Organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and supported by the Embassy of India
Seminar, "Civilization Dialogue: Hinduism and the World"
Organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and supported by the Embassy of India
Closed.
We would like to thank all those who made seminar a success.
The following papers were handled pit at the seminar, and available here in PDF format (Updated, 11 March)
Organized by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and supported by the Embassy of India
Date: March 5th, 2003 (Wednesday) 10:00 ? 17:00
Venue: Conference Room of Nippon Foundation Bldg. 2F,
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo (No parking area!)
Moderator:
- Dr. Daisaburo Hashizume,
Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Lecturer:
- Ambassador Kishan Rana,
Professor Emeritus, the Foreign Service Institute
- Dr. Kamla Chowdhry,
Board Member, Vikram Srabhai Foundation
- Dr. Yasuaki Nara,
Professor Emeritus, Komazawa University
- Dr. Nobuko Nagasaki,
Professor, Ryukoku University
- Dr. Kenichi Matsumoto,
Professor, Reitaku University
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation organized three seminars of Civilization Dialogue last year, the first "Hinduism and the World (I)" on July 12th, the second "Dialogue with Islamic World after September 11th" on September 20th and the third "Hinduism and the World (II)" on November 22nd.
Now we present the fourth seminar "Hinduism and the World (III)" that is composed of three sessions, "Gandhi's Thought in Indian Civilization", "Modernization of Japan and Indian Civilization" and "Dialogue between Japan and India", with inviting the above lecturers.
In this seminar we would like to investigate Gandhi and Modernization mainly through the aspects of Gandhi's thought and his influence to Indian arts and crafts of diplomacy.
For the purpose, we cordially invite you to attend our seminar.
Program
- Date:
- March 5th, 2003 (Wednesday) 10:00~17:00
- Venue:
- Conference Room of Nippon Foundation Bldg. 2F,
1-2-2 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo (No parking area!)
- Moderator:
- Dr. Daisaburo Hashizume (Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
10:00 | Opening Remarks: His Excellency Dr. Aftab Seth (Ambassador, Embassy of India) |
Part1 : Gandhi's Thought in Indian Civilization
10:15 | "Indian Foreign Policy-A Mirror for Its Heritage and Civilization"
Lecturer: Ambassador Kishan Rana
(Professor Emeritus, the Foreign Service Institute) |
10:45 | "Gandhi's Thought and Its Relevance for Contemporary Environmental Issue"
Lecturer: Dr. Kamla Chowdhry
(Board Member, Vikram Sarabhai Foundation) |
11:15 | Coffee Break |
11:30 | Discussion by Lecturers |
12:15 | Lunch Break |
Part2 : Modernization of Japan and Indian Civilization
13:15 | "Chandra Bose's 'Indian National Army' and Mahatma Gandhi's 'Cotton Spindle'"
Lecturer: Dr. Kenichi Matsumoto
(Professor, Reitaku University) |
13:45 | "Mahatma Gandhi and Civilization Dialogue"
Lecturer: Dr. Nobuko Nagasaki
(Professor, Ryukoku University) |
14:15 | Discussion by Lecturers |
15:00 | Coffee Break |
Part3 : Dialogue between Japan and India
15:15 | "Mahatma Gandhi watched by Japanese Buddhists: For the Dialogue between Hinduism and Buddhism"
Lecture: Dr. Yasuaki Nara
(Professor Emeritus, Komazawa University) |
15:45 | Discussion, Q & A |
16:45 | Closing Remarks :
Mr. Akira Iriyama (President, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation) |
Closed.