Tamil conference, Berkeley

[GANESANS at cl.uh.edu]

TAMIL IN AMERICA


Sponsored by  the Chair in Tamil Studies
and the Center for South Asia Studies
University of California, Berkeley

Saturday, April 5, 1997
Clark Kerr Auditorium
University of California, Berkeley
Tamil in America

Morning: 9 - 12
Students' Panel
"What it means to be a  Tamil-American Student"
Chairperson: Dr. V. J.  Mohan

Participants
Opening Speech by Brian Linebaugh
Pritika Balakrishnan,  Stanford University
Hemant Parasuram,  Stanford University
Vijaya Nagarajan, UC. Berkeley
Jeyanthi Siva, UC. Berkeley
Vidya Sundaram, Stanford University

Special Guests: Mr. and Mrs. Ram Tukkaram

Lunch break: 12 - 2

Professors' Panel   "Teaching Tamil"
Afternoon: 2 - 5
Chairperson: Prof. George Hart

Participants
Prof. Norman Cutler, University of Chicago
Prof. Thomas Malten, University of Koeln, Germany
Prof. Harold Schiffman, University of Pennsylvania
Prof. Jim Ryan, Institute of Integral Studies

Dinner break:  5 - 7

Entertainment Program
by  UC. Students 7.30 - 9.30 pm
Play : Adharshana  Thampadihal
Dance: Archana  & Priti
Music: Jyothi & Laksmi
Clark Kerr Auditorium


For more information, contact Prof. George L. Hart
(ghart at garnet.berkeley.edu)