Moravian University Rabindranath Tagore Distinguished Lecture Series presents:

Lessons I Have Learned from Rabindranath Tagore

Presented by Dr. Martin Kämpchen

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. EDT
Moravian University | Foy Concert Hall
342 Main Street | Bethlehem, PA

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RABINDRANATH TAGORE was a Bengali poet, philosopher, novelist, social reformer, and painter best known for being the first non European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Tagore was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the West and is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of modern India. Rabindranath Tagore lived through the agonies and destruction of the First World War and witnessed the unfolding of the second one. Tagore wrote, spoke, and preached relentlessly against the perils of nationalism and the utmost need to honor human dignity even for the weakest and destitute. His messages for a well-connected global human society are immensely relevant today.

This lecture will consider the breadth of Rabindranath's work, which embodies his vision of freedom that can lead to true liberation for all.
 

"Thou hast brought the distance near and made a brother of the stranger" Gitanjali: Verse 63

Dr. Martin Kämpchen, published his autobiography in 2022, Mein Leben in Indien. Born in Germany and educated in Vienna and Paris, and later in Santiniketan (India), he has lived in India for fifty years. He translated Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry and Sri Ramakrishna’s conversations from Bengali to German. He has been a cultural link between India and Germany through his books, stories and cultural journalism, all of which were published both in Germany and in India. Notably, he has been a regular contributor to the Frankfurter Allgemeine in Germany for 25 years. Near Santiniketan, he has helped to start a school in a Santal tribal village which developed into a hub of cultural activity with the aim to preserve the rich Santal culture..

 

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