| date |
event |
locations |
tags |
see also |
| 1915 19-25 Apr |
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco and the 24th of April was declared International Bahá'í Congress Day. [BW8:797-808]
See PG97-99 for a Tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to James Barr, the director of the Congresses at the Pacific International Exposition, regarding his assistance to the First International Bahá'í Congress. |
San Francisco; United States |
Conferences, Other; International Bahai Congress |
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| 1924 22 Sep - 3 Oct |
The conference `Some Living Religions within the British Empire' was held in London. [BW2:225; ER233; GPB342]
For details of the planning of the conference and its outcome see ER231-5.
For Shoghi Effendi's attitude to the conference see UD17, 19, 21-2, 245.
Two papers about the Bahá'í Faith were read at the conference, one by Horace Holley read by Mountfort Mills and the other by Rúhí Afnán. [BW2:225; ER232-3; SBR73]
For texts of the papers see BW2:227-42.
Note that a paper was delivered by Richard St. Barbe Baker. As a result of attending the conference he met a Bahá'í and dedicated the rest of his life in service to the Cause. [Bahá'í Chronicles] |
London; United Kingdom |
Conferences, Other; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Ruhi Afnan; Afnan; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Interfaith dialogue |
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| 1926 2 and 4 Aug |
Two Bahá’í Esperanto conventions were held in conjunction with the Eighteenth Universal Esperanto Congress in Scotland. [BW2:266] |
Scotland; United Kingdom |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; Esperanto |
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| 1972 (In the year) |
The first Bahá’í studies seminar was held in London. For an account of the development of these seminars see BW18:204 and BW19:368. |
London; United Kingdom |
Bahai studies; Firsts, Other; Conferences, Other |
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| 1977 16 – 17 Apr |
The first annual Bahá’í Studies Seminar supported by the Departments of Religious Studies and of Sociology at the University of Lancaster, England, took place. [BW18:204] |
Lancaster; United Kingdom |
Bahai Studies, Associations for; Firsts, Other; Bahai studies; Conferences, Other |
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| 1977 15 Dec |
The Hemispheric Bahá’í Radio and Television Conference was held in Panama, with 125 participants from 24 countries. [BW17:219; Mess63-86] |
Panama |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; Bahai radio; Television; Media |
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| 1982 9 – 12 Apr |
The first Conference on Bahá’í Scholarship to be held in Australia took place at Yerrinbool Bahá’í School in New South Wales. [BW18:202-203] |
New South Wales; Australia |
Conferences, Other; Conferences; Bahai studies; First conferences |
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| 1983 5 – 7 Aug |
The first Los Angeles Bahá’í History Conference was held at the University of California at Los Angeles. [BW19:369–70] |
Los Angeles; United States |
Bahai history; Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; Conferences; First conferences |
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| 1985 Sep |
The first Bahá’í Studies conference in Hawaii took place at the national Bahá’í centre. [BW19:360] |
Hawaii |
Bahai Studies; Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; First conferences |
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| 1988 24 – 25 Sep |
The first annual Bahá’í Studies Conference of Spain was held in Barcelona. [BINS192:5] |
Barcelona; Spain |
Bahai Studies; Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other; First conferences |
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| 1990 31 Mar 31 – 1 Apr |
The first Bahá'í International Chinese Symposium was held in San Francisco, California; it was attended by 362 Bahá'ís from eight countries. [BINS222:6] |
San Francisco; California; United States |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, International; Conferences, Other; First conferences; China |
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| 1990 Sep |
Eighty leaders of thought from around the world gathered at Landegg Academy for the first International Dialogue on the Transition to a Global Society. The event was co-sponsored by the University of Maryland, the Vienna Academy for the Study of the Future and the Landegg Academy. [VV109]
For documentation on the proceedings see UNESCO Documents and Publications.
A second international dialogue took place in 1991 and a third in 1992. [VV109]
|
Landegg; Switzerland |
University of Maryland; Bahai Chair for World Peace; Vienna Academy; Landegg academy; Universities; Firsts, Other; Conferences, Other |
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| 1992 2 – 5 Jan |
The first European Conference on Bahá'í Activities in Universities was held in Brno, Czechoslovakia. [BINS263:2]
BINS290:2 gives a second report of this event, incorrectly implying it was held in January 1993. |
Brno; Czechoslovakia; Europe |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, International; Conferences, Other; Universities |
Find ref |
| 1992 3 – 6 Feb |
The Association of Bahá'í Publishers and Distributors was established at a Bahá'í Publishers' Conference in Oakham, England, with its headquarters in the Netherlands. [BINS273:4-5; VV71] |
Oakham; United Kingdom; Netherlands |
Publishing Trusts; Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Other |
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| 1992 4 – 5 Apr |
The first Children's Festival and Family Conference of Turkey was held in Cankaya, Ankara. [BINS269:5–6] |
Cankaya; Ankara; Turkey |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Children; Conferences, Other; First Conferences |
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| 2000 17 - 21 Dec |
The first International Conference on Modern Religions and Religious Movements in Judaism Christianity and Islam and the Bábí-Bahá’í Faiths was held in Jerusalem with about 90 persons in attendance. [BWNS84] |
Jerusalem; Israel |
Conferences, Other; Interfaith dialogue; Judaism; Christianity; Islam; Firsts, Other; BWNS |
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