Activities on July 05, 2007

Today was the ‘Healing across Cultures Symposium’ at Loyola College. Hopefully it will become a yearly event. The speakers were very interesting. Lunch was served to everyone that attended. The conference was also video taped. In the evening we had a free night and our cook had off, since there was plenty of food left from the night before. Different activities were pursued by Individuals.

International Symposium

on

Healing Across Cultures

Learning from Traditions

July 5, 2007

LoyolaCollege of Social Sciences

Thiruvanthapuram,

Kerala, India

 Venue: Loyola Hall

 Program

 10.00 a.m Registration

11.00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

Rev. M.K. George, PhD, Principal,

Loyola College, TVPM

11.15 a.m Inaugural Address

Dr. Hareendran Nair M.D.

Managing Director. (Ay.) Pankajakasturi

11.30 a.m. Thematic Overview

Todd Pasek, MD, Director

Center for Healing Across Cultures, Cleveland State University

12.30 p.m. Vote of Thanks

Dr. K.A. Joseph,

Coordinator, International symposium

Loyola College, TVPM

Lunch

1.30 p.m Technical Session 1

Moderator:

Mrs. Elizebath Mathew, HOD, Dept. of Sociology,

Loyola College of Social Sciences

• Healing Traditions of Mayas from AmazonBasin in Central AmericaTodd Pasek, MD, Director - Center for Healing Across Cultures, Cleveland State University

• Lifestyles and Healing Approaches in Ayurveda

Dr. Surendran Nair, M.D (Ay.), Principal (Rtd)

Ayurveda College, Thiruvananthapuram

• Native Americans and Appalachian Mountain people

Lonnie Helton,Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of social work, Cleveland State University

2.45 pm Technical Session 11

Moderator:

Dr. Usha John, HOD, Dept. of Social Work

Loyola College of Social Sciences

Thiruvananthapuram

• Nature Ecology and Healing -Tribal Medical Lore in KeralaAntony Palackal PhD, Faculty, P.G. Department of Sociology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram

• African Traditions and Healing

Ron Reminic, PhD.

Professor of Anthropology and Fulbright Scholar, U.S.A

• 3.45 P.m. Including session

Moderator:

Mr. Sonny Jose, Faculty, Dept. of Social Work

Loyola College of Social Sciences, TVPM

Where Do we Go From Here

Prof. Murali Nair PhD, Professor & Director, India Studies,

Cleveland State University, Ohio, U.S.A.

Vote of Thanks

Sch. Aneesh Joseph, Co-Coordinator

International symposium, Loyola College, TVPM