BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Date iCal//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:calendar.387761.field_event_date.0@www.wright.edu DTSTAMP:20260219T134719Z CREATED:20200221T161959Z DESCRIPTION:This event has been canceled. This lecture is part of the Rising Nationalisms\, Fading Minorities: Reflections on the Promis es of Secularism for India and the World event.  This two-day event will f eature a lecture\, public conversation\, and a visual exhibit on the quest ion of secularism in India and its impact on the world\, particularly in t he Euro-American public sphere. Featuring distinguished speaker and acknow ledged expert on secularism in India Prof. Rajeev Bhargava (Center for the Study of Developing Societies\, Delhi) and ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Colleg e of Liberal Arts faculty members\, the event intends to foreground the re cent political developments in India that continue to marginalize its reli gious minorities. In a world where many countries have difficulties accept ing migrants and refugees\, this event seeks to highlight the peculiar and critical global moment of crisis that today faces all nations: namely\, h ow to accommodate differences in a world that is increasingly moving towar d homogeneity of thought\, practices\, institutions\, and politics. This t wo-day event also examines resources we could call upon to address our fun damental question of how best to live together. Could ancient political th ought from one of our oldest civilizations provide an answer? \n\nRajeev B hargava is Professor at CSDS\, Delhi and currently\, Director of the cente r's Institute of Indian Thought. He was also the Centre's Director (2007-2 014).  He has been a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies\, Jawah arlal Nehru University\, New Delhi\, and between 2001 and 2005 was Head\, Department of Political Science\, University of Delhi.  He is a Professori al Fellow\, ACU\, Sydney\, and an Honorary Fellow\, Balliol College\, Oxfo rd. \n\nBhargava did his BA in economics from the University of Delhi\, an d MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University. He has been a Fellow at Harvard University\, University of Bristol\, Institute of Advanced Studies\, Jerus alem\, Wissenschaftskolleg\, Berlin\, and the Institute for Human Sciences \, Vienna. He has also been Distinguished Resident Scholar\, Institute for Religion\, Culture and Public Life\, Columbia University\, and Asia Chair at Sciences Po\, Paris. He has been a Berggruen Fellow at CASBS\, Stanfor d\, 2015 and Tsinghua University\, Beijing\, 2016 and the NYU\, 2017. Bhar gava has held visiting professorships at several universities. \n\nBhargav a’s publications include Individualism in Social Science (1992)\, What is Political Theory and Why Do We Need It? (2010)\, and The Promise of India’ s Secular Democracy (2010). His edited works are Secularism and Its Critic s (1998) and Politics and Ethics of the Indian Constitution (2008). His wo rk on secularism and methodological individualism is internationally accla imed. He is currently working on religious and philosophical pluralism in ancient Indian Thought. \n\nBhargava is on the advisory board of several n ational and international institutions and was a consultant for the UNDP r eport on cultural liberty.\n\nThis event is free and open to the public.   This event is made possible due to the generous support of ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Un iversity's Office of Latinx\, Asian\, and Native American Affairs\, Collab orative Education\, Leadership\, and Innovation in the Arts\, School of Pu blic and International Affairs\, and University's Honors Program.\n\n \n\n  \n\n \nEvent Webpage: https://wright.edu/lana DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20210115T011128Z LOCATION:E163 Student Union SUMMARY:Churches\, Temples\, Mosques: How should secular states deal with r eligious diversity? presented by Dr. Rajeev Bhargava URL;TYPE=URI:/events/churches-temples-mosques-how-sho uld-secular-states-deal-religious-diversity-presented-dr END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR