10.09.2019
ROUND TABLE “MAHATMA GANDHI AND LEO TOLSTOY” DEDICATED TO THE 150TH BIRTHDAY OF MAHATMA GANDHI Venue: September 28, 2019, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Oblast
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
International Centre for South Asian studies
Russian State University for the Humanities
Centre of Indian studies
Embassy of India to the Russian Federation
Leo Tolstoy Museum-Estate "Yasnaya Polyana"
ROUND TABLE “MAHATMA GANDHI AND LEO TOLSTOY” DEDICATED TO THE 150TH BIRTHDAY OF MAHATMA GANDHI
Venue: September 28, 2019, Yasnaya Polyana, Tula Oblast
PROGRAM
07.00 am - meeting at the JNCC Cultural Center
07.30am - departure to Yasnaya Polyana
10.30am - arrival in Yasnaya Polyana
11.00 am- opening of the conference
Welcoming speech of Shri D. Bala Venkatesh Varma, Ambassador of India to the Russian Federation
11.30am - coffee break
11.45am - Key notes speakers
1. Prof. Marietta T. Stepanyants (IF RAS) “Gandhi Tolstoy: Reflections on the General and the Special”
2 . Dr. Tatiana N. Zagorodnikova (IV RAS), Ph.D. “L.N. Tolstoy and M.K. Gandhi. Correspondence”
3. Prof. Sergey D. Serebryaniy (RSUH) “How M.K. Gandhi helps us understand Leo Tolstoy”
12.30 pm - coffee break
12.35 pm - discussion
Panellists:
Dr. Anna Bochkovskaya A.V. (ISAA MSU),
Dr. Natalia Zheleznova (IV RAS)
Dr. Valeriy Kashin (IV RAS)
Dr. Victor Nemchinov (IV RAS)
Dr. Irina Prokofieva (MGIMO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)
Prof. Alexandra Safronova (ISAA MSU)
Prof. Alexander Stolyarov (IV RAS, RSUH) professor
Dr. Guzel Strelkova (ISAA MSU)
Kseniya Lesik (ISAA MSU) post graduate student
Anastasiya Fiveiskaya (HSE) post graduate student
Questions for discussion:
1. Indian tradition as a connecting link of Mahatma Gandhi and Leo Tolstoy
2. Gandhi and Tolstoy: the specifics of the interpretation of non-violence
3. Impact of Leo Tolstoy on Mahatma Gandhi
4. Gandhi, Tolstoy and Ilyin about passive resistance and non-violent cooperation
5. Tagore and Gandhi - Tagore and Tolstoy
6. Dialogue of thinkers and heterotopy of Yasnaya Polyana
7. Communication strategy of Tolstoy and Gandhi
8. The struggle for the independence of India and the formation of historical myths
02 .00 p.m. dinner
03.00 p.m. - excursion
05.30 p.m. - departure to Moscow
Invited guests :
Prof. Androsov Valery Pavlovich (Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Romanova Natalya Gennadievna (Deputy Director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Demchenko Alexander Vladimirovich (Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences),
Prof. Efim Pivovar , President of the Russian State University for the Humanities, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Alexander Bezborodov, Rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities
Dr. Galina Volkova , Head of Art-Design studio, Russian State University for the Humanities
Prof. Pavlenko O.V., Vice-Rector for Science, Russian State University for the Humanities
Tatiana Borisova , curator of undergraduates Art Design, Russian State University for the Humanities
Indira Gazieva I.A., teacher of Hindi, Russian State University for the Humanities
Center for Indian Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS members:
1. Prof Evgeniya Vanina
2. Prof. Irina Glushkova
3. Dr. Alexandra Kozlova
4. Kulik L.V.
5. Dr. Nina Lebedeva
6. Dr Sergey Rabei
7. Dr. Svetlana Sidorova
8. Dr. Alla Shustova
The students' Art exhibition “Mahatma Gandhi and Satyagraha”
Anna Andronova
Darya Bobyl
Olga Vasilyeva
Maria Gorbatyuk
Maria Karpova
Yulia Litvakova
Lucas Mendez Maria Cielo
Natalia Palachar
Elvira Suleimanova,
Veronika Filimonova
Lina Shlain
Invited students and graduate students:
Spector I.B. (ISAA MSU)
Starikova M.N. (ISAA MSU)
Konareva E.S. (MGIMO)
Ivanov M.A. (MGIMO)
Students of RSUH and the Faculty of World Politics of Moscow State University:
1) Danil Babushkin, 4th year student, undergraduate program of the Moscow State University
2) Alan Dzhigkaev, 3rd year student, undergraduate program of the Moscow State University
3) Zlata Antusheva, 4-year student undergraduate of the FMP of Moscow State University
4) Soslan Kokoity, 4-year student undergraduate of the FMP of Moscow State University
5) Arina Novikova, 4-year student of the undergraduate department of history at Moscow State University
6) Alena Plotnikova, 2nd year student, Bachelor of the RSUH
7) Rishabh Sharma, 3rd year student, Bachelor of the Russian State University for the Humanities
8) Kartikeya Parmar, 1st year student, Bachelor of the Russian State University for the Humanities