Celebrating
the 125th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Visit to the Bay Area!
Vedanta Society Berkeley in
association with the Consulate General of India, San Francisco and in
collaboration with Institute for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
Swami Vivekananda influenced
several scholars in the U.S., Europe, and India in many fields during his
lifetime. As part of the year-long celebrations to mark Swamiji' s visit to the Bay Area in 1900, you are
invited to an engaging academic discussion on Swami Vivekananda on Saturday
Nov. 15th at 3pm at the First Presbyterian church in Berkeley at 2407 Dana
St. Berkeley CA 94704.
Event
includes very eminent speakers from great universities:
Keynote speaker Dr. Ruth Harris, author of the book
Vivekananda: Guru to the World, Oxford University in England
Dr.
Dipesh Chakravorty, the Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor of History,
South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and the College, University of
Chicago
Dr.
Robert Goldman, Professor of the Graduate School and Catherine and William L.
Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Sanskrit Emeritus and author of a
highly authoritative translation of Ramayana, University of California Berkeley
A
panel discussion will feature:
Dr. Rita D Sherma, Graduate
Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Christopher Key Chapple, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Luther Obrock, UC Berkeley, CA
Please register at this
link : Resgistration Link
The event is free and open to
all. Visit https://www.vedantaberkeley.org. Email:
society@vedantaberkeley.org
