Programme

09:00 – 10:00 – Arrival of participants, registration

Moderator – Ms Maria Zybina

10:00 – welcome address by Mr Roman Ambarov, Ambassador of Russia to South Africa

10:05 – welcome address by Mr Prabhat Kumar, High Commissioner of India to South Africa

10:10 – opening remarks by Prof Boitumelo Senokoane, Executive Director, Department of Institutional Advancement, UNISA

10:15 – 12:15 – Speakers

The Correspondence between Tolstoy and Gandhi
Ms Tatiana Zagorodnikova, PhD (online from Moscow)
Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Liberation from Oppression. How Gandhi’s Idea of Nonviolence was Enriched by Tolstoy
Mr Alagan Annamalai (online from New Delhi)
Director: National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi

Leo Tolstoy’s Anti-Colonial Views and Their Influence on Liberation Movements in Africa
Mr Boris Gorelik (online from Moscow)
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Gandhi’s Fight for Emancipation Through Participation in South African War (Anglo-Boer War)
Ms Charlie Naidoo (in person)
Advocate, Researcher, Council Chairperson of Luthuli Museum

The Dialogue of Gandhi and Tolstoy as Reflected in His Personal Library
Ms Galina Alekseeva, PhD (online from Tula)
Academic Director, The Leo Tolstoy National Museum-Estate at Yasnaya Polyana

12:15 – Q&A

12:30 – Closing remarks, refreshments

Organised by:
University of South Africa
Embassy of Russia in South Africa
High Commission of India in South Africa
Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and partners