Seminar on Isaiah Berlin
 

Opening address: Prof. Kathleen A. Modrowski, Dean, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, O.P. Jindal Global University

Keynote Address: Prof. Ramin Jahanbegloo, Vice Dean, Jindal Global Law School and Director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU)

 

Panel I: 11:30 – 13:00 – From Riga to Oxford: An Intercultural Itinerary

Speakers: Prof. Ramaswamy Sudarshan, Dean Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, JGU; Prof. Bindu Puri, Professor, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof. John Clammer, Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities

 

Panel II: 14:00 to 13:30 – Why Liberty? The Nature of the Political

Speakers: Neera Chandhoke, former Professor of Political Science, University of Delhi; Prof. Denys Leighton, Professor, Ambedkar University; and Dr. R. Krishnaswamy, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Liberal Arts and Humanities, JGU

 

Panel III: 16:00 to 17:00 – Berlin Across Disciplines and Places

Speakers: Dr. Ajay Verma, Associate Professor, Centre for Philosophy, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Dr. Mathew John, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School, JGU; and Dr. Shankar Ramasami, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School

 

Closing Remarks

Shri Ashok Vajpeyi, poet and literary critic

 

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of “Two Concepts of Liberty”

 

(Collaboration: Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities; The Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies; and The Centre for Social and Political Research)