KEYNOTE PAPER

Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof: Epic, Romance, History: Revisiting the
Genres in the Light of Recent Developments

THEME I: EPICS AS SUCH

Ngo Duc Thinh (Vietnam): Tay Nguyen Epics of Vietnam: Discovery and
Problems

Paul Kazuhisa Eguchi (Japan) The Tale of Heike

Bhasker Roy Burman (India): The Ramayana: A Religious Epic

S. Singaravelu (Malaysia): The Tamil Epics of Cilappadikaram and Manimekalai: Some of their Essential Characteristics

THEME II: EPICS AS DOCUMENTS OF HISTORY

Heidi Gomih (U.K/Sweden): Living Memories: Interpretation of the
Past in Ferdowsi's Shahnama

Stefan Sperl (U.K): Epic and Exile: Reflections on the Biography of the
Prophet Muhammad.

Ernst Ulrich Kratz (U.K): Hikayat Hang Tuah: Fact and Fiction

Chao Ge Jin (China): The Mongolian Epic Identity

Karl G.Johansson (Sweden): Old Norse-Icelandic Epics as Sources to
Scandinavian History

Amarjiwa Lochan (India): Reflections on Gupta History and Society in
Kalidasa's Mahakavyas

THEME III: EPICS AS LlTERARY HERITAGE

Anthony Shelton (Portugal/U.K.) Influence of Epics on Dramatisation of Spanish Derived Epics in Iberian
And Latin American Folk Performances

Noriah Taslim (Malaysia): Hikayat Potjut Muhammad: Narrating a Common
Story into a Dramatic Saga

THEME IV: EPICS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

Svend Kristensen (Denmark) Ritualistic Orientated Performances, from Cult to Epic

Anthony Shelton (UK): The Performative Lives of Narratives, Mediaeval
Romances and the Dances of Conquest

I Wayan Dibya (Indonesia) Calonarang in Balinese Performing Arts

Endo Suanda (Indonesia) Panji Stories in Folk Performing Arts

Irmeli Niemi (Finland) Finnish Epics as Source of Performing Arts

Chua Soo Pong (Singapore): Epics in Chinese Opera: Past and Present

THEME V: EPICS AS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
FOR THE VISUAL ARTS

K.V.Ramesh (India): Reference to Mahkavyas in Indian and Southeast
Asian Epigraphy: An Analytical Study

Vangelis Ioakimidis (Greece): Epics as Influence on Greek Photography

Miguel Oliveira (Portugal): Unconscious Reality and Exterior on the
Epic Representation of Film Events
VI: OTHER THEMES

Maneepin Phromsuthirt (Thailand): Influences of Indian Epics on Thai Culture

Chandra Bhushan Sharma (India): Epics as Pedagogic Materials: An Interpretation of
Indian Epics

David Crowther (U.K): The Thousand Faces of the Hero: Epic Heroism and
Modern Culture

Nagasura Madale (Philippines): A Discourse on Radia Indrapatra, Folk Narrative (Maranao, Southern Philippine Variant) as it mirrors Maranao Society and Culture

PROPOSED SEMINAR SCHEDULE
International Seminar on Asian and European Epics

Saturday 26 October 2002

Arrival of Speakers and Participants
Registration

Sunday 27 October 2002

8.00 a.m. Arrival of Participants
Registration

10.30 a.m. Welcome by Associate Professor Said Halim bin Said Nong, Director of the Cultural Centre, University
Of Malaya

Address by Ms Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Director, Cultural Exchange, Asia-Europe Foundation

11.00 a.m. Tea

THEME I: EPICS AS SUCH

11.30 a.m. Ngo Duc Thinh: Tay Nguyen Epics of Vietnam; Discovery and
Problems

S. Singaravelu: The Tamil Epics of Cilapaddikaram and Manimekalai: Some of their Essential Characteritics.

1.00 p.m. Lunch

2.30 p.m. Bhasker Roy Burman: The Ramayana: A Religious Epic

THEME II: EPICS AS DOCUMENTS OF HISTORY

3.15 p.m. Stefan Sperl: Epic and Exile: Reflections on the
Biography of the Prophet Muhammad

Nagasura Madale: A Discuourse on Radia Indrapatra (Maranao, South Philippines Variant) as it mirrors Maranao Society and Culture

4. 45 p.m. Tea

5.00 p.m. Amarjiwa Lochan: Reflections of Gupta History and
Society in Kalidasa's Mahakavyas

Chao Ge Jin: The Mongolian Epic Identity

Monday 28 October 2002

8.00 a.m. Arrival of Guests and Seminar Participants

9.00 a.m. Address by Ambassador Delfin Colomé, Executive
Director, Asia-Europe Foundation

Address by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs), University of Malaya and Official Opening of the Seminar

9.45 a.m. Cultural Presentation

10.15 a.m. Keynote Paper by Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof

Epic, Romance, Legend, History: Redefining the Genres
in the Light of Recent Developments

THEME II EPICS AS DOCUMENTS OF HISTORY
(CONTINUED)

11.15 a.m. Heidi Gomih: Living Memories: Interpretation of the Past in
Ferdowsi's Shahnama

Ernst Ulrich Kratz: Hikayat Hang Tuah: Fact and Fiction

1.00 p.m. Lunch

THEME III: EPICS AS LITERARY HERITAGE

2.30 p.m. Anthony Shelton: Influence of Epics on Dramatisation of
Spanish Derived Epics in Iberian and Latin American Folk Performances

Noriah Taslim: Hikayat Potjut Muhammad: Narrating a
Common Story into a Dramatic Saga

4.00 p.m. Tea

4:15 p.m. Paul Kazuhisa Eguchi: The Tale of Heike

Tuesday 29 October 2002

THEME IV: EPICS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS

9.45 a.m. Svend Kristensen: Ritualistic Orientated Performances, from
Cult to Epic

Anthony Shelton: The Performative Lives of Narratives,
Mediaeval Romances and the Dances
of the Quest

11.15 Tea

11.30 I. Wajan Dibya: Calonarang in Balinese Performing Arts

Endo Suenda: Panji Stories in Folk Performing Arts

1.00 Lunch

2.30 Irmeli Niemi: Finnish Epics as Sources of Performing
Arts

Chua Soo Pong: Epics in Chinese Opera: Past and Present

THEME V: EPICS AS SOURCES OF INSPIRATION FOR
THE VISUAL ARTS

2.30 p.m. K.V. Ramesh: Reference to Mahakavyas in Indian
and Southeast Asian Epigraphy

Vangelis Ioakimidis: Epics as Influence on Greek Photography

4.00 p.m. Tea

4. 15 p.m. Miguel Oliveira: Unconscious Reality and Exterior on the
Epic Representation of Films

VI. OTHER THEMES

Wednesday 30 October 2002

9.00 a.m. Karl G. Johansson: Old Norse-Icelandic Epics as Sources to
Scandinavian History

Maneepin Phromsuthirt: Influences of Indian Epics on Thai
Culture

10.30 Tea

10.45 Chandra Bhushan Sharma: Epics as Pedagogic Materials: An
Examination of Indian Epics

David Crowther: The Thousand Faces of the Hero: Epic
Heroism and Modern Culture

12.15 p.m. Cultural Presentation

Comments by Prof Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof
Chairman of Malaysian Organising Committee

Comments by President of Ansted University

Presentation of Souvenirs by Director of Cultural Centre,
University of Malaya

Final Comments by Director of Cultural Centre, University of
Malaya, and Ms Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Director, Cultural Exchange ASEF

Official Closing.

1.00 p.m. Lunch

Afternoon: Optional Tour

Venue for the Seminar:
Cultural Centre, University Malaya (Pusat Kebudayaan)
Perdanasiswa
506033 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel: 603 7967 3288
Fax: 603 79673576
(Contact: Dr Ghulam-Sarwar Yusof, ASEF Governor, Malaysia/ Chairman of the Malaysian Organising Committee)