Highlights from the public lecture on The Rashtra is Online: How Digital Devotional Networks Aid the Global Reach of Hindu Nationalism.

Public Lecture on Digital Devotional Networks and the Global Reach of Hindu Nationalism

The College of Humanities and the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics hosted a public lecture on The Rashtra is Online: How Digital Devotional Networks Aid the Global Reach of Hindu Nationalism. The lecture was delivered by visiting scholar Professor Dheepa Sundaram, assistant professor of Hindu Studies at the University of Denver, US. Her research

From left to right: Prof Jannie Smit, who organised the Lecture; Prof Kalpana Hiralal, academic respondent; Prof Judith Brown; Prof Nhlanhla Mkhize, incoming Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Humanities; and Dr Ela Gandhi, Gandhi Development Trust Founding Chair.

UKZN-ASRA Host Mahatma Gandhi Lecture

The Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa (ASRSA) recently hosted the Gandhi Memorial Lecture at Howard College campus, during its annual congress. It was one of the most informative and intellectually enriching items on their programme for this year. The Memorial Lecture was delivered on 15 August 2018 by world-renowned Gandhi scholar,