C U R I C U L U M V I T A EDR. WILLIAM ROBERT DA SILVA

Date of Bith: May 21, 1945 (Nineteen fortyfive)Place of Birth: Parpale, Attur-Karkala, Karnataka, India.Nationality: IndianPermanent Address: 202 Vrindavan, Aryasamaj Road, 575003 Mangalore, IndiaPresent Address: 185 Mitcham Road, Tooting, London, SW 17 9PG, UK

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Professor for Multidisciplinary Approach, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 2009 onwards.Guest Professor for Globalisation, Development and Research, Kannada University, Hampi, July-

August, 2008.Senior Guest Professor of Communication and Design (with special reference to semiotics), DJ

Academy of Design, Coimbatore, 2007 onwards.Senior Professor of Communication and Social Sciences and Chair, P. G. Department of

Communication, Christ University, Bangalore, 2005-2007.Senior Professor of Communication and Social Sciences, Manipal Institute of Communication,

Manipal University, 2003-2005.Gastwissenschatler und Gastdozent, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany,

1996 onwards.Visiting Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany, October-

November, 1995.Visiting Professor, IMIS (Institut für Migrationsforschung und Interkulturelle Studien), University of

Osnabruck, Germany, December, 1995.Reader in Sociology, Goa University, India, 14 September 1988 to 31 July 1997, (Chairperson,

Department of Sociology, July 1992 to June 1995). Lecturer in Sociology, Mangalore University, India, 14 September 1985 to 13 September 1988.Stipendiat und Mitarbeiter der Missionsakademie an der Universitaet Hamburg, Germany, May

1979 to April 1985.

ACADEMIC STUDIESHumanities: English, Latin, Kannada, Konkani, History (Western and

Indian), Logic, Rhetoric, Music. St Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore, 1961-1964.

Philosophy: Western and Indian Philosophy, Psychology, Religion and Scientific Questions. St.

Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore, 1964-1966.Theology: Biblical Studies, Dogmatic and Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology, Ecumenical

Theology, Canon Law, Church History, Liturgy, (History of Religions) - Hinduism, Buddhism

and Jainism, Catechetics and Homiletics, St. Joseph’s Seminary, Mangalore, 1966-1970.Theories of Translation: Training Courses (with special reference to Bible translation), Translators’

Institute, Bible Society of India, British Foreign Bible Society and American Bible Society,

Udakamandalam, Tamil Nadu, 1968.Bible, Liturgy and Catechetics: Training Courses, Intensive Training Institute, NBCL Centre,

Bangalore, 1972.Socio-Religious Research Methods, Post-Graduate Diploma course in Sociology of Religion,

Social Psychology and Socio-Religious Research Methods, Department of Social Ethics, United

Theological College, Bangalore, 1978. (Field research incomplete).Theology: Mission Studies, Ecumenism, Religion Studies, (Department of Mission, Ecumenism and

Religion); Bible Studies, Hebrew and Greek languages (Department of Bible Studies), Dogmatic

Theology (Department of Systematic Theology), Faculty of Evangelical Theology, University of Hamburg, 1979-1985.

Sociology: Sociology (Institute for Sociology) and Philosophy (Department of Philosophy), Faculty

of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg.Ethnology (Institute for Ethnology), Faculty of Ethnology, University of Hamburg,

1979-1985.Social & Economic History: Economic and Social History. Faculty of Social and Economic History,

University of Hamburg, 1979-1985.Dalit Studies, Vidyajyoti College of Theology, New Delhi, 1994-2003. (Thesis: Dalit as Category of

Encounter to Religious Discourse in India. (in process).Religious Communalism Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany,

1996-03. (Habilitation thesis: Conflicts of Religions. Religious Communalism in India. (in process for Doctor of Habilitation).

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QUALIFICATIONSDoctor Philosophiae (PhD), Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg,

Germany, 1985.Magister Artium (MA), Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, University of Hamburg,

Germany, 1984.Baccalaureatus Artium, (examina universa), Sections of Humanities, Philosophy and Theology,

St. Joseph's Seminary, Mangalore, 1970.

COURSES THOUGHTMissionsakademie an der Universitaet Hamburg, 1979-85, Hamburg, Germany.

(Mitarbeiter und Stpendiat). Resource person for the seminars and colloquiums of Drs. Luu

Hong Khanh and Erhard Kamphausen, Directors, on South Asia: Society, Religion, Development and

Under-development. Dienste in Uebersee, Stuttgart, Germany, 1981-82.

Resource person on Development and Exchange Service Overseas.Mission, Ökumene und Religion, Evang. Theologie, Universität Hamburg, 1979- 1985.

Resource person for the seminars of Dr. Werner Ustorf on South Asia: Religion and Development.

Department of Sociology, Mangalore University, Mangalore, 1985-1988.

Annual Courses:Sociology of Family and Kinship.Sociology of Social Movements. Modern Sociological Theories.Urban Sociology.Populations Studies and Population Education.

Department of Political Science, Mangalore University, Mangalore, 1985-1986.

Annual Course:Theories of Development and Underdevelopment (Political Sociology).

Department of Kannada Studies, Mangalore University, Mangalore, 1985-1988.

Lectures, Seminars and Field-work guidance on cultural and ethnic studies research (Tulu

language and culture area studies).Karnataka Theological College, Balmatta-Mangalore, 1986-89.

Special Course:Some Reflections on Social Problems in India (First Year Theology and Correspondence Course

in Theology).Department of Sociology, Goa University, Goa, 1988-97.

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Annual Courses:Theoretical Sociology.Sociology of Change and Development.Theoretical Anthropology.Core Courses:Invitation to Sociology.Theories of Society: Development.Theories of Society: Decolonisation.Systems of Belief, Ideology and Religion.Systems and Theories of Kinship.Elective Courses:Dissertations on Goa.Language and Corporate Identity in Goa.Towards a Sociology of Language and Literature.Liberation Discourse and the Transformation of Latin American Societies.Religion as a Category of Societal Analysis in Marx and Weber.Capital Accumulation, Women, Dowry and Property.Society and Ancient Indian Historiography.Religion, Women and Sexuality.Social Science Research Methods.

Jnanadeepa Vidyapeeth, Papal Athenaeum, Pune, 1992-94.Reflections on National and Religious Problems in Contemporary Asia. (One credit,

fifteen lectures).Folk Religion and its Transformation by Christianity (One credit, fifteen lectures).

Staff Training College LecturesStaff Training College, Goa, 1989-1997.Department of Political Science, History, English. Lectures in Political

Science, History, Sociology of Literature, Sociology (Inter-disciplinary approach).Staff Training College, Bombay, 1993.Department of Sociology. Lectures in Sociology.Staff Training College, Madras, 1994-1995.Department of Public Administration. Lectures in Political Science and

Sociology (Inter-disciplinary approach).

Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany Women, Women’s Movement and Feminism in India. Summer semester,

1996. Globalisierung und die Stelllung der Frau in Indien. Neurer Rahmen, Alte

Fragen. Intensivseminar. Winter semester, 1997-98.

Konflikte und Dialog der Religionen. Blockseminar. Winter semester, 1998-1999.

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Konflikte und Dialog der Religionen und Kulturen -Die Friedensfrage in einer globalisierten

Welt: Kein Weltfriede ohne Religionsfrieden? Summer semester, 1999. Globalisierungschaos und Sozialwissenschaftliche Theoriebildung. Winter

semester, 1999-2000.Die Globalisierung und die Globalisierten Religionen in Konflikt und

Dialog, Summer Semester, 2001.

Globalisieung, Neoliberalismus und Fundamentalismus, Part I, Winter semester, 2001-2002.

Globalisieung, Neoliberalismus und Fundamentalismus, Part II, Summer semester, 2002. Modernity, Postmodernity and Globalisation in the Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman, 2002.

Janamadhyama Prakashana (P) Ltd (1998 onwards)Training and research lectures for journalists of new Kannada daily, Janavahini, from March 16 to April 15,

1998 (four lectures daily).Sociological theories (with history and critical assessment).Ethnographic theories (with history and critical assessment).Theories of language and literature (with special reference to orality and literature in India, and

news-casting in Indian regional languages).Theories of folklore (with special reference to India).Feminism and Women’s studies (with special reference to India).Theories of translation (with translation skills).Globalisation and Identity of Cultures.Towards a social science of south Asia. (Methodological reflections)! In-service training and research lectures for Janavahini journalists,

Mangalore-Bangalore, 3-11 January 2000. Theories of Globalisation: Economic, Information-technological, Political

and Cultural.Globalisation and World Religions: Culture and Civilisation and Identity

Crisis.Representative Democracy, Elections and Conflicts of Religions in India.Conservatism, Fundamentalism and Communalism in Economy, Politics

and Religion.Cultural Nationalism, Minority Religions and Secular State-Nation.Journalism, Criminality and World Press Agency.Global Economy and Regional/Local Culture?

In-service training and research lectures for Janavahini jouranlists, Mangalore-Bangalore, 4-18 November 2000.

Globalisation and the Exclusion of Labour - Efficiency and Reward Economy. From the Communist International to the Capitalist International - A Passage.

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Humna Rights with Limited Liability. Universal Declaration, Particular Pratice. War for Peace - NATO’s Kosovo War and its Global Consequences. Global Canopy and Local Dispute: The Problem of Identity in the Globalising World Today.

VISITING/RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPSDepartment of Sociology, Panjab University, Chandigargh, January, 1994.

On Understanding Religious Communalism in India. Seminar.The Post-modern Shift from Temporal to Spatial Society. Seminar.Brides' Wealth Revisited. Dowry and Dowry-deaths in India. Seminar.Seth, State and Society: Towards an Archaeology of A Suitable Boy.

Seminar.Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany, July-November, 1995.

Nation, Religion und soziale Identaet in Suedasien. Entstehung und Entwicklung der Religionskonflickte bzw.

des Communalismus. Seminar, October-November 1995.Dalit Movement, oder die Selbstemanzipation (Self-emancipation) der

Unberuehrbaren in Indien.IMIS (Institute for Migration Research and Intercultural Studies), University of Osnabruck,

Germany, December, 1995.Migration und Identitaet in Indien und Westasien. Guest seminar, 4-6

December 1995.Research Scholarship, German Foreign Scholarship Service (DAAD), Bonn, for Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Osnabruck, Germany, April-June, 1996.

GUEST/SPECIAL LECTURERSSects, Castes, Gender and Rites in Christianity. Inaugural address, Theologians' Social Academy,

St Joseph's Seminary, Mangalore, June 29, 1987.Communalism and the Unredeemed Promises of a Nation. Guest lecture, St. Philomena's College, Puttur,

November 17, 1988.Society, Law and Social Change. Guest lecture, Department of Law, University of Mysore, February 9,

1989.The Other in Folklore and Ethnology in India: A Caesura in Methodology (in Kannada). Guest lecture,

Institute of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, February 10, 1989.Atheism, Religion and Society. Guest lecture, Campus Association, University of Mysore, Mysore, February 10, 1989.Towards an Ethnosociology of Communalism in India Today, Department of Political Science and Public

Administration, University of Poona, 22-23 August, 1991.Political Canopy and Literature. Department of English, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 29-30 October

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1992.Dakshina Kannada and the Symbolic System of Societal Representation. Seminar on Society and Culture in

Dakshina Kannada, St. Philomena's College, Puttur, 4-6 December 1992.Education as Capitalist Enterprise in Dakshina Kannada, Keynote address, Sociological Association of

Mangalore seminar, St. Philomena's College, Puttur, 4 December 1992.Religion and Nation. Missionsakademie an der Universitaet Hamburg, Germany, March 1993.Religion, Nation and the Post-modern. Some Reflections on Communalism in India, Staff seminar on 'Our

Christian Commitment to a United India, Jnanadeepa Vidyapeeth, Pune, 13 August 1993.Church's Response to Post-Ayodhya Situation in India, Staff seminar, Jnanadeep Vidyapeeth, 13-15 August

1993.Fundamentalism and Religious Communalism. Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi. A lecture.Seth, State and Society: Towards an Archaeology of A Suitable Boy (A Reader-response to the novel from

Vikram Seth), Department of Sociology, University of Bombay, Kalina, January 1994. A lecture.Stellung der Frau in der indischen Gesellschaft. Colloquium Dritte Welt: Indien, University of Osnabruck,

Germany, 12 Juli 1995. A summer semester guest lecture.Probleme Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Goa – Indien, Colloquium Dritte Welt – Umwelt und Entwicklung,

Universität Osnabrück, Germany, November 1995.Fundamentalismus und Frauenfrage in Indien, Philipp-Universität Marburg, Graduiertenkolleg “Religion

in der Lebenswelt der Moderne,” December 1995.Dalit as Encounter to Hindutva and Hindutva Politics, Südasieninstitut, Seminar für Ethnologie,

Universität Heidelberg, November 1995.Kulturen und Religionen im Kontakt. Fragen des interkulturellen Dialogs in Indien, Festvortrag für Prof. Dr.

Christian Salzmann für 65. Geburtstag, Universität Osnabrück, Germany, May 1996.The Next Generation, Zukunft aus indischer Sicht, Europa-Archiv, Universität Osnabrück, December

1996.Ist Frieden unter Religionen möglich? Konflikte, Dialog und Frieden in einer globalisierten Welt, Katholische

Erwachsenenbildung, Bohmte, November 1998.Der Gott der kleinen Dinge oder die Frau zwischen Berührbarkeit und Unberührbarkeit unter indischen

Thomaschristen. Eine kritische Betrachtung des Romans: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy,

Universität Osnabrück, February 1998Land, Leute und Religion in Indien, Kolping Programm, March 1999.Einblicke in die moderne indische Literatur am Beispiel des Romans: The God of Small Things from Arundhati

Roy, Passau, July 1999.Clash of Cultures and Religions in a Globalising World, Sahodaya, Balmatta-Mangalore, Janavahini

Conference, January 2000.

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Globalisation and Destabilisation of non-Globalised Econimies and Societies of the World Today, Sahodaya-

Balmatta, Janavahini Conference, November 2000.

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WORKSHOPS, SEMINARS, COLLOQUIUMS, CONFERENCES

1986Folklore and Social Sciences: Search for an Integrated Method. Workshop organised by W.R. Da Silva

and P. Bilimale, Mangalore University, June 9-11, 1986, FRH, Mangalore. 6 lectures on social

science methodology: an integrated approach.Evil in Society and Religion, FRH, Mangalore. (Weekly lectures). A series of 20 lectures.The Idea of Evil in Kinship and Tributary Socities. A Socio-anthropological Perspective, Karnataka

Theological College, Mangalore. (Weekly lectures). A series of 10 lectures.

1987Tribal Values as Basic Human Values. A seminar paper, Kerala Sociological Society, Calicut,

January, 1987. An Introduction to Structuralism, Kerala Sociological Society, Calicut, November 1987 and Loyola

College, Tiruvanantapuram, December 1987. A series of two lectures.Konkani Linguistics and Grammar for Certificate in Konkani Course, Weekly lectures, FRH,

Mangalore. A series of 20 lectures.Louis Mascarenhas: Life and Literary Work, Birth Centenary Celebrations for Louis A. Mascarenhas.

A conference organised by W. R. DaSilva, February 1987.Women's Liberation and the Place of Women in Religions. A seminar co-organised with K. A. T. R. I.,

Karnataka Theological College, Balmatta, Mangalore, 14-15 February 1987.

1988Celebration of Puberty Rites and Identity of Women in Kanara, ESG (Women's Group), University of

Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, June 1988. A lecture.

Technology, Ecology and Heideggerean Ethos, Symposium on Ecology, Technology and Ontology:

Options Towards a Philosophy of Praxis, Department of Philosophy, Goa University and

ICPR, 1-2 December 1988. A paper.

Extending Democracy - An Analysis of Political Movement in India, Department of Political Science, Goa University & ICSSR, 8-10 December 1988. Participation in seminar.

1989

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Witchcraft, Sorcery and Magic in Society. St Joseph the Evangelist Church, Pangala, 16-17January

1989. A series of 6 lectures.Field-Work Technique and Ethnosociology. Kiran Centre, Mangalore, 18 January 1989. A series of 4

lectures.Between Colonialism and Supercolonialism. Plaidoyer for Return to Ganvponn in the Reconstruction of Goa History.

Local History Seminar, Department of History, Goa University & Directorate of Archives,

Archaeology and Museum, Government of Goa, 27-28 February 1989. A research paper.Nation-building, Development Process and Communication. A grass-roots seminar, Department of

Sociology, Goa University & Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development,

Chandigarh, March 2-3, 1989. Co-ordinator of the seminar)The Configuration of the Feminine: An Ethnosociological Perspective. National seminar on 'The Configuration

of the Feminine', Department of Philosophy and Centre for Women’s Studies, University of

Poona, 13-15 March 1989. A research paper.Discourse on the Feminine in Kinship and Tributary Societies. Tamil Theological Seminary, Madurai,

16-17 March 1989. A series of three lectures.

1990Political Sociology. Refresher Course, Department of Political Science, Goa University, March 1990;

August-September, 1990. A series of six lectures.Recent Trends, Methods and Techniques in Historical Thinking and Writing. First and Second Refresher

Courses, Department of History, Goa University, July-August 1990; October 1990. A series

of three lectures.Inter-disciplinary Approach in Social Sciences. ICSSR (WRC) and Goa University, 3 September 1990.

A research paper.

1991The Axe and the Cross: Conversion as Conquest in Goa. Seminar on History of Goa, Department of

History, Goa University and Directorate of Archives, Archaeology and Museum,

Government of Goa, February 1991. A research paperAdult Literacy, Folklore and Kepem. Government College of Arts and Commerce, Kepem, March,

1991. A lecture.The Role of the Church in the Modern Latin American Society - An Evaluation. Department of History,

Goa University, 16 March 1991. A lecture.Indian Social Reality and Theory-building in Social Sciences. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai,

3 July 1991. A lecture.Social Movements in India. Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai, (Centre for Technology

Alternatives for Rural Areas or CTARA), July 1991. A lecture.

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Oral History and Traditions in Goa and Mangalore. Department of History, Goa University, 26July

1991.Towards an Ethnosociology of communalism in India Today. Department of Political Sciences & Public

Administration, University of Poona, 22-23 August, 1991. A research paper (two lectures).The Analytical Reason or the Transformation of Marxian Dialectics in the Works of Claude Lévi-Strauss.

Department of Sociology, (M. Phil. students), Central University of Hyderabad, 18 September 1991. A lecture.

Social Aspects and Perceptions of Leprosy. Seminar on Leprosy Update, National Leprosy Eradication

Project, India, Hotel Fidalgo, Panaji-Goa, 12 October 1991. A research paper.Consultation on Secularism in India Today: A Multi-religious Perspective. Vikas Adyayan Kendra, Mumbai, (University of Bombay Campus, Kalina), 11-13 October 1991. Participation.The State of Inter-disciplinary Approach in Social Sciences, ICSSR (WRC) & Goa University, September and

28 November 1991. A research paper.Folklore, Folkloristics and People, Department of English, Kuvempu University, Shimoga,

7 December 1991. A lecture.

1992Saraswat and Samata in Goa, or Where do We go from here? Seminar on Government, Politics and

Society in Goa and Maharashtra, Department of Political Science & ICSSR (WRC), 23-24

January 1992. A research paper.Women, Environment and Development - A Retrograde Option. Workshop on Women, Environment and

Development: Policy-making and Implementation, All-India Women's Studies and Development

Organisation, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 17-19 January 1992.The Denial of Self in Indian Philosophy and among Indian People. National seminar on The Nature of Self in

Indian Philosophies, Department of Philosophy, Goa University and ICPR, 24-26 March 1992.Literacy and Society: The Alternative Method in Adult Literacy. DEEDS, Mangalore, 31 January to 2

February 1992. A series of 8 lectures with direction of the workshop for activists and co-workers

of Total Literacy Campaign.

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Value Education and Society. Fourth Regional Seminar cum Workshop on Value Education, 27-29

February 1992, Citizenship Development Society, New Delhi, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Vasco-da-

Gama.On Structuralism and Post-structualism. Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 8-11 November 1992

(Social Science Groups from TISS and the Universities of Mumabi and Poona).Elite Theology and Everyday Religion. Jnanadeep Vidyapeeth, Pune, 14 November 1992. One-day

workshop with three lectures and practical religious-experience reflections (M. Th. students).. Discover to Conquer: Towards a Sociology of Conversion. Seminar on Discoveries, Missionary Expansion

and Asian Cultures, Baga-Goa, 18-20 November 1992, XCHR, Alto de Porvorim, Goa. (with

Rowina Robinson).

1993Motherese in Konkani: The Lore of a Folk. Workshop on Goan Folklore, Theories, Perspectives and

Methodologies, Department of History and ICSSR (WRC), 2-3 February 1993. A research paper.Religious Critique and Economic Reconstruction in Latin America. Seminar on Restructuring Latin American

Economics: Lessons for India, Centre for Latin American Studies, Goa University, 4 February

1993. A research paper.Contemporary Communalism and its Cultural Roots. Seminar on Contemporary Communalism, Vikas

Adhyayan Kendra, Khandala, 26-28 February 1993. Market Economy and the Production of Literature. Seminar on Literature and Politics: The Post-colonial

Context, Department of English, Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 7-8 March 1993.Seminar on Canada and India: A Contemporary Perspective, Goa University, March 11-12, 1993.

Participation. Market, Marriage, Dowry and Dowry-deaths. Department of Sociology, University of Poona, August

12, 1993. A lecture.Religion, Nation and the Post-modern. The Communal Question in South Asia (India). Ecumenical seminar,

Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland, September 20-25, 1993, EMW, Hamburg. A research paper.Recent Trends in Social Sciences. Seminar on Recent Trends in Social Sciences, Guruvayurappan

College, Kozhikode, November 1993.

1994Religion and Society: The Indian Scenario. National seminar on Religion, Politics and Society, Kuvempu

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University, Shimoga, 19-20 March 1994. A research paper.Social Functions of Religion. National seminar on religion and social conflicts in India, Khandala, Vikas

Adhyayan Kendra, Mumbai, 6-8 May 1994.10th International Canadian Studies Conference, Indian Association for Canadian Studies, Goa

University, 10-13 May 1994. Participation and president over session D-1).The Family in India Today. A Sociological Perspective. National seminar of teachers' team, Goa, 9-15 May

1994.Konkani Phonetics and Konkani Lexicon, Workshop for Konkani Writers, Konkani Bhasha Mandal,

Karnataka, Bangalore, 31 May to 2 June 1994.Goa Society and its Future Development. A Sociological Perspective. Panel discussion on Goan Society and

its Future Development, INSAF, 3-5 June 1994.Some Reflections on Identity-Construction among Syrian Christians. International Conference on Kerala

Studies, Tiruvanantapuram, 28-30 August 1994.Language, Literature and Society. Seminar on Konkani Literature and Writing, St. Aloysius College and

Raknno Weekly, October-November 1994.Scripts for Konkani and the Script-reform in Coss-fire. Seminar on Konkani Literature and Writing,

St. Aloysius College and Raknno Weekly, October-November 1994.Society, Language and Lexicography. Some Preliminary Notes on the Place of Kittel's Dictionary in Modern

Lexicography. International Conference on Kitterl's Kannada-English Dictionary Centenary

Celebrations, Tubingen University, Germany and Karnatak University, Dharwad, 10-11 October1994.

Language and Nation: The Beleaguered Unity in India Today. National seminar on The Composite Heritage

of India, Department of Sociology, University of Bombay, ICSSR (WRC) and ASI, New Delhi,

27-28 October, 1994.

1995Sociology and Social Policy. Some Reflections. Seminar on Sociology and Social Policy, Andhra University,

Waltair, June 1995.Religions in Comparison in India in Encounter with Christianity. Morning Star College, Calcutta, September

1995. A series of 12 lectures.

1997Diversity and Unity of Critical Reading Samskara, Cemmin. Department of English, Goa University,

March-April 1997. A series of 4 lectures.

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On Completing a Text. Reader in Literary Criticism. Orientation Course, Staff Training College, Goa

University, March 1997.

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Research ProjectsThe Untouchables and the Catholic Church in Kanara, 1964-1968. (Thesis: Theology of Liberation and

the Untouchables of Kanara, (Religion and Ideology in coastal Karnataka project), 1975. FERES,

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (MS, incomplete thesis). (New thesis: Dalit as Category of Encounter for Religious Discourse in India, 1994-03, (submitted to Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi).

Syncretism of Religions in Kanara; Religion as Ideology in Coastal Karnataka; the Koraga, the

Halakki Vokkalu, the Siddi, the Mogavira, the Malekudiya of Kanara 1971-1977. (MS).

(Thesis: From Rta to Dharma. The Symbolic and Diabolic of the Systems of Production and Representation in

West Coast India. Hamburg University, Germany, 1985).Konkani Folklore (Kanara and Goa), 1971-1977 (MS). Karnataka Christians and Political Participation, Post-Graduate Diploma thesis, UTC, Bangalore,

1978 (incomplete).Evil in Society and Religion, 1985-1990 (Public lectures: Weekly lectures, Fatima Retreat

House, Mangalore; Karnataka Theological College, Mangalore; St. John the

Evangelist Church, for Clergy, Pangala; O. L. of Loreto Church, Sunday talks, Bantwal).Cults of Buta, Mangalore University, 1985-1988. (MS).Menstruation and Jati Identity of Women in Kanara, Mangalore University, 1985-1988. (MS).Dowry and Dowry Deaths in India, 1988-1993, Goa University. (MS: Bride's

Wealth Revisited).Incest and Marriage in Kanara, Collection of Peoples' Narratives (with Dr. P. Bilimale),

Mangalore University, 1985-1988. (MS).Buffalo Race and Cockfight in Kanara, Mangalore University, 1985-1988. (MS).Foreign Finance and Communalism in India (Muslim, Sikh, Christian and Hindu Foreign

Remittances Project. Project III: Foreign Remittances and the Catholic Bishops of

Karnataka. Minority, Money and the Power of Political Disposal in India), 1989-1991.Marriage in Tulu Society, 1985-1988. (MS).Migration, Identity and Marriage among Kanara Christians, 1971-75; 1993-95. (MS).

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Towards a Sociology of Religious Communalism in India, (From Tat-tvam to Hindu-tvam.

Semiogenesis of Communalism; Conflicts of Religions in Post-modernity), 1988-2002.

(Conflicts of Religions. Religious Communalism in India submitted as Habilitation thesis to Osnabrueck

University, Germany, 1998-01).Dalit Encounter. A Sociogenesis, 1988-01 ( A guest faculty seminar in the Faculty of Social

Sciences, Osnabrueck University, Germany, 1995. Dalit as Category of Encounter with

Religious Discourse in India, 2001. A thesis to be submitted to Vidyajyoti, Delhi ).

PUBLICATIONS

In Konkani

Mog ani jivit, (Konkani book, edited, Mangalore: Sallok Prokashan, 1973). Konkani

Bhasha Mandal-Goa prize for best non-fiction in Konkani for 1973.Jezukristaci bori khobor, (New Testament in Konkani, translated, Bangalore: Bible

Society of India, 1977). John Hand Memorial Prize for best Bible translation in India, 1978).Sungttam, (Konkani book, translated from Malayalam, Mangalore: Raknno

Prokashan, 1997). Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Karnataka, prize for best translation

in 1995-97.Baibol, (Konkani translation of the Jewish and Christian Bible, Mangalore:

Konkani Baibol Somiti and IBS, Hyderabad, 1998).

Literary Works

Ghor bhorullem git, (Konkani novel, vols 1-2, Mangalore: Raknno Prokashan,

1967).Thollavinn, (Konkani, collection of poems, Mangalore: Pragati Press, 1997).Goullea Borea, (Konkani novel, Mangalore: Pragati Press, forthcoming).Adle te dis niall'tana, (Konkani novel, vols 1-3, Mangalore: Pragati Press, forthcoming).Passaio ani pissaio (Autobiography, Mangalore: Pragati Press, forthcoming).Abranvcem yojndan, (Konkani play by Louis Mascarenhas, edited and introduced

with critical essays, Mangalore: Pragati Press, 1987).Sounxeace kan, (Konkani collection of poems of C. F. Da Costa, edited with a critical

introduction, Mangalore: Pragati Press, 1990. Sahitya Akademi 1989 national

literary prize for Konkani.

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Gumtapodam, (Konkani folk performing songs of Kanara, Mangalore: Pragati

Press, forthcoming).lhan col'yeci kannik (Konkani, biography of J. Babson), Mangalore: Sallok, 1967.bhuimkomollam (Konkani trans. of W. Barrett’s Lilies of the Field, novel), Mangalore: Sallok, 1968.vincnnar podam (Konkani, collected poems of Wilfred Rebimbus, edited, 3 collections),

Mangalore: YY, 1969-75.mog ani jivit (Konkani, edited, non-fiction Love and Life), Mangalore, Sallok, 1973.

Konkani Bhasha Mandal prize for best Konkani non-fiction for 1972-73.sunnem-mazor hasta (Konkani, edited, play of ChaFra Da Costa), Mangalore: Pragati, 1977.novi vhokol (Konkani, edited, poems of JeBi Moraes), Mangalore: Pragati, 1977.eklo eksuro (Konkani, edited and transliterated, novelette of C. Keni), Pragati, 1977.tullxi (Konkani, edited and transliterated, novelette of R. Kelekar), Pragati, 1977.jezu kristaci bori khobor, (Konkani New Testament translation), Bible Society of India, 1977.

John Hand Memorial Prize for best translation of the Bible in India, 1978.khell ani itor kotha, (Konkani, edited and translated, short stories of Y. Chittal), Pragati, 1986.akant (Konkani, edited, short stories of Nandini), Pragati, 1987.

mog mat pavona? (Konkani, edited and translated, stories of Na. D'Souza), Pragati, 1987.abrahanvcem Yojndan (Konkani, critically edited and commented, play in Konkani of Louis

Mascarenhas), Pragati, 1987 (Birth centenary memorial publication).ek soponn odurem (edited poems in Konkani of J. B. Sequeira), Pragati, 1989.mhojem ontoskorn visorcem na (edited, novel in two parts in Konkani of Irene Pinto), Pragati,

1989-1990.sounxace kan (edited and introduced, collection of poems of C. F. Da Costa, Sahitya Akademi of

India award-winning collection), Pragati, 1990.bhailean ailo vhor, (Konkani, non-fiction: lecture series), Pragati, 1992.thollavinn (Konkani, a collection of poems), Pragati, 1994.sungttam (translation of the novel Chemmeen in Malayalam by T. S. Pillai), Raknno, Mangalore, 1997 Best translation award of Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Karnataka for

1996-1998.kubi ani iyala (Konkani, translation of Kannada short stories by K. P. P. Tejasvi), Raknno,

Mangalore, 1997.

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zollpodd (Konkani, translation of the Kannada novel by Na. D'Souza), Raknno, Mangalore, 1997.baibol (Konkani, translation of the Jewish and Christian Bible from Hebrew and Greek with special

reference to the MSS tradition), Konkani Baibol Somiti, Mangalore, 1998.

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In English

From Rta to Dharma. The Symbolic and Diabolic of the Systems of Production

and Representation in Kinship and Tributary Societies. Transition as Structural

Transformation in West Coast India, Mangalore, Pragati Press, 1985. Concepts and Comparison. Understanding Marx and Weber, Mangalore: Pragati

Press, 1987.Conflicts of Religions. Religious Communalism in India (Curzon? forthcoming).On Not Marrying. Incest Prohibition Folktales in Kanara (with P. Bilimale, edited

and critically introduced, Mangalore: Pragati Press, forthcoming).Celebrating Life. Rites of Transition in Kanara, (edited, with an introduction,

Mangalore: Pragati Press, forthcoming).Conflicts of Religions in a Postmodern World, (forthcoming, Orbis Books, New York?)

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Articles

Soziologische Überlegungen zur norddeutsche Mission, Ustorf, W., ed., Mission im Kontext. Beiträge zur

Sozialgeschichte der norddeutschen Missionsgesellschaft im 19. Jahrhundert, Bremen Afrika

Archiv, Bd 23, Selbstverlag, 1986, 19-33pp.Denationalised Goans or, Plaidoyer for Return to Ganvponn, Shastri, B. S., ed., Socio-economic Aspects of

Portuguese Colonialism in Goa in 19th and 20th Centuries, (Goa University Publications series no.

7), Yorbal Printers, Belgaum, 1991, 165-72pp.Religion as a Category of Societal Analysis in Marx and Weber, Journal of Dharma, 12 (1987) 3: 266-88,

(The title of the article is: Religion as a Fundamental Element in the Societal Analysis of Karl

Marx and Max Weber).Religion and Civil War in America, Social Compass, 38 (1991) 3: 252-72.Jesuits in India in Historical Perspective: Some Ethno-sociological Reflections, De Souza, T. R.-

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Charles Borges, eds, Jesuits in India: In Historical Perspective, XCHR Cultural de Macao, Macau,

1992, 387-404pp.Discover to Conquer: Towards a Sociology of Conversion, (with Rowina Robinson), De Souza, T. R., ed.,

Discoveries, Missionary Expansion and Asian Cultures, Delhi, Concept Publishing, 1993, 55-

64pp.Ex Oriente Lux, or Dreaming an Asian Future (Survival) in a Postmodern Age, De Souza, T. R., ed., Christ

in Asia: A Third World Perspective, Burns and Oates, London, 1994 (?)Religion, Nation and the Postmodern: Some Reflections on Communalism in India Today, JDV, Pune

(forthcoming).The Religion of the Expatriate. Migration and Identity of South Asian Workers in West Asian –Gulf - Countries,

IMIS, University of Osnabrcuk, 2001 (submitted).Religiöse Grundlagen und Konflikte, G. Széll, ed., (forthcoming).

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Editing:William Robert Da Silva, Collected Works, vols 1-8, (lectures, seminars, and workshop papers) Pragati

Press, (in preparation).

Awards:

1978 John Hand Memorial prize for best translation of the Bible in India: Jezu kristaci bori khobor

(New Testament), Bangalore. Bible Society of India, 1997.1998 Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademi award for translation, Sungttam (trans. from Malayalam

Chemmin by T. S. Pillai. Mangalore: Raknno Prakashan, 1997).1999-2000 Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Akademi award for Konkani Literature.

Public Lectures:(1996-2002)

Block One

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HE WILL COME AGAIN IN GLORY : MARANATHAWhy does he Delay his Return? Cultural-religious Reflections on End-time

THOUSAND YEARS REIGN : MILLENNIUM EXPECTATIONSWho will Reign for a Thousand years? Herods’ House, Jesus or Satan?

APOCALYPSE AND THE LAST JUDGEMENTThe Last Day or the First Day for Jews, Christians & Muslims

BLOW THE HORN, USHER IN THE YEAR OF RELEASEJubilee Celebrations in Israel and the Roman Catholic Church

SEVEN ANGELS, SEVEN SEALS, SEVEN HORNS Opening the Secrets of the Book of Revelation

THIRD MILLENNIUM IN THE YEAR 2000?A Mistaken Calculation of AD/BC? Some Reflections on Jewish and Christian Expectations

THE CALENDAR AND RELIGIOUS EXPECTATIONSReflections on Anno Mundi (AM), Anno Domini (AD) and Before Christ (BC)

RETURNING THE SACRED TIME : CALENDARS OF RELIGIONS A Comparative Study of Rites de Passage (Life Crises) and Annual festivities

RAISED FROM THE DEAD, RETURNED TO THE LIVINGNew Questions on Old Faith : Controversies Today about Resurrection

ORTHODOX, HERETIC OR SECTARIAN?Qumran Sect and Nag Hammadi Heretics between Jews and Orthodox-Catholic Christians.

Block Two

GLOBALISATION AND THE IDENTITY OF CULTURESWill Consumerism Eat up the Values of Other Cultures?

GLOBALISATION AND THE CONFLLICTS OF RELIGIONSClashes of Cultures or Global Ethic in Dialogue of Religions?

CONFLICTS OF RELIGIONS IN A POST-MODERN WORLDLiberalism, Conservatism, Fundamentalism, Communalism and Syncretism

DEMOCRATIC VOTE AND MONOTHEISTIC CONVERSIONConversion Conflicts and Communal Politics in India

Block Three

FOUNDATIONS OF DIALOGUE BETWEEN RELIGIONS

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One Earth, Many Religions and Diverse Cultures!

SECULAR DEMOCRACY AND CULTURAL PLURALISMReligious Pluralism and Identity of the West

NEBENEINANDER, MITEINANDER, GEGENEINANDER?Multikulturelle und Plurale Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Block Four

SACRAMENT DER EHE, SCHWANGERSCHAFTSABBRUCHLiberale Staat und Fundamentale Kirche ohne Reform(ation)?

CHURCH FROM BELOW : WE ARE THE CHURCHA Reformation of German-speaking Laity for a New Millennium? HEROD THE GREAT AND THE JEWISH DIASPORA MISSIONProselytism and Conversion in Judaism and Early Christianity: An Imperial Dream?

JESUS AND THE BUDDHA’S DISCIPLES IN PALESTINEA Critical Dialogue with the Writings of Holgar Kersten.

JESUS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF JUDEAN DESERTEarly Christianity’s Separation from the Qumran (Essene) Community?

ON INTERPRETING THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGSHistorical-Critical, Psychoanalytical and Pesher Methods of Bible Interpretation

GNOSTICS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CHRISTIAN HERITAGEOrthodox, Catholic and Heretic Ways in the Second and Third Centuries

THE STATE CHURCH AND PAGAN DEMISE AFTER CONSTANTINEThe Transformation of the Christian Church as Roman Heritage

LUTHER’S REFORMATION OR SOCIAL REVOLUTION?The Rise of Divinely Legitimate (Absolutist) State

UPDATING THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ITS DISCONTENTSCatholic Fundamentalism and Conservatism after Vatican II Council

DAS NACHKIRCHLICHE CHRISTENTUM!Eine Auseinandersetzung mit den Thesen von Rupert Lay

CHRISTEN IM 21. JAHRHUNDERTBasisgemeinschaften als Zukunft, Leien als Träger der Botschaft Jesu?

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Block Five

BRIDES OF INDIA : THE BURNING PROBLEMModernisation and the Position of Women in India

TOUCHABLE AND UNTOUCHABLE IN INDIADalit Self-emancipation as Encounter with Religions in India

DER GOTT DER KLEINEN DINGEOder die Frau zwischen Berührbarkeit und Unberührbarkeit im Roman von Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things.

FROM TAT-TVAM TO HINDU-TVAMSemiotics of Religious Communalism in India

UPROOTED AND LIVING IN A STRANGE LANDExpatriate Christians and Charismatic Movement: Some Reflections

WHAT GOD HAS JOINED LET MODERNITY PUT ASUNDERDivorce and Annulment of Marriage among Kanara Christians

RAMARAJYA AND/OR THE KINGDOM OF GOD?Christians and Conversions in a Hindu Rashtra (Polity)

CULTURAL NATIONALISM AND SECULAR MODERNITY IN CLASH?Citizen, Majority and Minority Conflicts in India

WHOSE MILLENNIUM IS THIS ANYWAY?Globalised Western Hegemony of Cultural Consumerism

CLASH OF CULTURES AND RELIGIONS IN A GLOBALISED WORLD?The West (Christian?) versus The Rest (Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, and the

Indigenous)

FUNDAMENTALISM AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACYFreedom of Religion as American Hegemony of World-Rule!

GLOBALISATION AND THE CONFLICTS OF RELIGIONS Fundamentalism, Dialogue of Religions and Global Ethos. (A Critical Approach to the Writings of Samuel P. Huntington and Hans Kung)

GLOBALISATION AND ITS DISCONTENTThe Social Exclusion of the Needy and the Hungry in a Wealthy World.

SOCIETY AND LITERACYAdult Literacy at the Cross-roads in South Asia.

GLOBALISIERUNGSSTURM IM DIENST DER NATIONENHegemony of Consumer and Service Culture Today.

WORLD RELIGIONS AND ETHICS FOR A NEW WORLD ORDER

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World Ethics in the Serivice of Humankind.

Special Lecture series (London, 2003)

Kinship Religion (Primitive, Savage or First Stage of Evolution of Religion)

Archaic Religion (Mother goddesses)Religion and Sacred Texts: The Axial PeriodMohenjodaro-Harappa-DholaviraEgyptianMesopotamian, SyrianWest Asian, East AsianAfrican ReligionsLatin American ReligionsZarathustraVedic Buddhism, Jainism, Sectarian religionsJewishChristianIslamVirashaivaProtestantismTransformation of Religion and Secular Modern SocietyPost-modern Society and ‘Return of Religions’What is/are Religion(s)? – An Inquiry.

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2009-2010A weekly course on semiotics: Introduction, October 2009 to March 2010, School of Sciences, Mangalore (PG lecturers, Ph D students and Post-doctoral research in Humanities, Communication and Social and Cultural Sciences).

2010Intensive Course on Semiotics (Applied on Cinema, Advertising and Magazines), May 2010, School of Sciences, Mangalore.Keynote address: Development as Discursive Narration, Conference on Sociology, Karnataka Association of Sociologists, Kannada University, Hampi, 3-5 July 2010.

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