A Brief Biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

02.10.2014 17:30 - 20:00

Exhibition on the Occasion of the International Day of Non-Violence

Exhibition Opening Program

17:30 | Welcome and Introduction by Prof. Karin Preisendanz, Department for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna

17:40 | Address by Prof. Melanie Malzahn, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna

17:45 | Speech by H.E. Rajiva Misra, Ambassador of India to Austria

18:00 | Lecture by Prof. Martin Gaenszle, Department for South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna: "The Topicality of Gandhi: Recent Reinterpretations"

18:15 | Opening of the exhibition “A Brief Biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)” by H.E. Ambassador Rajiva Misra

Refreshments will be served after the event

Organiser:
ISTB & Indische Botschaft Wien
Location:
Hörsaal A, Universitätscampus, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.2, 1090 Wien