PRESENT POSITION:
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PERSONAL ADDRESS (Office) : |
Emeritus Professor (retired in 2001) |
English Department
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 49855 |
EDUCATION :
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- Ph.D. (English) 1969. University of Notre Dame.
- M.A. (English) 1966. DePaul University, Chicago.
- M.A. (Religion) 1963. Pontificium Athenaeum, Poona (summa cum laude).
- B.A. (Religion) 1961. Pontificium Athenaeum, Poona.
- M.A. (Philosophy) 1959. Pontificium Athenaeum, Poona (cum laude).
- B.A. (Philosophy) 1958. Pontificium Athenaeum, Poona (cum laude).
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EXPERIENCE:
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- Professor, English Department, Northern Michigan University (1976)
- Associate Professor, NMU (1972-76)
- Assistant Professor, NMU (1968-72)
- Courses Taught :
- Linguistics, History of English, Old English, Middle English,Chaucer, Milton, Medieval Literature,Renaissance Literature,World Literature, Greek and Roman Classics, The Bible, Literature of the Bible,Oriental Literature, Oriental Religions and Philosophies,Mythology, Language and Culture,#introduction to Literature,#introduction to Folklore,Freshman Composition,Language and Culture , Technical Writing, World Religions, Research, Criticism, and Theory, Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, Women Writers of India, Germanic Heroic Poetry, Comparative Mythology, Literature of India: Pre-colonial, Colonial, and Post-colonial
- Teaching : Department of Philosophy, Dharmaram College, Bangalore, India (1963-64)
- Courses Taught : General Metaphysics, Philosophy of Man, Contemporary Philosophy
- Founder : Medieval Studies Section of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
- Associate Editor: Journal of South Asian Literature and South Asian Review.
- Member : Governing Board, L.K.A. Iyer International Institute of Anthropology, Palghat.
- Contributing Editor : India Journal.
- Dissertation Committees : Kakatiya University and Kerala University.
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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMITTEE WORK:
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- Chair, Asian Studies, Michigan Academy (1985-)
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Vice-Chair, Medieval Studies, Michigan Academy (1973-75; 1985-88; 98- )
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Executive Committee of the English Department (1971-73; 1984-86; 93-96)
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Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (1982-83; 1989-)
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Director: Proficiency Examination and Placement Test (1982)
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Departmental Committee on Undergraduate Programs (1971-74; 98- )
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Search Committee on Undergraduate Programs (1972-74)
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Search Committee for hiring linguist (1997-98)
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University Committee on Undergraduate Programs (1972-74; 1998- )
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Working Conditions Committee (1978-81 and 1987-)
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Executive Committee (1984-1987; 1993-95)
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Graduate Committee (1989-91; 96-98)
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Bargaining Council (1990)
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English Department's Outcome Assessment Committee (1998- )
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English Department's Social Committee (1992- )
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Institutional Representative from Northern Michigan University at the Michigan Academy of Arts, Science and Letters (l975-)
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Organizer of the Session "Classical Influences in Anglo-Saxon Literature" at The Kalmazoo Medieval Conference (1984-)
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Executive Committee, South Asian Literary Association at the MLA (l990-)
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Executive Secretary and Treasurer of South Asian Literary Association (MLA Affiliate)(1998- )
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Organizer, Fall Meeting of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, September 29-30, 1995.
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HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS:
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President, Medieval Association of the Midwest, 1997-98.
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Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship, 1978-79.
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American Institute of Pakistan Studies (1981-82: senior fellowship award).
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American Institute of Indian Studies, 1978-79 (awarded).
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American Institute of Indian Studies, Senior Fellow, 1974.
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NEH Summer Fellowship, 1981.
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Medieval Academy of American Latin Paleography Seminar Fellow at Harvard University, Summer, 1975.
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Northern Michigan University Summer Research Fellowships: 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986,1987, 1988, l990, 1991.
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Arthur Schmidt Dissertation Fellowship, 1967-68, University of Notre Dame.
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Life Member of Delta Tau Kappa.
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Citation and Medal for Outstanding Scholarship in the State of Michigan, 1976, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters.
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Peter White Fellow (1986-87): Northern Michigan University.
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NEH Summer Institute in Judaic Studies (1988).
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Visiting Research Fellow, University of Notre Dame (1988-89).
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NEH Summer Institute, University of Notre Dame(1989).
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Distinguished Faculty Award, Northern Michigan University (1989).
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Distinguished Faculty Award, Michigan Association of Governing Boards, 1992.
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NEH Summer Institute in Indo-Euoropean Institute, University of Texas at Austin, 1991.
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NEH Summer Institute at the Maritime Institute, Brown University, 1992.
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Academic Director, Michigan Consortium for Study Abroad, Vienna, Austria, Jan- May, 1993.
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NEH Summer Seminar at the University of California at Santa Barbara, California, 1993.
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Joseph J. Malone Fellowship from the National Council of US-Arab Relations, June-July, 1994, for travel-study in Egypt and Syria.
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Northern Michigan University, Learning Technology Fee Proposal: English Writing Lab, 1995 (funded).
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Nominated for Case Professor of the Year by Northern Michigan University (1995).
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COMMUNITY SERVICE :
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Four hundred plus talks at community meetings; Bible classes for young people (grade school and high school) |
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
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- Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute (1980-1985)
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Modern Language Association
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Midwest Modern Language Association
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Linguistic Society of America (1970-1980)
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American Dialect Society (1970-1980)
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Medieval Association of the Midwest
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Mediaeval Academy of America
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National Association of College Teachers of English (1980-1985)
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Conference on Christianity and Literature
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American Name Society (1970-1985)
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American Ethnological Association
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Society for Asian Folklore
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Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters
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American Association of University Professors
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International Arthurian Society (1970-1980)
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Association of Asian Studies (1970-1980)
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American Comparative Literature Association
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Northern American Patristic Society (1975-1982)
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Dravidian Linguistic Society
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International Courtly Literature Society
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Smithsonian Institute
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International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
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Michigan Linguistic Society
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International Boethius Society
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LANGUAGES SPOKEN AND/OR READ: ↑ Top |
English, Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Sanskrit, German, French, Spanish, Old Norse, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, etc. |
THESIS:
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"A Study of the Anglo-Saxon Concept of Covenant and Its Sources in the Bible, the Fathers of the Church, and the Germanic Tradition with Special Reference to Anglo-Saxon Laws, Anglo-Saxon History, and the Old English Poems: The Battle of Maldon, and Guthlac" (Ph.D.)
- "The Validity of the Transcendentals according to Immanual Kant and Joseph Maréchal" (M.A. Philosophy)
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"The Indwelling of the Trinity in the Teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas" (M.A. Religion)
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RESEARCH AND TRAVEL:
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- July-August, 1970: India, England, Greece, Italy.
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June 1-September 1, 1972: England, Holland, Germany, France.
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July-September 1, 1970: India, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Egypt.
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July 1-September 4, 1973: Germany, France.
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July 1-August 15, 1975: Widener Library, Harvard University.
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August 7-16, 1976: Peru, Mexico.
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July 1-August 27, 1977: India.
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September 1, 1978-August 1, 1979: India.
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August 29, 1981-January 17, 1982: India.
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March 29, 1982-August 7, 1982: England, Germany, USSR, Poland, Scandinavia.
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June 15, 1983-December 15, 1983: New York Public Library.
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June 15-August 1, 1987: University of Notre Dame.
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June 21-August 1, 1988: Brown University.
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September, 1988-August, 1989: University of Notre Dame.
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June - July, 1990: University of Texas at Austin.
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January - May, 1993: Austira, Italy, Germany, France, the Netherlands.
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June -July, 1993: Santa Barbara, California.
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June - July, 1994: Egypt and Syria.
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June, 1995 - June 1996: University of Notre Dame.
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June 22, 1996 - July 10, 1996: India.
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PUBLICATIONS:
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BOOKS
- Covenant in Anglo-Saxon Thought (Macmillan, Madras, 1972).
- Language and Culture: A Book of Readings. Eds. Zacharias Thundy, Stewart Kingsbury, Robert Glenn (Northern Michigan University, 1975).
- Papers in Linguistics (University of Michigan, 1977) edited by Zacharias Thundy, Carol Scotton, and Jane Hill.
- Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives (University of Notre Dame Press, 1979) Eds. Zacharias Thundy and Edward Vasta.
- Modern Malayalam Literature: An Anthology (Michigan State University, 1980) Eds. Zacharias Thundy and Ayyappa Panikker. 2 vols.
- The South Indian Folklore of the Kadar (Folklore Institute, Berkeley and Meerut, 1983).
- Dialect Survey of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (Northern Michigan University, 1978) Eds. Zacharias Thundy and Stewart Kingsbury (Microfiche edition).
- Stories from the East and the West (Trivandrum: S. J. Press, 1983).
- English Poetry: An #introduction (Trivandrum: S. J. Press, 1983).
- Religious Experience: East and West (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1985).
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Buddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993).
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Millennium; Apocalypse, Antichrist, and Old English Monsters c. 1000 A.D. (Notre Dame: Crosscultural Publications, 1998).
- The Trial of Jesus and His Death on the Cross (Create Space 2015)
- Is Notre Dame Still A Catholic University (Create Space, 2015)
- Jesus in Egypt (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus) (Create Space, 2015)
- Who Am I to Judge? The Third Gender in the Bible and Moral Reflections (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- Catholic Church’s Marriage Dilemmas (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- Jesus Was Also Pro-Choice? Bible and Abortion (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- Divorce, Remarriage, and the Eucharist (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- Moral Dimensins of Abortion and Contraception: Another Catholic Perspective (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- Letter versus Spirit: Resurrection of Jesus, The Gospels as Buddhist and Christian, and The Futility of the Search for the Historical Jesus (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus ) (Create Space, 2015)
- J’Accuse Once Again (published under the pen name Janus Rasmus)—A kindle book
- God: A Short Study in Etymology (Kindle Book, 2014)
- Pre-Colonial India and the West (A Kindle book, 2015)
- The Stupa and the Cross; Gospel Narratives of the Passion and Death of Christ and Their Buddhist Sources (A Kindle Book, 2014)
- Hamlet’s “Too Too Solid Flesh” and “The Dram of Eale”: Heart of the Matter” (Amazon, 2018)
- Holy Mary Magdalene: Old and New( Amazon, 2015).
- Rabbouni (John 21:16) by Mary Magdalene: A Misreading (Amazon, 2017, Also A Kindle Book).
- In Geardagum (In Days of Yore): Beowulf, Apocalypse and the East (Amazon 2016, Also A Kindle Book)
- Pre-Colonial India and the West: India in the Eyes of Pre-Colonial Travelers from the West. (Amazon 2016, also A Kindle Book)
- Gospels and Greek Classics (2015 Amazon book, Also A Kindle Book)
MONOGRAPHS (long articles)
- Kerala: People and Culture (Literary Market Review Publishers, Glen Oaks, 1983).
- "Intertextuality, Buddhism, and the Infancy Gospels," (Monograph) in Religious Systems and Religious Writings: Systematic Analysis. ed. Jacob Neusner et al. Atlanta: Scholars Press for Brown Judaic Studies, 1989. I: 17-73.
- "Pre-Colonial Travelers to India," South Asian Revew19 (1995): 59-89.
- "The "Divine "Caliban in Shakespeare's Postcolonial Discourse: A Re(De)Construction ," Michigan Academician30 (1998): 399-422.
- “Mashelmanutha:Jesus of Faith-Myth and Gospel Historiography,” BrahmaVidya: The Adyar Library Bulletin (2010-11)pp, 336-421
- “Classical Analogues—Eastern and Western—in Sir Gawain,” Sir Gawain and the Classical Tradition, ed. E. L. Risden (McFarland, 2006, pp. 135-181.
BOOKS WRITTEN OR EDITED BY THE AUTHOR*, SOME OF WHICH WERE PUBLISHED UNDER THE PSEUDONYM “JANUS RASMUS” (AMAZON)
- Covenant in Anglo-Saxon Thought.
- Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives
- Buddha and Christ: Nativity Stories and Indian Traditions.
- Religions in Dialogue: East and West Meet.
- Millennium: Apocalypse, Antichrist, and Old English Monsters c. 1000.
- Trial of Jesus an His /death on the Cross: Buddhist Sources of Gospel Narratives.
- Language and Culture: A Book of Readings.
- In Geardagum (In Days of Yore): Beowulf, Apocalypse and the East.
- Rabbouni (John 21:16) by Mary Magdalene: A Misreading.
- Gospels and Greek Classics.
- Is Notre Dame Still A Catholic University?:
- God: A Short Study in Etymology.
- Pre-Colonial India and the West: India in the Eyes of Pre-Colonial Travelers from the West.
- The Stupa and the Cross: Gospel Narratives of the Passion and Death of Jesus and Their Buddhist Sources.
- Holy Mary Magdalene: Old and New.
- Catholic Church’s Marriage Dilemmas.
- Divorce, Remarriage and the Eucharist.
- J’ Accuse: Catholic Church’s Continuing Persecution of Gays and condemnation of Same-Sex Marriage.
- Who Am I to Judge?
- Jesus in Egypt.
- Hamlet’s “Too Too Solid Flesh” and “The Dram of Eale”: Heart of the Matter”
- Letter vs. Spirit.
- Personhood of the Embryo.
- Moral Dimensions of Abortion and Contraception.
- The South Indian Folklore of the Kadar.
- Papers in Linguistics.
- Dialect Survey of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
- Stories from the East and the West.
- English Poetry: An #introduction.
- Kerala: People and Culture.
- Modern Malayalam Literature: An Anthology. 2 vols.
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Jesus’ Killing
- We Live Too Long
- Holy Trinity: Proto-Trinity, Christian Trinity and Post-Christian Trinity: Searing for Missing Links
- Eucharist: Substance and Accident (in preparation)
* The author, an alumnus of the University of Notre Dame and a retired professor of English at Northern Michigan University, holds three advanced degrees in philosophy, religion, and literature from three distinguished Catholic universities. He is a linguist, anthropologist, philosopher, theologian, and literary critic or, in short, a dabbling renaissance man but never a perfectionist. Also, he has published other books under the pen name Janus Rasmus. “Janus” should remind the reader of the Roman deity Janus, the namesake of the month of January; also, Janus was the pen name used by the nineteenth-century distinguished German historian-theologian Ignaz von Doellinger (1799-1890), who refused to subscribe to the dogma of papal infallibility during and after the First Vatican Council 1869-70). “Rasmus” refers to the great Renaissance scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536). |
ARTICLES:
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A. MEDIAEVALIA
- "The Moral Chaucer," Conference on Christianity and Literature, 20 (1971), 12-16.
- "The Doctrinal Influence of Jus Diaboli on Beowulf," Christian Scholar's Review, 3 (1973), 150-69.
- "The Battle of Maldon: A Christian Heroic Poem," HSL, 3 (1975), 101-34.
- "Chaucer's Quest for Wisdom in the Canterbury Tales," Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, 77 (1976), 582-98.
- "Oaths in Germanic Folklore," Folklore, 12 (1971), 160-66.
- "Preface of Copernicus to his De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium, A New Translation," East European Quarterly, 8 (1974), 495-99.
- ."The Synthesis of the Sacred and the Profane in the Thought of Thomas Aquinas," The Michigan Academician, 7 (1975), 315-24.
- "The Sanskrit Meghaduta and the Old English Husband's Message," The Michigan Academician, 8 (1976), 157-67.
- "Courtly Love and Ancient India," Journal of South Asian Literature, 16 (1981), 45-60.
- "La Tradition du Charlemagne chez les chrétiens de Kerala," Actes de Société Rencesvals, 6 (1974), 391-98.
- "Matheolus, Chaucer, and the Wife of Bath," Chaucerian Problems and Perspectives, ed. Edward Vasta and Zacharias P. Thundy, (University of Notre Dame Press, 1979), pp. 24-58.
- "Sources of Spoliatio AEgyptiorum," Annuale Mediaevale, 21 (1981) 77-90.
- "Potion in Guthlac B and the Tristan Romances," Tristania, 4 (1978), 55-62.
- "Afrisc Meowle and the Old English Exodus," Neophilologus, 64 (1980), 299-306.
- "The Significance of Pilgrimage in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," The Literary Half-Yearly, 20 (1979), 64-77.
- "Gawain's Wound," PMLA, October, 1984. pp. 1002-03.
- ."Allegory of Love: Dante and Chandidas," South Asian Review, 5 (1981), 106-17.
- "Love: Augustine and Chaucer," Augustinian Studies, 14 (1983), 93-104.
- "Guthlac and Spiritual Friendship," American Benedictine Review 36 (1985), 143-58.
- "Chaucer's Corones Tweyne and Matheolus," Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 86 (1985): 343-347.
- "Beowulf: Meaning, Method, and Monsters," Greyfriar 24 (1983), 5-34.
- "Beowulf: Date and Authorship," NM 87 (1986): 102-116.
- "Beowulf: Geats, Jutes, and Huns," Littcrit 17 (Dec. 1983), 1-8.
- "Clandestine Marriages in the Late Middle Ages," Fifteenth-Century Studies, 11 (1985), 121-36.
- "Gottfried's Tristan and Clandestine Marriage: Folkways and Canon Laws," Tristania .
- "Clandestine Marriage in Aucassin and Nicolette," Medieval Folk.
- "Clandestine Marriages in the Late Middle Ages," rpt. of item 24 in Edelgard E. DuBruck, ed. New Images of Medieval Women(Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen, 1989), 303-320.
- "The Grail Legend and Its Indian Analogues," LittCrit. 11 (l985): 45-53.
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"Everyman and the Doctrine of Reviviscence," Medieval Text: Methods and Herme- neutics', eds. Guy Mermier and William McDonald (1990): 421-437.
- "Merlin and Vortigern," The Romance of Merlin, ed. Peter Goodrich (New York: Garland Press, 1990) (translated by Aubrey Galyon and Zacharias Thundy from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae).
- "Merlin's Prophecies," The Romance of Merlin (trans. Aubrey Galyon and Zacharias Thundy).
- "Stonehenge," The Romance of Merlin (trans. Aubrey Galyon and Zacharias Thundy).
- "Lailoken and Kentigern," The Romance of Merlin (trans. Aubrey Galyon and Zacharias Thundy).
- "Lailoken and King Meldred," The Romance of Merlin (trans. Zacharias Thundy).
- "Merlin in Indo-European Tradition," in James Gollnick, ed., Comparative Studies in Merlin from the Vedas to C. G. Jung. Lewiston: Mellen, 1990.
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"Varieties of Choice," PMLA (Forum), October 1990, p. 1127.
- "The Qu'ran: Source or Analogue of Bede's Caedmon Story?" Islamic Culture 63, No. 3 (July 1989):105-110.
- "More on Classical Influences in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," Classical and Modern Languages 12 (1992): 169-78.
- "Philology and Anglo-Saxon Poetry," PMLA March 1991, pp. 309-311 (Forum).
- "The Varieties of Choice" PMLA October 1990: 1127 (Forum).
- "The Dreame of Chaucer: Boethian Consolation or Political Celebration?" Carmina Philosophiae 4 (1995): 91-109.
- "Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand the Matter of Araby" South Asian Review 19 (1995): 49-58.
- "To Ask or Not to Ask the Question: East-West Encounters in the Perceval Legend" South Asian Review 19 (1995): 91-100.
B. LINGUISTICA
- . "Facts about Current Indian English," Papers of Michigan Linguistic Society, I, ii (1970), 74-101.
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A Computerized Questionnaire for the Survey of the 'Dialects' of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," Papers of the Michigan Linguistic Society, I, iii (1971), 1-32.
- "The Origins of Indian English," CIEFL Bulletin, 12 (1976), 29-40.
- "The Language of the Kadar," International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 4 (1975), 229-48.
- "National Unity despite Linguistic Diversity: the Indian Experience," Proceedings of the XIIIth International Congress of Film(Adelaide: The Griffin Press, 1976), pp. 168-71.
- "The Language and Culture of the Anglo-Saxons," Language and Culture, ed. Glenn et al. (1974), pp. 116-23.
- "India: Languages and Culture," Ibid., pp. 253-57.
- "The Language and Culture of the Kadar," Asian Profile, 6 (1978), 375-79.
- "In Defense of Deep Structures," Indian Journal of Linguistics, 4 (1977), 78-88.
- "Cholanayikkar: Culture, Language, and History," IJDL (forthcoming).
- "Kurumbar: Language and History," IJL 14 (1987): 64-96.
- "Munda Substratum in Malayalam," Indian Journal of Linguistics 10 (1983), 129-152.
- ."Cholanayikkar: Language and Culture," Dravidian Encyclopedia (forthcoming).
- "The Kurumbar of Attappady: Language and Culture," Dravidian Encyclopedia (forthcoming).
- "Dr. Condom," Times Literary Supplement, May 7, 1982, p. 510.
- "Thank You and Micro-Syntactic Change," Indian Linguistics 43 (1982), 35-36.
- "The Etymology of Condom," American Speech 60 (1985), 177-79.
- "The Origin and Development of Malayalam," (Malayalam), Prabhatham, May 18, 1984, p. 2.
- "Malayalees and Mundas," Kerala Pratibha, I, 1 (november 1, 1985), 2.
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Book Review of Is the Native Speaker Dead?, American Speech 63 (1988): 271-76.
- "Kurumbar: Language and History," IJL 14 (1987): 64-96.
- "On Grimm's Law and Verner's Law," PMLA October 1991: 1180-81 (Forum)
C. AMERICANA
- "Emerson and the Problem of Evil: Paradox and Solution," Harvard Theological Review, 62 (1969), 51-61.
- "Circumstance, Circumference, and Center: Immancence and Transcendence in Emily Dickinson's Poems of Extreme Situtions,"Hartford Studies in Literature, 3 (1971), 73-92.
- "Missionaries and Place Names in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," Papers of the Southcentral Names Institute, 3 (1973), 93-102.
- "Campus Unrest in the United States," Jeevadhara, 19 (1974), 75-83.
- "Campus Unrest in the United States," (Malayalam), Ibid., 102-12.
- "Idea and Form in Emerson's Nature," Journal of English Studies, 7 (1976), 460-66; reprint in Essays and Studies (1977), pp. 30-6.
- "American Education: Problems and Prospects," Excelsior (1982), pp. 38-41.
D. ET MISCELLANEA
Three articles on Boris Pasternak in Prakasham Weekly (1959).
- "The Meaning of Modern Atheism," (Malayalam), Jayabharatam (1959).
- "Henry Bergson," (Malayalam), The Deepika (1959).
- Review of the play "In White America," Mining Journal, February 21, 1969.
- "Francois Mauriac: A Novelist of Our Times," Sword of the Spirit 15 (1970), 8-11.
- "The Future of Christianity," The Priest, 30 (1974), 38-40.
- "Dickens, Fagin, and the Critics," Thought, 26, n. 7 (February, 1974), 15-17.
- "The Meaning of Ecumenism," The Priest, 31 (1975), 46-48.
- "The Ecumenism of Sir Thomas Browne," Academy, 31 (1974), 63-72.
- "Changes in Name and Dress Among Carmelites," Karmalasandesam, (1973), 41-46.
- "The Future of the Indian Kadar: An American Perspective," Tribal Situation in Kerala (forthcoming).
- "New Malayalee Personal Names," Proceedings of the International Onomastic Society Meeting, 1979, pp. 539-48.
- "Changes in the names of Keralites," Deepika, January 16, 1983, pp. 7, 10.
- "Umrao Jan Ada: Poet, Prostitute, and Prophet," Journal of English Studies, 11 (1979), 727-35.
- "Enchantment for Children," Excelsior (1978), pp. 11-13.
- "Dissent in Malayalam Literature," Vagartha, 25 (1979), 55-61.
- "Chemmeen: A Novel of Dissent," Journal of South Asian Literature, 15 (1980), 295-300.
- "The Future of Indian Ethnic Groups," Cultural Survival, 5 (1981), 22-24.
- "The Future of Tribal Religions," Proceedings of the World Conference on Religions (forthcoming).
- "Culture, Education, and Ingenuity," Decennial, SMS (1979), 1-22.
- "The Sacred in a Secular Democracy," in Role of Religions in National Integration, ed. Thomas Manickam, (Bangalore, 1984) pp. 106-114.
- "Pilgrimage to Sabarimalai," Jeevadhara, 12 (1982), 382-94.
- "Pilgrimage to Sabarimalai," (Malayalam), Ibid., 377-98.
- "Courtly Love and Women in Ancient Indian Epics," South Asian Review, 7 (1983), 62-67.
- Review of Rex Casinander, Miners' Folksongs from Sri Lanka in Asian Folklore Studies, 42 (1983), 312.
- Review of Charles H. Long, Alpha, the Myths of Creation in Christianity and Literature, 33 (1984), 53-54.
- "Keralites in America," Keralites, 1 (1983), 23-27.
- "Malayalees in America: The Search for a New Identity," Keralites in America, ed. K. P. Andrews (Glen Oaks, 1983), 108-13.
- "The Egyptian Osiris Myth and the Dravidian Cilappadikaram," Tamil Civilisation, 1 (1983), 83-90.
- "The Indian Vampire: Nomen et numen," The Vampire in Literature and Film, ed. Leonard Heldreth (forthcoming).
- "Moved to Respond," Catholicism in Crisis II (April, 1984), 8.
- "The Osiris Myth and Cilappadikaram," Jeevadhara, 14 (1984), 393-395.
- "Striving for Excellence: Our Answer," India Journal, October 1984, pp. 8-9.
- "Indian Culture in America," India Journal, November 1984, pp. 7-10.
- "Non-Violence: Religions and Common Sense," India Journal 2 (1985): 12, 21.
- "Dante and the Anonymous Angel of Milton's Lycidas," Journal of English Studies 15 (1984), 6-8.
- "Name Changes in America: A Sign of the Decline of Religion?" Proceedings of the International Onomastics Society Meeting, 1985 (forthcoming), Der Eigenname in Sprache und Geselschaft, III (85), 281-91.
- Lord Ayyappan of Sabarimalai," Kerala Pratibha, I, 2 (December 1, 1985), 14-15.
- "The Tribal Religions of India and Their Future," in Religions in Dialogue: East and West Meet, ed. Zacharias P. Thundy et al (Lanham: University Press of America, 1985), 77-88.
- "Passage to America," (poem), Keralites in America II, May, 1986, p. 9.
- "The New Saints of Kerala: Chavara and Alphonsa," Kerala Pratibha, January 1, 1986, p. 2.
- "The Pope's Passage to India," Kerala Pratibha, Feburary 1, 1986, p. 2.
- "Valmiki and the Art of Poetry," Kerala Pratibha, April 1, 1986, p. 2.
- "Marco Polo and Kerala," Kerala Pratibha, May 1, 1986, p. 2.
- "Indian Vampires," Nadam, May 15, 1986, pp. 11, 4.
- "Friar Odoric and Kerala," Kerala Pratibha, July 1, 1986, p. 2.
- "Jessmyn West, 'Road to the Isles,'" Masterplots II: Short Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1986, 1753-55.
- "Jessamyn West, 'The Pacing Goose,'" Masterplots II: Short Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1986, 1968-70.
- "Thomas Mann, 'Gladius Dei,'" Masterplots II: Short Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Salem Press, 1986, 857-59.
- "Thiruvatira and Valentine's Day," Nadam, February 15, 1987, p. 15.
- "Kerala Elections: An Analysis," Nadam, April 30, 1987, p. 15.
- "Classical Stories From India: The Tiger and the Tourist," Nadam, August 15, 1987, p. 19.
- "Classical Stories From India: Appointment at Everglades," Nadam, August 15, 1987, p. 18.
- "Classical Stories From India: The Carpenter's Tale," Nadam, August 30, 1987, p. 19.
- "Classical Stories From India: How To Lose Your Wife," Nadam, September 30, 1987, p. 15.
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Classical Stories From India: How to Win Friends," Nadam, October 12, 1987, p. 15.
- Review of Barstow, A. L., Clerical Marriages and Reforming Papacy: Eleventh-Century Debates, Fifteenth-Century Studies 14 (1988): 203-204.
- "Karachi Transfer," (poem) Keralites in America III (1988).
- "Classical Stories From India: It's All in the Genes," Nadam, October 30, 1988, p. 15.
- "Classical Stories From India: No Greater Love Than This," Nadam, November 15, 1988, p. 15.
- "Classical Stories From India: "Rabbit in the Moon," Nadam, June 30, 1989, p. 15.
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Review of Proceedings of the PMR Conference, Vol. 11 (1986) in Fifteenth-Century Studies, 15 (1989), 364-365.
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Review of The English Dream Vision by J. Stephen Russell in Christianity and Literature 38 (1988), pp. 87-88.
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Review of Reading Between the Lines by Gene Edward Veith in Christianity and Literature 40 (1991): 422-23.
- "Maelstrom - May Storm" (poem) Peninsula Poets 46, No. 2 (1990): 20.
- "Belief in Hades: Letter," US News and World Report, April 8, 1991.
- "Indian Vampires," Michigan Academician 20 (1988): 101-109.
- "The Name of the Rose," Names 42.2 (June 1994): 79-89.
- "The Art and Diffusion of Classical Indian Fables," Littcrit. 38 (1994): 44-55.
- "I, Judas," (poem) Peninsula Poets 48 (1992): 27.
- "Death is Gravity," (poem) Peninsula Poets 50,2 (1994): 41.
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. Review of T. S. Eliot and the Heritage of Africa: The Magus and the Moor as Metaphor, CLA Journal 37 (1994): 481-84.
- "It Was a Long Wait in No Man's Land," Northwind, February 25, 1993, p. 7.
- "Destiny or Chance? It Is Really a Small World," Northwind, March 18, 1993, p. 7.
- "Vienna vs. America," Northwind, April 8, 1993, p. 8.
- "Pilgrimage is Purifying," Northwind , February 16, 1995, p. 7.
- "Pilgrimage to the Past," Northwind, March 30, 1995, p. 7.
- "'The Windhover': Gerard Manley Hopkins and India," Manascarya I (1995): 24-36.
- "Miracles never Cease: India Is Still a Democracy;," Northwind, January 23, 1997:7.
- "Fuzzy Literature," South Asian Review 19 (1995), v - viii.
- "Indian Masses Living Better," Northwind, Janary 30, 1997: 7.
- "Stewart A. Kingsbury, 1923-1994," Names, June 1995, 1997: 135-137.
- "Deep Structure and Surface Structure: T. S. Eliot's Use of theRubaiyat of Omar Khayyam," Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, 6 (1998): 19-28.
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Book Review of Sandra Pierson Prior, The Fayre Formez of the Parl Poet Studies in the Age of Chaucer 20 (1998): 311-314,
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- "Beowulf and Jus Diaboli," The Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Arts and Sciences, April, 1969.
- "A Syntactic Analysis of Indian English," Meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society, East Lansing, October, 1970.
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"Literary Analysis of Medieval Lyrics," M/MLA Meeting, Milwaukee, November, 1970.
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"Chaucer and the Good Counselor," MLA Seminar 44, New York, December, 1970.
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"The Ecumenism of Sir Thomas Browne," Michigan Academy, April, 1971.
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"The Future of Christianity: Theological Reflections," Michigan Academy, April, 1971.
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"The Battle of Maldon: A Christian Heroic Poem," Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 19, 1971.
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"A Computerized Survey of the Dialects of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," MLA/ADS, Chicago, December 26, 1971.
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"Crisis in Humanism: Medieval and Modern," CAES Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, April 24, 1972.
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"A Study of the Vocabulary and Grammar in the Speech Habits of the Natives of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," MMLA/ADS, St. Louis, Missouri, October 26, 1972.
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"Diglossia in Malayalam," Linguistic Societey of America: Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, December 27, 1972.
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"Medieval Mysticism and Modern Man," Hope College, March 24, 1973.
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"A New Translation of Copernicus' Dedication of De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium to Pope Paul III," Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, April 28, 1973.
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"La Tradition de Charlemagne chez les chrétiens de Kerala (Inde)," Triennial Meeting of Société Rencesvals, Aix-en-Provence, September, 1973.
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With Linda Wirtanen, "Campus Slang: A Survey," Michigan Linguistic Society, October 5, 1973, Kalamazoo.
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"Lexical and Grammatical Dialect Markers for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as Determined by a Computerized Survey," ADS/MMLA, Chicago, November 2, 1973.
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"The Sanskrit Meghaduta and the Old English Husband's Message: A Comparative Study," Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 22, 1974.
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"The Synthesis of the Sacred and the Profane in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas," Aquinas Symposium, Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 22, 1974.
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"Matheolus and Chaucer: A Comparative Study of the Sources of the Wife of Bath's Prologue," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 11, 1974.
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"Current Indian English," MLA, New York, December 26, 1974.
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"National Unity despite Linguistic Diversity: the Indian Experience," International FILLM Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 26, 1975.
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"Indian Sources of the Medieval Courtly Love Lyrics," Michigan Academy, April, 1975.
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"Walker Percy's Vision of the Catholic in 1984," MLA, December, 1975.
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"The Language and the Culture of the Kadar," Michigan Linguistic Society, October 10, 1975.
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Chairman, Old English I, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1972.
- Chairman, Chaucer II, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, April 30, 1973.
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"Sources of the Medieval Image of Spoliatio Aegyptiorum," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 19, 1976.
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28. "Dialect Markers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," International Symposium on the Use of Computer in LIterary and Linguistic Research, Oxford, England, April 5-9, 1976.
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"Chaucer, Matheolus, and the Merchant's Tale," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 3-5, 1976.
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"The Culture and Future of the Kadar of India," XXX Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Humanas en Asia y Africa del Norte, Mexico City, August 3-9, 1976.
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"Was Chaucer a Skeptical Fideist?," Ohio Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Cleveland, October 11-13, 1976.
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"The African Maiden of the Old English Exodus," Annual Meeting of MMLA, St. Louis, November 5, 1976.
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"Significance of Pilgrimage in the Canterbury Tales," The University of British Columbia: Medieval Workshop, Vancouver, November 12-13, 1976.
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"Spiritual Friendship in Guthlac B," NAPS Annual Meeting, N.Y., December 30, 1976.
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"In Defense of Deep Structures," MLS Annual Meeting, Mt. Pleasant, October, 1976.
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"New Trends in Modern Malayalam Novel," Michigan Academy, Mt. Pleasant, March 18, 1977.
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"Love: Augustine and Chaucer," Cleveland, Ohio, October 9, 1977.
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"Afrisc Meowle and Old English Exodus," Medieval Colloquium, Sewanee, Tennessee, April 13-15, 1978.
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"Courtly Love and Sahaja Movement: Dante and Chandidasa," Michigan Academy, Eastern Michigan University, March 18, 1978.
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40. "Aucassin and Nicolette and The Book of the Duchess," Michigan Academy, March 18, 1978.
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"Umrao Jan Ada: Prostitute, Poet, and Prophet," Association of Commonwealth Languages and Literatures, Malta, March 28-31, 1978.
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"Chaucer, Matheolus, and Deschamps: Problems of Literary Relationship and Resolution," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 4-7, 1978.
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"The Kurumba Language," World Conference on Malayalam, November 3-8, 1977, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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"New Malayalee Names," International Onomastics Congress, Cracow, Poland, August 21-25, 1978.
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"Literature of Dissent in Malayalam," FILLM Congress, Aix-en-Provence, August 26-September 2, 1978.
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"The Language and Culture of the Cholanayikkar," XICAES, New Delhi, December 18, 1978.
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"The Origin of Kadar from their Folklore," Folklore Session, XICAES, Calcutta, December 21, 1978.
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"Allegory of Love: Dante and Chandidas," SCLA meeting, Auburn, Alabama, February 25, 1980.
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"The Religious and Ethnic Origins of the cheras and Cholas of South India," Michigan Academy Meeting, Detroit, March 20, 1980.
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"The Vatican vs. Kung: No Easy Answers: A Medieval Controversy Revisited," Medieval and Renaissance Conference; a joint paper with James Livingston. Cleveland, April 12, 1980.
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"The Self in the Teachings of Buddha and Jesus," International Conference on "East-West Religions in Encounter," Honolulu, June 16-27, 1980.
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"Women in Love in Classical Indian Literature," Third Triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, Liverpool, August 11-15, 1980.
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"Indian Eschatology and Dante's Other World," Michigan Academy Meeting, Ann Arbor, March 21, 1981.
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"Future of Indian Ethnic Communities," American Ethnological Society, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1981.
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Chairman, Chaucer Session, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 7, 1981.
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"The Future of Tribal Religions," World Conference of Religions, Cochin, India, November 15, 1981.
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"Munda Substratum in Malayalam," III International Congress of South Asian Languages, Mysore, India, January 13, 1982.
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"The Sacred in a Secular Society," International Seminar on the Role of Religions in National Integration, New Delhi, India, January 16, 1982.
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"Literary Criticism: Old and New," Women's College Trivandrum, India, September 25, 1981.
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"Beowulf: Geats, Jutes, and Huns," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1982.
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"Beowulf: Meaning and Method," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 4, 1982.
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"Beowulf: Date and Authorship," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 7, 1983.
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"The Christian and the Nuclear War," International inter-religious Seminar, Darlington, New Jersey, March 20, 1983.
- . "Spiritualities in a Global Dialogue?": A Response to Professor Raimundo Pannikkar, International Inter-religious Seminar, Darlington, New Jersey, March 19, 1983.
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"The Egyptian Osiris Myth and the Tamil Cilappadikaram," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 26, 1983, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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"Aucassin and Nicolette; Matrimonial Consent and Canon Law," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 26, 1983, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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"Keralites in America: Search for a New Identity," Convention of Keralites in America, New York, July 3, 1983.
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"Dante and the Anonymous Angel in Milton's Lycidas," MLA Meeting (ANS), New York, December, 1983.
- "Buddha and Christ: A Comparative Study of their Lives and Teachings," East-West Religions Conference, Honolulu, January, 1984.
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"The Qu'ran: Source or Analogue of Bede's Caedmon-Story?" Michigan Academy Meeting, March 1984, Ferris State College, Michigan.
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"New Names in America: A Sign of Decline in Religion?" International Onomastics Congress, Leipzig, DDR, August, 1984.
- "Allegory and Isabel in Measure for Measure," FILLM Congress, Budapest, August, 1984. (not given)
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"The Indian Vampire: Nomen et Numen," The National Popular Culture Association Conference, March 29-April 1, 1984, Toronto, Canada.
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"The Influence of Classics on the Middle English Gawain and the Green Knight," XI Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, August 20-25, 1985, Paris. (not given)
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"Clandestine Marriages in the Late Middle Ages," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 1985.
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"The Sikh Religion: Before and After the Assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi," Asian Studies Section, Michigan Academy, March 1985.
- "Gawain's Nirt and Odysseus' Scar," Medieval Studies Section, Michigan Academy, March 1985.
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"The Marriage of Tristan and Isolde: Folkways and Canon Laws," Tristan Conference, Boston, October 1985.
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"The Artist in Classical Indian Literature," Annual Meeting, The Michigan Academy, March 14, 1986, Central Michigan University.
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"Keralamerican English," Second Convention of Keralites in North America, Valley Forge Hilton, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1986.
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"New Etymologies for condom, harebrained, handsome, freak, and as well as," Michigan Linguistic Society, East Lansing, October 3, 1986.
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"Allegory and Isabella in Measure for Measure," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 27, 1987.
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"Indian Vampires: Nature and Names," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, Feburary 27, 1987.
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"The Golden Bough and the Gilded Cross: Influence of the Aeneid on the Dream of the Rood," May 8, 1987, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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"Good Deeds Redivivus: Penitential Doctrine and Everyman," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9, 1987.
- . "Influence of Buddhism on Early Christianity in the Gnostic Milieu," Buddhism-Christianity Conference, Berkeley, California, August 10-16, 1987.
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Respondent: "Vinaya Bhikkuni." Buddhism-Christianity Conference, Berkeley, California, August 10-16, 1987.
- "Courtly Tradition in Indian Culture: Classical and Modern," MLA Meeting, San Francisco, December 29, 1987.
- "The Source and Meaning of Frost's Road Not Taken," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Saginaw Valley State College, March 4, 1988.
- "Lacking in Loyalty (lewte): Gawain and Job," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Saginaw Valley State College, March 4, 1988.
- "Magister Regis Merlin and India," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, March 4, 1988.
- "Merlin in the Indo-European Tradition," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 12, 1988.
- "Medieval Clandestine Marriages," English Department Colloquium, Northern Michigan University, January, 1988.
- "Indian Influences in Arthurian Literature," Michigan Academy, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 17, 1989.
- "Indian Influences on Everyman," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, Grand Valley State University, March 17, 1989.
- "Thomas Hardy and Secunda Pastorum," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 17, 1989.
- "Academic Freedom and the Catholic Scholar," St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, April 21, 1989.
- "Was Jesus a Buddhist? Interertextuality, Buddhism, and the Sermon on the Mount," Faculty Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, March 22, 1989.
- "Malayalam Names in American Phone Books," ANS Session, MLA Meeting, New Orleans, December 28, 1989 (co-author with Thomas M. Paikeday who presented the paper).
- "The Name of The Rose," MLA Meeting, Washington, D. C., December 28, 1990.
- "The Mystery of 'Windhover' Solved, I Think," Michigan Academy Meeting, Albion College, March 9, 1990.
- "Is Beowulf a Classical Hero?" Michigan Academy Meeting, Albion College, March 9, 1990.
- "The Lais of Marie de France: Love, Adultery, and Clandestine Marriages," Sigma Tau Delta, Northern Michigan University, April 17, l990.
- "Apocalyptic Thought in Beowulf," XXV International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1990.
- "Beowulf: The Dragon and the Apoclypse," Medieval Association of the Midwest Annual Meeting, September 22, 1990, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
- "The Book of the Duchess: A Response and Observations on the Occasion, Date, and Humor of the Poem," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, November 2, 1990.
- "Ex Oriente Lux: The Zoroastrian Dimension of the Pearl," XXVI International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9-12, 1991.
- "Grendel's Mother: The Beowulf-Poet and Ovid," Michigan Academy Meting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "The Indian and Roman Sources of the Parable of the Sower," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "T. S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' and Edward Fitzgerald's 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám'," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "Computers and Teaching Classics: A Report," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "The Battle of Maldon and Livy: A New Source for the Poem (?)," XXVI International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9-12, 1990.
- "For More Reform: an Apology for Skeptical Fideism," Conference on Christianity and Literature, University of Santa Clara, May 4, 1991.
- "The Classical Indian Fables: Art and Diffusion," MLA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 1991 (forthcoming).
- "Funnel and Tundish in Joyce's Portrait: A Short Note," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 1992, Central Michigan University (forthcoming).
- . "Ealuscerwen: Beowulf and Horace," International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, May 1992.
- "The Narrative Context of Wulf and Eadwacer," Michigan Academy Meeting, March 1992.
- "Buddha's Fire Sermon and the "Gnostic" Book of Thomas the Contender," Michigan Academy Meeting, 1992.
- "The Ordeal of the Virtuous Woman: Sita and Isolt," Michigan Academy Meeting, 1992.
- "'The Windhover': Gerard Manley Hopkins and India," MLA Annual Meeting, New York, December 1992.
- "Camillo in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale," ANS Section, MLA Annual Meeting, New York, December 1992.
- Main speaker at the Convention of Federation of Kerala Associations of North America in Hyatt Regency, Reston,Virginia, July 11, 1992.
- "Who Are the Mandaeans?" American Names Society Meeting, MLA Annual Meeting,Toronto, December 29, 1993.
- "Minorities and Marginal Groups: Rights and Privileges," Federation of Kerala Associations of North America, July 16, 1993, Riverdale, New York.
- "Jesus of Nazareth," XVIII International Congress of Onomastic Studies, Universität Trier, Germany, April 16, 1993.
- "Indian Fables in the West: Evidence of the Talmud," Asian Studies Section, Michigan Academy, Kalamazoo, March 1993--joint paper, presented by Prof. Kuriakose Athappilly, Western Michigan University.
- "To Ask or Not to Ask the Question: An Oriental Element in the Perceval Legend," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 13, 1994.
- "The Story of Sohrab and Rustom: A Mandaean Variant," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 13, 1994.
- "The Religious Dimension of Erotic Art in Indian Temples," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 13, 1994.
- "Gawain's Sin, Once More," XXIX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 5, 1994.
- "Sex, Death, and Regeneration in Grail-Eucharist Symbology," Annual meeting of the medieval Association of the Midwest, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, September 4, 1994.
- "Encounters Between Islam and Christianity: Medieval and Modern," Sigma Tau Delta Colloquium, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, September 1994.
- "Deep Structure and Surface Structure: T.S. Eliot's Use of the Fitzgeraldian Version of the Rubaiyat of Oman Khayyam in 'The Journey of the magi'," Annual Meeting of the MLA, San Diego, December 28, 1994.
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Saints Perpetua and Thecla: Women Saints Portrayed as Male in Early Christian Hagiography," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Poetic Justice in Chaucer's Miller's Tale: Why Is Not Alison Punished?" Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Vampires: Indian and Germanic," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Matter of Araby," XXX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 6, 1995.
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Chair and Organiser of the session "Reinterpreting Arthur," XXX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 5, 1995.
- "The Multi-cultural Dimensions of Kerala's Syrian Christianity," World Malayalee Convention, Somerset, N.J., July 1-3, 1995.
- "Chaucer's Book of the Duchess: Boethian Consolation or a Te Deum," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 2-4, 1995.
- Beowulf: Apocalypse and Iconography," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association of America, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 2-4, 1995.
- "Names in The Name of the Rose," American Names Society, MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, December 27-30, 1995.
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Chair and Organizer of "European Medieval Courtly Literature and the Matter of Arabia," for The International Courtly Literature Society, MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Dec. 27-30, 95.
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Chair and Organizer of "Medieval Romances and the Arabian Nights," XXXI International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1996.
- "Caliban: A Figure from Anthropology or Classics or Both?" Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Alma College, Alma, Michigan, March 1, 1996.
- "The Origins of England and the Mercians," Michigan Academy Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
- "Beowulf and Islam?" Michigan Academy Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
- "Cain's Kin as Heretics in Beowulf," Michigan Acadmey Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
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149. "The Oriental Origins of the Pearl," XXXII International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan , May 9, 1996.
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Organizer of "Medieval European Romances: The Orient," XXXIII International Medeival Conference, WMU, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 12, 1996.
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Organizer and Chair, "Eastern Canon," The Annual Meeting of MLA, Washington, DC, December 28, 1996.
- "The Divine Caliban, Mischievous Miranda, and Hopewell Prospero," American Name Society Meeting, MLA Convention, Washington, DC, December 29, 1996.
- "Nasorean, Mandaean, and Nasrani: Linguistic Puzzles," International Dravidian Linguistics Association Meeting, Kuppam, India, June 22, 1996.
- "The Chaotic Order of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "St. Christopher: A Buddhist-Christian Saint? Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "The Internet: The Great Leveler and Creator of Virtual Universities," All-Academy Session: The Future of the Professoriate, Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "The Syrian Ephrem: An Outsider Inside the Middle English Pearl," The 32 nd International Congress on Medieval Studies," May 9, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- "The Mysterious Dean and Funnel/Tundish in Joyce's Portrit of the Artist," MLA Annual Meeting, December 30, 1997, Toronto, Canada.
- "Epic Onomastics in Kamala Markandaya's nectar in a Sieve," Annual Meeting of the American Names Society, Toronto, Canada, December 29, 1997.
- "Welcome to the Brave New World: Internet Revolution and Virtual University," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 6, 1997.
- "Beowulf and Iconography," Sigma Tau Delta Medieval Symposium, Northern Michigan University, March 28, 1988, Northern Michigan University.
- "Divine Androgyny in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "Was Chaucer also a Monk? Probably Yes, Not Once But Twice," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "The Trial of Jesus and an Indian Analogue: An Exercise in Fuzzy Logic," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "Poetic Justice and Alisoun in Chaucer's Miller's Tale," The 33 rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1998.
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