Please join UCI Religious Studies for a guest lecture with Dr. Aishwary Kumar, exploring distinctions in the approach to nonviolence from two leading figures in India's fight for independence from the British: M.K. Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar.
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025 / 2:00-3:20 Humanities Instructional Building 135 (Closest parking is UCI Lot 7; use the Pay-by-Plate cell phone service posted in the Lot)
*This is an in-person event with a Zoom online option. For those who would like to join by Zoom, please register here.
Description: Going beyond a simple contrast or antagonism, Kumar explores how their ideas of equality, democracy, nonviolence, religion, and political force both intersect, diverge, and illuminate each other. The project is to recover a richer and more radical notion of equality—one that involves risk, struggle, ethical difficulty, and not just institutional reform.
Dr. Aishwary Kumar is Professor of History and of American Institutions, as well as Director of The Democracy Institute at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
This talk is hosted by
Shri Parshvanath Presidential Chair in Jain Studies
Co-sponsored by: