Book launch: Thinking Nonviolence Struggle and Resistance
Book launch of the Professor Ramin Jahanblegoo with a response by Dr Debora Tonelli
Friday 27 September 2024 | 5:30pm to 6:45 pm
St Mary’s College, Senior Common Room
This book launch, open to all the university community, and hosted by Professor Mario I Aguilar, Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, marks the first public engagement in St Andrews of our distinguished Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the School of History, Professor Ramin Jahanblegoo.
He is Professor and Vice-Dean at Jindal Global Law School, India, and Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University, India. A philosopher born in Iran, Professor Ramin has published extensively on issues of nonviolence and has lectured all over the world on this necessity for human freedom.
The event will allow Professor Ramin to outline some of his central tenants, followed by a response from Dr Debora Tonelli of Fondazione Bruno Kessler & Georgetown University, who wrote the Foreword to the book. There will be time for questions and discussion.