D.H.Killingley: Retroflexion in Sanskrit E.C.Knowlton Jr.: Protuguese-Tamil linguistic contacts V.Sp.Manickam: A phonological study in Tolkappiyam R.Radhakrishnan: Aytham – Its origin and nature R.Radhakrishnan: On intervocalic voicing of stops in Old Tamil R.Radhakrishnan: Intervocalic stops in Old Tamil R.Radhakrishnan: A note – Tolkappiyam on intervocalic stops R.Radhakrishnan: Sutra 110 in Tolkappiyam – Eluttatikaram R.Radhakrishnan: The word Pucai in Tamil Rama Subbiah: Transliteration of Tamil – a new system Rama Subbiah: Malay words in Tamil speakers Rama Subbiah: Some sentence types and sentence structures in Beschi’s ‘Paramaarta Kuruvin Katai’ A.Sathasivam: The Dravidian origin of Sumerian writing H.Schiffman: Morphophonemics of Tamil numerals M.Shanmugam Pillai: Problems of teaching Tamil to foreign students M.Shanmugam Pillai: Tamil dialect notes – Fishermen of Kanyakumari S.V.Shanmukam: Tamil numerals A.Subbiah: Is phonetic change universal and inevitable? (A study based on the phonological structure of Tamil) S.Suseendirarajah: Contrastive study of Ceylon Tamil and English S.Thananjayarajasingham: The language of a Tamil plakkaat of the 18th century S.Thananjayarajasingham: Some Dutch loan words in the Jaffna dialect of Tamil Dhammaratna Thero: The influence of the Tamil language on Sinhala letters V.Vallipuram: Suggestions to solve the problem of inadequacy of the Tamil alphabet A.Velupillai: Adjectives in Tamil Theme: Translation S.Selvanayagam: The Tamil language and problems of translation K.Sivathamby: Some problems in simultaneous translation of speeches (interpretation) from English into Tamil and vice versa J.R.Marr: The translation of Cankam literature S.Maharajan: Some problems of Shakespeare- translation into Tamil List of Participants and their country affiliations
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