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  • An Apprenticeship to Aliveness

    Sai University One Hub Road, OMR, Paiyanur, Tamil Nadu, India

    I'm thrilled to be speaking in Sai University's Centre for Creative Writing and Translation in association with the Chennai Mathematical Institute’s Arts Initiative. Please join me for this free online program.

  • The Music and Majesty of the Kural

    Anna Centenary Library Gandhi Mandapam Rd, Surya Nagar, Kotturpuram, Chennai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Please join me and several illustrious speakers in this celebration of Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural. The event will be preceded by coffee and followed by dinner.

    Free

  • Online Talk through the King County Library System

    King Country Library System Online Event WA, United States

    I'm delighted to be offering a free talk and Q&A about the Kural through the King County Library System in Washington State. Here is the event description: "In South India, the Kural is revered as a guide to practicing goodness and good sense in daily life. Yet this masterpiece of world literature, on par with […]

    Free

  • Tamil Language Festival Singapore

    Singapore , Singapore

    I'm delighted to be presenting at the Tamil Language Festival in Singapore. SATURDAY 15 April 2023 RICHES OF THE EAR: WORDS, WONDER, AND TIRUVALLUVAR’S TIRUKKURAL BY THOMAS HITOSHI PRUIKSMA 10am - 12 noon Organiser: Tamil Language Council Venue: The POD – National Library Building SUNDAY 16 April 2023 ASTONISHING GLORY: THE BEAUTY OF AND IN […]

  • Being One with the Earth

    TAMIL AND TAMILAR DIASPORA STUDIES INITIATIVE @ FIU Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL, United States

    In honor of Earth Day, I'm giving an online talk about Tiruvalluvar and ecological ethics. The event is free. Simply register in advance at https://go.fiu.edu/92102503625

  • Eleventh World Tamil Conference

    Universiti Malaya 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    I'm deeply honored to be participating in the 11th World Tamil Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 21-23, 2023, where I'll be speaking about my English translation of the Kural: Tiruvalluvar's Tirukkural. Here is a video greeting in Tamil. Turn on captions for an English translation.

  • SBC Translator in Residence

    Singapore Book Council 90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre, Blk E #03-32, Singapore, Singapore

    I'm delighted to be the Singapore Book Council's first Translator in Residence. You can read about all the different events on the Singapore Book Council website.

  • An Afternoon of Translation & Transcreation

    Esplanade Studio 219 Esplanade Mall, #02-19, 8 Raffles Ave, Singapore, Singapore

    As part of being the Singapore Book Council's first translator in residence, I'll be joining Zulfadli Rashid for what should be a very rich afternoon of sharing and discussion. Here is a complete description: Join us for a translation-filled afternoon as we hear from two creators working in two different genres: Big, a playwright known […]

    Free

  • Keynote—Conversations Across Worlds: Translation And The Lyric Imagination

    The Arts House, Living Room 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore, Singapore

    I'm honored to offer the keynote address for the Singapore Translation Symposium 2023. Here is a complete description: Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma speaks about translation as a form of apprenticeship to master poets, sharing how translating from Tamil and from Spanish has shaped his journey as a writer and poet and showing how what he calls […]

  • Flowing With the World: The Kural on Earth and Ethics

    King Country Library System Online Event WA, United States

    I'm delighted to be offering a free talk and Q&A about the Kural through the King County Library System in Washington State. Here is the event description: "In South India, the Kural is revered as a guide to practicing goodness and good sense in daily life. Yet this masterpiece of world literature, on par with […]

    Free

  • FIU Alumni Dinner and Lecture

    Graham Center 243 10955 SW 15th Terrace, Miami, FL, Miami, FL, United States

    I'm delighted to be offering a lecture entitled "Ecology and Integrity: The Kural and the Nature of Goodness" for the annual alumni dinner of the Department of Religious Studies at Florida International University.