Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement: 50 Years Later

 

09:30 to 10:00 – Inaugural Address

Air Marshal (Retd.) Naresh Verma, Director IIC

Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University

 

Panel I: 10:00 to 11:30 – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Democratic Leadership

Speakers: Prof. Sudarshan Ramaswamy, Dean, School of Government and Public Policy, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Constitutionalism; Prof. Dipankar Gupta, sociologist and former Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gandhi and the Liberal Democratic Leadership; and Prof. Kathleen Modrowski, Dean, School of Liberal Arts & Humanities, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Labour and Civil Rights at the Highlander Centre  

 

Moderator: Harsh Sethi, Seminar Magazine

 

Panel II: 12:00 to 13:30 – Martin Luther King and India

Speakers: Prof. Vinod Vyasulu, Professor, Vice-Dean, Jindal Global University – The Relevance of Martin Luther King, Jr. to India; Dr. Nicholas de Zamaroczy, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Jindal Global University – The Impact of King and Gandhi on Contemporary Protest Movements; and Prof. Gowhar Fazili, University of Delhi – Martin Luther King and Kashmir

 

Moderator: Sachin Dhawan, Assistant Professor, Jindal Law School

 

Panel III: 14:30 to 16:30 – Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Ambedkar

Speakers: Prof. Ajay Verma, Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University – Religion as Refuge: Some Reflections on Political Trajectories of Malcolm X and Ambedkar; and Prof. John Robert Clammer, Schools of Liberal Arts & Humanities and Law, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ambedkar: Linkages Across Time and Space; and Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Director MGCP, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and a Re-evaluation of Our Values

 

Moderator: Dr. Mujibur Rehman, Jamia Millia Islamia

 

From 16:30 to 18:00 – Martin Luther King: From Spirituality to Revolution of Values

Speakers: Dr. Tom Cook, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Concept of Evil; Dr. Sean P. Bala, Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Jindal Global University – Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Christian Theological Perspective; and Dr. Hana Umezawa, Associate Professor, Jindal Global University – Washington DC 1963 – Detroit 1943 

 

(Collaboration: Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University)