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Sarojini Naidu receives Gandhi on the Salt March, Dandi, 1930 Is A Muslim Gandhi Possible? Lecture by professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, York University

Ramin Jahanbegloo is an Iranian and academic who is currently based in Canada. He teaches at the as a professor of political science. In October 2009 Jahanbegloo became the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain for his exten- sive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence. Arranged by Department of History in cooperation with Iranian Federation in Sweden (IRIS).

FREE ADMISSION Time and place: 3/11, 15.00-17.00 Auditorium 11, House F, Södra huset, Frescati

Department of History Stockholms universitet 106 91 Stockholm, Tfn 08-16 20 00 www.historia.su.se Is A Muslim Gandhi Possible?

Lecture by professor Ramin Jahanbegloo, York University Stockholm University, House F, Auditorium 11 15:00–17:00

Ramin Jahanbegloo, born 1956 in , is a well-known Iranian-Canadian philosopher. He received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy, History and Political Science and later his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Sorbonne University. In 1993 he taught at the Academy of Philosophy in Tehran. He has been a researcher at the French Institute for Iranian Studies and a fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at .

Ramin Jahanbegloo taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto from 1997-2001. He later served as the head of the Department of Contemporary Studies of the Cultural Research Centre in Tehran and, in 2006-07, was Rajni Kothari Professor of Democracy at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in , India. In April 2006 Dr. Jahanbegloo was arrested in Tehran Airport charged with preparing a velvet revolution in . He was placed in solitary confinement for four months and released on bail. He is presently a Professor of Political Science and a Research Fellow in the Centre for Ethics at University of Toronto and a board member of PEN Canada.

In October 2009 Jahanbegloo became the winner of the Peace Prize from the United Nations Association in Spain for his extensive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence.

Selected works

–– Talking Politics: Bhikhu Parekhsh in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo, Oxford 2011. –– Talking India: in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo, New Delhi 2006. –– The Spirit of India, New Delhi 2008. –– Penser la Nonviolence, UNESCO 1999. –– Īrān dar Jostojū-ye Modernīteh (Iran in search for modernity), Teheran 2007. –– Taʼmmolāt-e Hegeli (Hegelian meditations), Teheran 2007. –– Ḥākemīyyat va Āzādī (Governance and freedom), Teheran 2004. –– Gandī va Rīsheh hā-ye Falsafī-ye Adam-e Khoshūnat (Gandhi and philosphical roots of nonviolence), Teheran 2000. –– Dar Jostojū-ye Amr-e Qodsī: Goftogū-ye Ramin Jahanbegloo with (In search for the sacred: A conversation with Seyyed Hossein Nasr), Teheran 2008. –– Z̄ ehn-e Zemestānī (Winter mind), Teheran 2009. –– Beyond Violence: Principles for an Open century, London 2009. –– Gandhi: Aux Sources de la Nonviolence, Paris 1998. –– En Toutes Liberties: Entretiens avec Ramin Jahanbegloo, London 2009. –– India Revisited: Cenversations on Contemporary India, Oxford 2007. –– Conversation with , London 1999. –– (ed.), Iran between Tradition and Modernity, Lanham 2004.