The Bonfire of 1908: Passive Resistance Then and
Now
A Colloquium: University of the Witwatersrand, Aug
18
Venue: Wits Club, East Campus
Preliminary Programme
9.00-9.30: - Presentation of Winning Essay in School
Competition
9.30-10.30: - Keynote Address
Dr PK Datta (Delhi University)
Gandhi and Gandhigiri: The Popular After Life of
Gandhian Movements in Contemporary India
10.30-11.00 - TEA
11.00-11.30 - Prof Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie (UWC)
Satyagraha: Principles and Practice
11.30-12.00 - Dr Robert Muponde (Wits)
Chenjerai Hove: Contemporary Avatars of Mugabe and
Gandhi
12.00-12.30 - Prof Rehana Ebr-Vally (UP)
To be announced
12.30-13.00 - Prof Ari Sitas (UKZN)
The Ethic of Reconciliation - the Neo-Gandhians of
the Now
13.00-13.30 - LUNCH
13.30-14.00 - Prof Crain Soudien (UCT)
Renaissances, African and Modern: Gandhi as a
Resource
14.00-14.30 - Prof Goolam Vahed (UKZN)
Monty Naicker and the dilemma of Non-Violent
Resistance
14.30-15.00 - Prof Raymond Suttner (UNISA)
Periodisation, Cultural Construction and
Representation of African National Congress [ANC]
Masculinities through Dress, Gesture and Indian
Nationalist Influences
15.00-15.15 - Dr Kantilal Naik (Wits)
Poster Presentation: Gandhi’s Philosophy: Relevant
for a New South Africa
15.15-15.45 - TEA
18h00 - Prof Kader Asmal
Public Lecture: Passive Resistance Then and Now
Venue: Constitutional Court
Please RSVP (for catering purposes) to Beatrice Abel
(babel@the-edge.org.za), 011-339-1757. For further
details contact Isabel Hofmeyr (Isabel.hofmeyr@wits.ac.za),
011-717-4140/2.
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