DR. BABURAM BHATTARAI, PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL, TO SPEAK AT THE NEW SCHOOL
REVOLUTIONARY LEADER TO ADDRESS "WHAT IS THE RELEVANCE OF MARXISM IN THE 21st CENTURY?"
12:45 P.M., Friday, September 23, 2011, at The New School
Free and open to the public |
| WHAT: |
After emerging from a decade of civil war the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, established in 2008, has earned the world's attention by uniting several Maoist and Marxist political parties to build a government and a nation founded on the principles of democratic representation. The New School's India and China Institute hosts Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, the recently elected Prime Minister of Nepal in discussion of how Marxism is relevant not only to Nepal, but to current global affairs. In addition to Dr. Bhattarai's lecture, the event will also include commentary from distinguished scholars and audience Q&A. |
| WHO: |
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, Prime Minister of Nepal
Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory, The New School for Social Research
Partha Chatterjee, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University
Mary Des Chene, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
Sanjay Reddy, Associate Professor of Economics The New School |
| WHEN: |
12:45 P.M., Friday, September 23, 2011. |
| WHERE: |
The New School's Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor |
| TICKETS: |
Free; no reservations required. Seating is first come, first served. |
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