Immanuel Wallerstein Lecture 2026 to be held on March 26

The Inter-University Centre for Social Science Research and Extension (IUCSSRE), Mahatma Gandhi University is organising the Immanuel Wallerstein Lecture 2026 connected Thursday (March 26).

Ravi Arvind Palat, Emeritus Professor successful the Department of Sociology astatine Binghamton University (State University of New York) and a long-time workfellow of Immanuel Wallerstein, volition present the keynote address. The lecture, titled ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes: Delusions of Imperialism successful the Twenty-First Century,’ volition research modern shifts successful planetary powerfulness structures. Michael Tharakan, erstwhile Vice-Chancellor and Chairman of the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR), volition preside implicit the session.