Annual Mahatma Gandhi Birthday Lecture
If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We can ignore Gandhi at our own risk.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Past Lectures
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 6-7:30 p.m.
The 2023 Gandhi Birthday Lecture was delivered by Dr. Balaganapathi Devarakonda, ICCR Chair of Indology at the University of the West Indies and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delhi. The lecture was titled Gandhi’s Concept of Self-Reliance.
Monday, October 3, 2022 | 6-7:30 p.m.
This year's program will be held via Zoom and feature Dr. Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Indiana University Bloomington. Dr. Ganguly is a Miami alumni, earning his M.A. in Political Science in 1978.
Professor Ganguly holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. For more on his publications and honors, please see .
The talk will include time for questions and answers with the audience.
Hosted by the Center for American and World Cultures in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Annual Birthday Lecture Advisory Committee.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 | 6 PM
This year's program will be held via Zoom and feature Professor Vinay Lal. Dr. Lal is a historian of India and is currently a Professor of History & Asian American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The talk will include time for questions and answers with the audience.
Hosted by the Center for American and World Cultures in collaboration with the Mahatma Gandhi Annual Birthday Lecture Advisory Committee.
Friday, October 16, 2020 | 6 PM
Rev James Morris Lawson Jr. is a Gandhian and a colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr who called him as “the leading theorist of nonviolence in the world.” He is a tactician of non-violence in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. At age 93 he continues to be active to confront various forms of injustices. The presentation will include a short lecture by Rev. Lawson.
Presenter: Veena Howard
Department of Philosophy
California State University, Fresno
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