Influential historian to give talk at ASU
<p>Ramachandra Guha, named one of the 100 most influential public intellectuals in the world by <em>Foreign Policy</em> magazine, will give two free lectures on back-to-back evenings this month in Armstrong Hall’s Great Hall on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University.</p><separator></separator><p>The first lecture, at 7:30 p.m. April 19, is titled “Wilderness and Democracy.” The second, at 7:30 p.m. April 20, is titled “India After Gandhi: Non-violence and Violence in the World’s Largest Democracy.”</p><separator></separator><p>Both lectures are sponsored by ASU's <a href="http://www.csrc.asu.edu/" target="_blank">Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict.</a></p><separator></separator><p>Guha is widely recognized as a leading authority on the global dimensions of the environmental movement. His books include “The Use and Abuse of Nature” (2005) and “How Much Should a Person Consume? Environmentalism in India and the United States” (2006).</p><separator></separator><p>He also is known as a historian, political observer, biographer, journalist – and a leading historian of the game of cricket. His books in this area include “Savaging the Civilized” (2009), “India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy” (2007-08) and “The Last Liberal” (2004).</p><separator></separator><p>Guha has been profiled in the <em>Wall Street Journal </em>for his work on the dynamics of Hindu-Muslim relations in India. He is based in Bangalore and is currently working on a two-volume biography of Gandhi.<br /><br />For more information about the lectures, call (480) 727-6736 or go to <a href="http://www.asu.eldu/csrc" target="_blank">www.asu.eldu/csrc</a>.<br /><br />The lectures also are sponsored by the Institute for Humanities Research, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, School of Community Resources & Development and the Global Institute of Sustainability.</p>