M. Arivalagan Assistant Professor, Department of Folklore, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai – 627 002; Email ID: [email protected]

Education 2016 Ph.D. (Inter-disciplinary) titled Forests, Environmental Change and Tribal Communities in Colonial , Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.

2002 M.Phil. (Tamil), M.S. University, .

2001 M.A. (Tamil), M.S. University.

1994 M.A. (Folk Lore), St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai.

1992 B.Sc. (Physics), Kamaraj College, Thootthukkudi.

1989 Plus 2, Board of Higher Secondary Examination, Tamil Nadu.

1987 SSLC, Board of Secondary Education, Tamil Nadu.

National Eligibility Test (NET)

1999 June University Grant Commission’s National Educational Test (NET) on the subject of Folk Literature.

1999 December University Grant Commission’s National Educational Test (NET) on the subject of Folk Literature.

2000 December University Grant Commission’s National Educational Test (NET) on the subject of Tamil Literature. Awards/ Grants

2016 Travel Support, The Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada.

2016 XIX International Conference Scholarship, International Oral History Association.

2015 International Travel Grant, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi, .

2015 Graduate Student Travel Stipend, Agricultural History Society, USA.

2014 International Travel Grant, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

2014 International Travel Support, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA.

2008 – ‘11 SEPHIS Doctoral Fellowship Grant, International Institute of Social History, The Netherlands.

2003 – ‘06 Doctoral Fellowship, Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.

1993–‘94 First Prize awarded for performance in M.A. (Folk Lore), St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. 1992–‘93 First Prize awarded for performance in M.A. (Folk Lore), St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu. Member

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2015 –’17 An external expert for the Board of Studies in the Folklore Department, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu.

2005 –’06 Student Member of the First Library Advisory Body, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai.

2003 – ’05 Member of the Board of Studies for Folklore, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu.

Paper Publication

1. 2017, Beyond Colonialism: Towards a New environmental History of India in Estelita Vaz and Others, eds, “Environmental History in the Making, Volume 1: Explaining.” Switzerland: Springer (ISBN: 978-3-319-41083-8), pp. 171-85.

2. 2016, Pluralizing the Nature and Writing the Present of Kanikkaran Community, Tamil Nadu in T. Sanathanan, ed., “Towards A Greener Future: Jaffna University International Research Conference Proceedings 2016 (Juice 2016)”. Sri Lanka: University of Jaffna (ISBN: 978-955- 0585-11-3), pp. 353-8.

3. 2012, “Self” rather than the ‘Other’: Towards a Subjective Ethnography of Kani Community, MIDS Working Paper Series, No. 208. Madras Institute of Development Studies.

(In Tamil) 4. 2002, “Penmai Vuruvakka Mozhlithalum Mozhlithal Vuruvakka Vazhlipadum,” in Sugan and Shobasakthi eds, Karuppu: EthirKathaiyadalkal (Tamil Literary Souvenir). Puthanatham: Adayalam (ISBN: 81 7720 014 3), pp. 110-124.

5. 2002, “Esaitthal Kattamaikkum Palverupadugal.” Exil, vol. IV, no. 12, (France: Tamil Little Literary Magazine) pp. 52-66.

6. 2001, “Ezhutthukkalin Vanmurai” in Sugan and Shobasakthi eds, Sana Dharma Bodhini: Chinna Kathaiyadalgal (Tamil Literary Souvenir). France: Sugan, pp. 43-70. Book Review 1. 2017, Panai-in Nila-p-parappil Tamil-c-chamugam. Reviewed the book of “Panai Maramay! Panai Maramay! : Panaiyum Tamil-c-chamugamum” authored by A. Sivasubramanian, in the bi-annual Tamil Journal, Pudhiya Aaraicchi [New Research], Volume: 8, July-December 2017.

Research Experience

1997–‘98 (five months) Project Associate in the Project of Ethnographic Study of Kanis in Kalakad- Mundanthorai Tiger Reserve Forest conducted by M.S. University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.

1996 (four months) Field Researcher in the Project of Genetics of Pre-lingual Deafness conducted by University of Madras, Chennai, India.

1994 – 1996 (21 months) Field Work Assistant in the Project of Tribal Folklore of Tamil Nadu conducted by FRRC, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.

International Presentation

1. Taming the Tambraparni River: Reservoirs, Hydro-Electric Power Generation and Raising Fish in South India, presented at the Biennial Interdisciplinary International Conference on the Environment, Under Western Skies 2016: Water – Events, Trends, Analysis, held at Calgary, Canada, from 27-30 September 2016.

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2. Pluralizing the Nature and Writing the Present of Kanikkaran Community, Tamil Nadu, presented at the Jaffna University International Research Conference, “Towards a Greener Future”, held at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, from 12-13 August 2016.

3. Writing Ordinary Women’s Lives: Kani Tribal Women and their Oral Narratives presented at the International Oral History Association’s XIXth International Oral History Conference, “Speaking, Listening, Interpreting: The Critical Engagements of Oral History, held at Bengaluru, India, from 27 June – 1 July 2016.

4. The Missing Place of Wild Animals in India’s Environmental History presented at the 2015 Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, from June 3-6, 2015.

5. Beyond Colonialism: Towards a New Environmental History of India presented at the Second World Congress on Environmental History themed Environmental History in the Making held in Guimaraes, Portugal, from 8-12 July 2014.

6. Glorifying the Colonial Past! Social Memory and Kanikkarans in Tamil Nadu presented at the 2014 SSRC-AAS Dissertation Workshop: State, Capital and Dispossession held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, from 30 March – 2 April 2014.

National Presentation

7. Modernity and Body History: Re-engineering Forests and Labour in 20th Century Southern Tamil Nadu, presented at the National Seminar, “Anthropological Histories and Tribal Worlds in India,” organized by the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India, from 27-29 March 2017.

8. Modernity and Adivasis: Re-engineering Forests and Labour in 20th Century Southern Tamil Nadu, presented at the National Seminar, “Modernity, Democracy and Social Justice: Some Reflections,” conducted by the Post Graduate Department of Political Science, Government College Kottayam, Kerala, India, from 29-30 November 2016.

9. Whose Voice is in Environmental History?, presented at the National Seminar “Colonial and Post Colonial Environmental History of India: Themes and Issues” organized by the Department of History, Newman college, Thodupuzha, Kerala, India, from 24-25 February 2014.

Regional Presentation

10. Oral History and Writing the Kanikkaran’s Subjectivity presented at the seminar on “Oral History” organised by the Department of Folklore, Folklore Resources and Research Centre, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, India, 14 March 2018.

11. Esaitthal Kattamaikkum Palverupadugal, presented at the seminar on “Material Culture and Gender Issues” conducted by the Centre for Tamil Folklore Research, Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, 23- 24 October 2000.

12. Penmai Vuruvakka Mozhlithalum Mozhlithal Vuruvakka Vazhlipadum, presented at the seminar on “Ethnic Identity, Gender and Oral Narrative” organized by the Centre for Tamil Folklore Research, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, 21-23 December 2000.

Invited Talk

2016 Talk at the series on Tamil Worlds, Fall 2016, University of Toronto, Canada.

Workshops/Summer/Winter Schools

1. International Seminar on Tamil: Mozhi – Nilam – Identity organised by American College, Madurai, on February 8, 2019.

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2. UGC sponsored Seminar on Assessment and Accompaniment of Students organised by St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai, on March 30, 2019. 3. Advanced Winter School on Philosophy for the Social Sciences conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, ICSSR Western Region Centre, Mumbai, RG Centre for Contemporary Studies, University of Mumbai, held at Mumbai, 23-31 January 2009 4. Three Weeks Summer Course on Philosophy for the Social Sciences and Humanities conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, 2-20 June 2008 5. Dissertation Workshop on Social and Political Transformations in Contemporary India conducted by the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, 27-29 March 2008 6. Ten Day National Workshop on Folklore and Gender organised by the Centafore, Department of Folklore, MK University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 29 January-07 February 2001 7. Workshop on Dalit Narrativity conducted by the Folklore Resources and Research Centre (FRRC), Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, 17-22 May 1999 8. Workshop on Ethnomusicology organised by FRRC, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, 10-16 May 1999 9. Workshop on Ethnicity and Identity conducted by FRRC, Palayamkottai, 4-9 January 1999 10. Workshop on Orality and Literacy conducted by FRRC, Palayamkottai, 17-22 August 1998 11. Chennai Theatre Workshop conducted by the National School of Drama, Regional Resource Centre, Bangalore, 10 June-20 July 1998 12. Seminar on Feminism: Theories and Tamil Context conducted by the Department of Tamil Studies, MS University, Tirunelveli, 10-12 April 1998 13. Workshop on Teaching Tamil Literature: The New Strategies conducted by the Department of Tamil Studies, MS University, Tirunelveli, 17-19 December 1997 14. Workshop on Folkloristics organised by the Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, Pondicherry, and Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, held at Pondicherry, 15-19 September 1997 15. Workshop on Research Methodology organised by the Department of Tamil Studies, MS University, Tirunelveli, 19-21 December 1996 16. Workshop on Folklore organised by FRRC, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, 27 June – 24 July 1994 17. Workshop on Semiotics and Literature organised by the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, at St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu, 19-28 January 1994 Refresher Course/ Training Workshop

1. Training Workshop on Electronic Communication and eScholarship conducted by the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore, 28-30 December 2004 2. Refresher Course in History organised by the Department of History, MS University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 3-7 January 1994

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