Ferdinand Kittel
and the Cultural Dialogue with India

International Seminar
2003, May 23th to 24th
Stuttgart, Germany

PROGRAMME


Friday, 23.5.2003


Welcome addresses
9:00- 9:10Welcome on behalf of the Hermann-Gundert-Society: Margret Frenz, Berlin
9:10- 9:20 Opening address by the Indian Honorary Consul: A. Lapp, Stuttgart
9:20- 9:30 Welcome on behalf of the "Association of Churches and Missions in South Western Germany" (ems): B. Dinkelaker, Stuttgart


Introduction
9:30-10:00Ferdinand Kittel, South India and the Basel Mission: Contacts, Conflicts, Impacts (R. Wendt, Hagen)


Section 1: Biography
10:15-11:00Manuscripts, Photographs and the Basel Mission as Institution: A Biographical View of Ferdinand Kittel as Seen from Basel (P. Jenkins, Basel)
11:00-11:45 Kittel in India (M. Mulla, Dharwad)


Section 2: Historical and Social Context
11:45-12:30A Passion for Language: Investigating the Linguistic Zeal of Protestant Missionaries in 19th Century South India (Matthias Frenz, Berlin)
12:30-14:00Lunch Break
14:00-14:45The Basel Mission in Mangalore: Historical and Social Context (S.D.L. Alagodi, Mangalore)
14:45-15:30The Basel Mission and the Jesuits in Mangalore: A Comparative Study (P.F. Pinto, Mangalore)
15:45-16:30Inter-religious Dialogue in Karnataka (K.S. Shivanna, Mysore)


Section 3, Part 1: Impact in India and Germany
16:30-17:15Kannada before Rev. F. Kittel (H.M. Maheshwaraiah, Dharwad)


Evening Programme:
Thullal Dance from South India, Harianu Harshita (Freiburg)



Saturday, 24.5.2003


Section 3, Part 2: Impact in India and Germany
9:00- 9:45 Kittel's Contribution to Indology and Dravidian Philology (S. Havanur, Bangalore)
9:45-10:30 Reflections on Kittel's Kannada-Kannada-English- Dictionary (V. Rai, Mangalore)
10:30-11:15 Kittel and Modern Karnataka (M. Mulla, Dharwad)
11:15-12:00 From Outsider to Pioneer? Kittel in the Basel Mission (Th. Altena, Münster)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break


Section 4: Intercultural Exchange
13:00-13:45 Intercultural Learning and Understanding as a Method of Mission (D. Lach, Münster)
13:45-14:30 Carnatic vs. European Music (H. Cabral, Mangalore)
14:45-15:30 Songs and Music in Ferdinand Kittel's Life and Work (R. Hocke, Waldkappel)


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