Dear Moderator, Please list the following information in the forum Thanks Narenthiran. R Librarian French Institute of Pondicherry 11, Saint Louis Street P.B.33, Pondicherry 605001 Phone # 91-413-2334168 Extn 126/139 Fax # 91-413-2339534 Email: narenthiran.r@ifpindia.org mailto:narenthiran.r@ifpindia.org www.ifpindia.org http://www.ifpindia.org *International conference on* *Collection, Selection and Erudition* *Reading** practices and Textual culture in Classical Tamil* / / *Aim:* The main objectives of the abovementioned *3 day Conference *are 1. The proposed International conference will analyze the sources and practice through which the classical Tamil corpus came to be collected and compiled during the first millennium of the Christian era and edited from the 19^th century. 2. The conference will explore the avenues of manuscript tradition and textual culture in which the classical Tamil corpus was circulated and transmitted between the first millennium of the Christian era and the 19^th century 3. the conference will compare the reading and learning practices involved in the understanding of the classical Tamil corpus by traditional pulavars, university scholars (local and foreign), popular writers etc during the contemporary period; 4. The conference will examine the role of public and private institutions in reading practices of the Classical Tamil Corpus. 5. The conference will attempt to obtain a status report on the collections and libraries through which the classical tamil corpus came to be “rediscovered” in the 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century 6. The conference will explore the viability of applying the research methodology practiced by, for example, Roger Chartier, Jean- Yves Mollier and Robert Darnton in their investigation of the History of the Book in Western Culture. *Organizers:* The French Institute of Pondicherry (coordinator: Kannan.M, Contemporary Tamil Culture, Indology) And The Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai.( coordinator:Prof. R.Kothanda Raman) Dates: March 25-27, 2009. Place: French Institute of Pondicherry, 11, Saint Louis St, Pondicherry, Pondicherry, 605001. Phone: O413 2334168. Email: kannan.m@ifpindia.org mailto:kannan.m@ifpindia.org Website: www.ifpindia.org http://www.ifpindia.org/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.