- "Beowulf and Jus Diaboli," The Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Arts and Sciences, April, 1969.
- "A Syntactic Analysis of Indian English," Meeting of the Michigan Linguistic Society, East Lansing, October, 1970.
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"Literary Analysis of Medieval Lyrics," M/MLA Meeting, Milwaukee, November, 1970.
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"Chaucer and the Good Counselor," MLA Seminar 44, New York, December, 1970.
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"The Ecumenism of Sir Thomas Browne," Michigan Academy, April, 1971.
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"The Future of Christianity: Theological Reflections," Michigan Academy, April, 1971.
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"The Battle of Maldon: A Christian Heroic Poem," Conference on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, May 19, 1971.
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"A Computerized Survey of the Dialects of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," MLA/ADS, Chicago, December 26, 1971.
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"Crisis in Humanism: Medieval and Modern," CAES Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, April 24, 1972.
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"A Study of the Vocabulary and Grammar in the Speech Habits of the Natives of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," MMLA/ADS, St. Louis, Missouri, October 26, 1972.
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"Diglossia in Malayalam," Linguistic Societey of America: Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, December 27, 1972.
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"Medieval Mysticism and Modern Man," Hope College, March 24, 1973.
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"A New Translation of Copernicus' Dedication of De Revolutionibus Orbium Caelestium to Pope Paul III," Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, April 28, 1973.
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"La Tradition de Charlemagne chez les chrétiens de Kerala (Inde)," Triennial Meeting of Société Rencesvals, Aix-en-Provence, September, 1973.
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With Linda Wirtanen, "Campus Slang: A Survey," Michigan Linguistic Society, October 5, 1973, Kalamazoo.
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"Lexical and Grammatical Dialect Markers for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan as Determined by a Computerized Survey," ADS/MMLA, Chicago, November 2, 1973.
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"The Sanskrit Meghaduta and the Old English Husband's Message: A Comparative Study," Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 22, 1974.
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"The Synthesis of the Sacred and the Profane in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas," Aquinas Symposium, Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 22, 1974.
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"Matheolus and Chaucer: A Comparative Study of the Sources of the Wife of Bath's Prologue," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 11, 1974.
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"Current Indian English," MLA, New York, December 26, 1974.
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"National Unity despite Linguistic Diversity: the Indian Experience," International FILLM Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 26, 1975.
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"Indian Sources of the Medieval Courtly Love Lyrics," Michigan Academy, April, 1975.
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"Walker Percy's Vision of the Catholic in 1984," MLA, December, 1975.
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"The Language and the Culture of the Kadar," Michigan Linguistic Society, October 10, 1975.
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Chairman, Old English I, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1972.
- Chairman, Chaucer II, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, April 30, 1973.
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"Sources of the Medieval Image of Spoliatio Aegyptiorum," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 19, 1976.
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28. "Dialect Markers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan," International Symposium on the Use of Computer in LIterary and Linguistic Research, Oxford, England, April 5-9, 1976.
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"Chaucer, Matheolus, and the Merchant's Tale," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 3-5, 1976.
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"The Culture and Future of the Kadar of India," XXX Congreso Internacional de Ciencias Humanas en Asia y Africa del Norte, Mexico City, August 3-9, 1976.
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"Was Chaucer a Skeptical Fideist?," Ohio Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Cleveland, October 11-13, 1976.
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"The African Maiden of the Old English Exodus," Annual Meeting of MMLA, St. Louis, November 5, 1976.
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"Significance of Pilgrimage in the Canterbury Tales," The University of British Columbia: Medieval Workshop, Vancouver, November 12-13, 1976.
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"Spiritual Friendship in Guthlac B," NAPS Annual Meeting, N.Y., December 30, 1976.
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"In Defense of Deep Structures," MLS Annual Meeting, Mt. Pleasant, October, 1976.
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"New Trends in Modern Malayalam Novel," Michigan Academy, Mt. Pleasant, March 18, 1977.
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"Love: Augustine and Chaucer," Cleveland, Ohio, October 9, 1977.
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"Afrisc Meowle and Old English Exodus," Medieval Colloquium, Sewanee, Tennessee, April 13-15, 1978.
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"Courtly Love and Sahaja Movement: Dante and Chandidasa," Michigan Academy, Eastern Michigan University, March 18, 1978.
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40. "Aucassin and Nicolette and The Book of the Duchess," Michigan Academy, March 18, 1978.
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"Umrao Jan Ada: Prostitute, Poet, and Prophet," Association of Commonwealth Languages and Literatures, Malta, March 28-31, 1978.
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"Chaucer, Matheolus, and Deschamps: Problems of Literary Relationship and Resolution," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 4-7, 1978.
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"The Kurumba Language," World Conference on Malayalam, November 3-8, 1977, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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"New Malayalee Names," International Onomastics Congress, Cracow, Poland, August 21-25, 1978.
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"Literature of Dissent in Malayalam," FILLM Congress, Aix-en-Provence, August 26-September 2, 1978.
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"The Language and Culture of the Cholanayikkar," XICAES, New Delhi, December 18, 1978.
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"The Origin of Kadar from their Folklore," Folklore Session, XICAES, Calcutta, December 21, 1978.
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"Allegory of Love: Dante and Chandidas," SCLA meeting, Auburn, Alabama, February 25, 1980.
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"The Religious and Ethnic Origins of the cheras and Cholas of South India," Michigan Academy Meeting, Detroit, March 20, 1980.
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"The Vatican vs. Kung: No Easy Answers: A Medieval Controversy Revisited," Medieval and Renaissance Conference; a joint paper with James Livingston. Cleveland, April 12, 1980.
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"The Self in the Teachings of Buddha and Jesus," International Conference on "East-West Religions in Encounter," Honolulu, June 16-27, 1980.
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"Women in Love in Classical Indian Literature," Third Triennial Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society, Liverpool, August 11-15, 1980.
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"Indian Eschatology and Dante's Other World," Michigan Academy Meeting, Ann Arbor, March 21, 1981.
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"Future of Indian Ethnic Communities," American Ethnological Society, Washington, D.C., March 22, 1981.
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Chairman, Chaucer Session, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 7, 1981.
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"The Future of Tribal Religions," World Conference of Religions, Cochin, India, November 15, 1981.
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"Munda Substratum in Malayalam," III International Congress of South Asian Languages, Mysore, India, January 13, 1982.
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"The Sacred in a Secular Society," International Seminar on the Role of Religions in National Integration, New Delhi, India, January 16, 1982.
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"Literary Criticism: Old and New," Women's College Trivandrum, India, September 25, 1981.
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"Beowulf: Geats, Jutes, and Huns," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1982.
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"Beowulf: Meaning and Method," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 4, 1982.
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"Beowulf: Date and Authorship," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 7, 1983.
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"The Christian and the Nuclear War," International inter-religious Seminar, Darlington, New Jersey, March 20, 1983.
- . "Spiritualities in a Global Dialogue?": A Response to Professor Raimundo Pannikkar, International Inter-religious Seminar, Darlington, New Jersey, March 19, 1983.
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"The Egyptian Osiris Myth and the Tamil Cilappadikaram," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 26, 1983, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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"Aucassin and Nicolette; Matrimonial Consent and Canon Law," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 26, 1983, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
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"Keralites in America: Search for a New Identity," Convention of Keralites in America, New York, July 3, 1983.
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"Dante and the Anonymous Angel in Milton's Lycidas," MLA Meeting (ANS), New York, December, 1983.
- "Buddha and Christ: A Comparative Study of their Lives and Teachings," East-West Religions Conference, Honolulu, January, 1984.
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"The Qu'ran: Source or Analogue of Bede's Caedmon-Story?" Michigan Academy Meeting, March 1984, Ferris State College, Michigan.
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"New Names in America: A Sign of Decline in Religion?" International Onomastics Congress, Leipzig, DDR, August, 1984.
- "Allegory and Isabel in Measure for Measure," FILLM Congress, Budapest, August, 1984. (not given)
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"The Indian Vampire: Nomen et Numen," The National Popular Culture Association Conference, March 29-April 1, 1984, Toronto, Canada.
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"The Influence of Classics on the Middle English Gawain and the Green Knight," XI Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, August 20-25, 1985, Paris. (not given)
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"Clandestine Marriages in the Late Middle Ages," International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, May 9-12, 1985.
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"The Sikh Religion: Before and After the Assassination of Mrs. Indira Gandhi," Asian Studies Section, Michigan Academy, March 1985.
- "Gawain's Nirt and Odysseus' Scar," Medieval Studies Section, Michigan Academy, March 1985.
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"The Marriage of Tristan and Isolde: Folkways and Canon Laws," Tristan Conference, Boston, October 1985.
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"The Artist in Classical Indian Literature," Annual Meeting, The Michigan Academy, March 14, 1986, Central Michigan University.
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"Keralamerican English," Second Convention of Keralites in North America, Valley Forge Hilton, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1986.
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"New Etymologies for condom, harebrained, handsome, freak, and as well as," Michigan Linguistic Society, East Lansing, October 3, 1986.
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"Allegory and Isabella in Measure for Measure," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, February 27, 1987.
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"Indian Vampires: Nature and Names," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Ann Arbor, Feburary 27, 1987.
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"The Golden Bough and the Gilded Cross: Influence of the Aeneid on the Dream of the Rood," May 8, 1987, Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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"Good Deeds Redivivus: Penitential Doctrine and Everyman," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9, 1987.
- . "Influence of Buddhism on Early Christianity in the Gnostic Milieu," Buddhism-Christianity Conference, Berkeley, California, August 10-16, 1987.
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Respondent: "Vinaya Bhikkuni." Buddhism-Christianity Conference, Berkeley, California, August 10-16, 1987.
- "Courtly Tradition in Indian Culture: Classical and Modern," MLA Meeting, San Francisco, December 29, 1987.
- "The Source and Meaning of Frost's Road Not Taken," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Saginaw Valley State College, March 4, 1988.
- "Lacking in Loyalty (lewte): Gawain and Job," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, Saginaw Valley State College, March 4, 1988.
- "Magister Regis Merlin and India," Annual Meeting, Michigan Academy, March 4, 1988.
- "Merlin in the Indo-European Tradition," Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 12, 1988.
- "Medieval Clandestine Marriages," English Department Colloquium, Northern Michigan University, January, 1988.
- "Indian Influences in Arthurian Literature," Michigan Academy, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 17, 1989.
- "Indian Influences on Everyman," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, Grand Valley State University, March 17, 1989.
- "Thomas Hardy and Secunda Pastorum," Michigan Academy Annual Meeting, March 17, 1989.
- "Academic Freedom and the Catholic Scholar," St. Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, April 21, 1989.
- "Was Jesus a Buddhist? Interertextuality, Buddhism, and the Sermon on the Mount," Faculty Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, March 22, 1989.
- "Malayalam Names in American Phone Books," ANS Session, MLA Meeting, New Orleans, December 28, 1989 (co-author with Thomas M. Paikeday who presented the paper).
- "The Name of The Rose," MLA Meeting, Washington, D. C., December 28, 1990.
- "The Mystery of 'Windhover' Solved, I Think," Michigan Academy Meeting, Albion College, March 9, 1990.
- "Is Beowulf a Classical Hero?" Michigan Academy Meeting, Albion College, March 9, 1990.
- "The Lais of Marie de France: Love, Adultery, and Clandestine Marriages," Sigma Tau Delta, Northern Michigan University, April 17, l990.
- "Apocalyptic Thought in Beowulf," XXV International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 1990.
- "Beowulf: The Dragon and the Apoclypse," Medieval Association of the Midwest Annual Meeting, September 22, 1990, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
- "The Book of the Duchess: A Response and Observations on the Occasion, Date, and Humor of the Poem," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, November 2, 1990.
- "Ex Oriente Lux: The Zoroastrian Dimension of the Pearl," XXVI International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9-12, 1991.
- "Grendel's Mother: The Beowulf-Poet and Ovid," Michigan Academy Meting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "The Indian and Roman Sources of the Parable of the Sower," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "T. S. Eliot's 'Journey of the Magi' and Edward Fitzgerald's 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám'," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "Computers and Teaching Classics: A Report," Michigan Academy Meeting, Eastern Michigan University, March 1991.
- "The Battle of Maldon and Livy: A New Source for the Poem (?)," XXVI International Medieval Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 9-12, 1990.
- "For More Reform: an Apology for Skeptical Fideism," Conference on Christianity and Literature, University of Santa Clara, May 4, 1991.
- "The Classical Indian Fables: Art and Diffusion," MLA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, December 1991 (forthcoming).
- "Funnel and Tundish in Joyce's Portrait: A Short Note," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 1992, Central Michigan University (forthcoming).
- . "Ealuscerwen: Beowulf and Horace," International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, May 1992.
- "The Narrative Context of Wulf and Eadwacer," Michigan Academy Meeting, March 1992.
- "Buddha's Fire Sermon and the "Gnostic" Book of Thomas the Contender," Michigan Academy Meeting, 1992.
- "The Ordeal of the Virtuous Woman: Sita and Isolt," Michigan Academy Meeting, 1992.
- "'The Windhover': Gerard Manley Hopkins and India," MLA Annual Meeting, New York, December 1992.
- "Camillo in Shakespeare's Winter's Tale," ANS Section, MLA Annual Meeting, New York, December 1992.
- Main speaker at the Convention of Federation of Kerala Associations of North America in Hyatt Regency, Reston,Virginia, July 11, 1992.
- "Who Are the Mandaeans?" American Names Society Meeting, MLA Annual Meeting,Toronto, December 29, 1993.
- "Minorities and Marginal Groups: Rights and Privileges," Federation of Kerala Associations of North America, July 16, 1993, Riverdale, New York.
- "Jesus of Nazareth," XVIII International Congress of Onomastic Studies, Universität Trier, Germany, April 16, 1993.
- "Indian Fables in the West: Evidence of the Talmud," Asian Studies Section, Michigan Academy, Kalamazoo, March 1993--joint paper, presented by Prof. Kuriakose Athappilly, Western Michigan University.
- "To Ask or Not to Ask the Question: An Oriental Element in the Perceval Legend," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 13, 1994.
- "The Story of Sohrab and Rustom: A Mandaean Variant," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, East Lansing, March 13, 1994.
- "The Religious Dimension of Erotic Art in Indian Temples," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, March 13, 1994.
- "Gawain's Sin, Once More," XXIX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 5, 1994.
- "Sex, Death, and Regeneration in Grail-Eucharist Symbology," Annual meeting of the medieval Association of the Midwest, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, September 4, 1994.
- "Encounters Between Islam and Christianity: Medieval and Modern," Sigma Tau Delta Colloquium, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, September 1994.
- "Deep Structure and Surface Structure: T.S. Eliot's Use of the Fitzgeraldian Version of the Rubaiyat of Oman Khayyam in 'The Journey of the magi'," Annual Meeting of the MLA, San Diego, December 28, 1994.
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Saints Perpetua and Thecla: Women Saints Portrayed as Male in Early Christian Hagiography," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Poetic Justice in Chaucer's Miller's Tale: Why Is Not Alison Punished?" Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Vampires: Indian and Germanic," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Ferris State University, March 10, 1995.
- "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Matter of Araby," XXX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 6, 1995.
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Chair and Organiser of the session "Reinterpreting Arthur," XXX International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 5, 1995.
- "The Multi-cultural Dimensions of Kerala's Syrian Christianity," World Malayalee Convention, Somerset, N.J., July 1-3, 1995.
- "Chaucer's Book of the Duchess: Boethian Consolation or a Te Deum," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 2-4, 1995.
- Beowulf: Apocalypse and Iconography," Annual Meeting of the Midwest Modern Language Association of America, St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 2-4, 1995.
- "Names in The Name of the Rose," American Names Society, MLA Annual Convention, Chicago, Illinois, December 27-30, 1995.
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Chair and Organizer of "European Medieval Courtly Literature and the Matter of Arabia," for The International Courtly Literature Society, MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Dec. 27-30, 95.
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Chair and Organizer of "Medieval Romances and the Arabian Nights," XXXI International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May, 1996.
- "Caliban: A Figure from Anthropology or Classics or Both?" Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, Alma College, Alma, Michigan, March 1, 1996.
- "The Origins of England and the Mercians," Michigan Academy Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
- "Beowulf and Islam?" Michigan Academy Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
- "Cain's Kin as Heretics in Beowulf," Michigan Acadmey Meeting, Alma, March 1, 1996.
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149. "The Oriental Origins of the Pearl," XXXII International Medieval Conference, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan , May 9, 1996.
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Organizer of "Medieval European Romances: The Orient," XXXIII International Medeival Conference, WMU, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 12, 1996.
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Organizer and Chair, "Eastern Canon," The Annual Meeting of MLA, Washington, DC, December 28, 1996.
- "The Divine Caliban, Mischievous Miranda, and Hopewell Prospero," American Name Society Meeting, MLA Convention, Washington, DC, December 29, 1996.
- "Nasorean, Mandaean, and Nasrani: Linguistic Puzzles," International Dravidian Linguistics Association Meeting, Kuppam, India, June 22, 1996.
- "The Chaotic Order of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales," Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "St. Christopher: A Buddhist-Christian Saint? Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "The Internet: The Great Leveler and Creator of Virtual Universities," All-Academy Session: The Future of the Professoriate, Michigan Academy Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 21, 1997.
- "The Syrian Ephrem: An Outsider Inside the Middle English Pearl," The 32 nd International Congress on Medieval Studies," May 9, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- "The Mysterious Dean and Funnel/Tundish in Joyce's Portrit of the Artist," MLA Annual Meeting, December 30, 1997, Toronto, Canada.
- "Epic Onomastics in Kamala Markandaya's nectar in a Sieve," Annual Meeting of the American Names Society, Toronto, Canada, December 29, 1997.
- "Welcome to the Brave New World: Internet Revolution and Virtual University," M/MLA Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 6, 1997.
- "Beowulf and Iconography," Sigma Tau Delta Medieval Symposium, Northern Michigan University, March 28, 1988, Northern Michigan University.
- "Divine Androgyny in Bharati Mukherjee's Jasmine," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "Was Chaucer also a Monk? Probably Yes, Not Once But Twice," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "The Trial of Jesus and an Indian Analogue: An Exercise in Fuzzy Logic," Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy, February 27, 1998.
- "Poetic Justice and Alisoun in Chaucer's Miller's Tale," The 33 rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8, 1998.
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