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“The Arc of History and the Fate of Nations: Do People Have a Role”? By Professor Rajmohan Gandhi for the University’s Centre of Islamic Finance & Hume on Thursday 26th November 2020 @ 3 pm (BST)

November 26, 2020 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

“The Arc of History and the Fate of Nations: Do People Have a Role”? By Professor Rajmohan Gandhi for the University’s Centre of Islamic Finance & Hume on Thursday 26th November 2020 @ 3 pm (BST)

Professor Rajmohan Gandhi is an Indian historian and research professor at the Centre for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Illinois.

In December 2017, he served as President, Contemporary History, at the 78th session of the Indian History Congress, held in Kolkata.

He is a biographer of his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi

 

Itinerary
3.00pm – Opening Remarks by Provost Dr Zubair Hanslot on behalf of the Centre for Islamic Finance, University
of Bolton 3.05pm – Introduction by Mr Peter Riddell, Initiatives of Change
3.10pm – Professor Rajmohan Gandhi – The Arc of History and the Fate of Nations: Do People Have a Role?
3.40pm – Panellist Discussion and Q & A:
Led by Professor Mohammed Abdel-Haq, Director, Centre for Islamic Finance and Assistant Vice Chancellor for
Postgraduate Developments, University of Bolton;
Dr Kondal Reddy Kandadi, The Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Bolton;
Professor Peter Kawalek, Academic Director, Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies, Lausanne, Switzerland
4.00pm – Vote of Thanks and Closing Remarks – Professor George E Holmes DL, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Bolton
Speaker
Professor Rajmohan Gandhi is an Indian historian and research
professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern
Studies, University of Illinois.
In December 2017, he served as President, Contemporary
History, at the 78th session of the Indian History Congress, held
in Kolkata.
He is a biographer of his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi
Webinar “The Arc of History and the Fate of Nations: Do People Have a Role”? By Professor Rajmohan Gandhi
for the University’s Centre for Islamic Finance, to be held on Thursday 26th of November 2020 at 3pm
To attend the webinar, please write to Ms Sharon Sturgess
[email protected]

Details

Date:
November 26, 2020
Time:
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Organisers

Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies
The Centre for Islamic Finance at the University of Bolton