Invitation

VICE-CHANCELLOR’S OPEN LECTURE

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, Dr Max Price, invites members of staff, students and the public to attend the Vice-Chancellor’s Open Lecture.

GUEST SPEAKER Professor Rajmohan Gandhi TOPIC “Voyage of Dialogue and Discovery: Peace and Security in the 21st Century” Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Professor Rajmohan Gandhi is a former Member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament and led the Indian delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva in 1990. From 1964 to 1981 he published the weekly journal “Himmat” in Bombay, and from 1985, for two years edited the daily “Indian Express” in Madras (now Chennai). Associated from 1956 with Initiatives of Change (formerly known as Moral Re-Armament), Rajmohan has been engaged for half a century in efforts for trust-building, reconciliation and democracy and in battles against corruption and inequalities. He has written numerous books and has been awarded the prestigious Biennial Award from the Indian History Congress for his biography of his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Indian National Academy of Letters Award for his book on his maternal grandfather, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari. Rajmohan is a Research Professor at the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Illinois, USA. In 2004 he received the International Humanitarian Award (Human Rights) from the City of Champaign. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law from the University of Calgary and an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Obirin University, Tokyo. He serves as a Jury Member of the Nuremberg International Human Rights Award, and Co-chair of the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation, Gurgaon, India. DATE Tuesday 23 March 2010 Time: 18:00 (Guests to be seated by 17:45) Venue: Kramer Lecture Theatre 1, Wilfred and Jules Kramer Law Building, Cross Campus Road, Middle Campus, Rondebosch RSVP: Please note that your attendance at the lecture can only be accommodated if you RSVP by Friday 19 March 2010 to Zukiswa Dlelembe (tel. 021 650 3759, e-mail: [email protected]). PLEASE NOTE: The venue can only accommodate 20656 ayanda mbanga communications (cape) 340 seats. Seating will not be reserved and will be on a first-come first-served basis. www.uct.ac.za

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