FRIDAY 16 TO 17 
 

Henry David Thoreau: A Transcendentalist

The year 2017 marks the bi-centenary of the birth of Henry David Thoreau (12 July 1817) whose writings ? especially his essay on civil disobedience ? changed the course of history through its powerful advocacy of passive resistance, a form of nonviolent protest later adopted in India by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, in the USA by Martin Luther King, and in South Africa by Nelson Mandela, among other national leaders.  

 

Thus, quite apart from Thoreau’s international reputation as a writer, India is indebted to him for his profound influence on Gandhi, resulting in the freedom movement led by him.

 

To commemorate the bi-centenary, India International Centre in collaboration with Bharti College, University of Delhi is organising the three day event on “ Thoreau and the Transcendentalists: Their  Philosophy and Related Concerns” from 15th to 17th March 2018. The programme will be launched on 15th March 2018 at Bharti College with a series of discussions by eminent experts. The following programmes will be presented at the Centre.

 

16 March 2018 at 18:30 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex

Plenary Session 

Speakers: Prof. Robert Brady Cochran II, Department of English, University of Arkansas; and Dr. Subarno Chattarji, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi