A meeting that marks the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birth, analysing the impact of his actions and thinkings and the importance of this memory in today’s politics.

Gandhi, then and now: on the 150th anniversary of his birth

IHC, CHAM – Centro de Humanidades, and the Mário Soares Foundation joined to mark the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth, last October. Besides highlighting Gandhi’s role as an unavoidable figure in India’s independence process, this meeting will try to analyse his actions and thinking impacts on colonial Portugal, as well as debate the importance of his memory in today’s politics.

Programme

16h00 | Daniel Melo (CHAM – NOVA FCSH)

The reception of Gandhi’s work and legacy in the 20th century colonial Portugal

Sandra Ataíde Lobo (CHAM – NOVA FCSH) – comments

16h45 | Ritu Gairola Khanduri (University of Texas at Arlington)

Statues of liberty: Gandhi, memory and public politics today

Paulo Jorge Fernandes (IHC – NOVA FCSH) – comments

18h00 | Debate

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Imagem: “Gandhi Memorial”, de Steve Fernie (Licença CC BY-NC 2.0)