"Current Conflicts in South Asia and the Middle East: Is there a Gandhian Perspective?""Current Conflicts in South Asia and the Middle East: Is there a Gandhian Perspective?"http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/233242Chase Auditorium2013-04-02T16:30:002013-04-02T18:00:00
April 2, 4:30PM
Chase Auditorium
Rajmohan Gandhi, Research Professor, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Description
Rajmohan Gandhi, a historian, leading public intellectual, and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has been engaged for half a century in reconciliation, democracy, and human rights efforts. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian Parliament), and he is the author of ten books and countless articles, with a focus on the Indian independence movement, non-violence, and Hindu-Muslim relations.
Tea at 4:15PM
Sponsored by the Distinguished Visitors Program, the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship, the Margaret Gest Center and the John B. Hurford'60 Humanities Center's Middle East Islamic Study Working Group and the Haverford College Religion Department.
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