Posted by Jonah (64.114.149.212) on September 10, 2003 at 21:28:40:

Dear friends,

The Irfan Colloquia is pleased to announce the list of presenters and topics at the upcoming 50th (Persian) and 51st (English) Colloquia, which will be held at Louhelen Baha'i School. See more details below, or click on any of the URLs given . Thank you, we hope to see you there!

-Jonah Winters, on behalf of the Irfan Colloquium

INFO, from irfancolloquia.org/getdata.php?id=51&item=Info

Irfán Colloquium and Seminar provide special opportunities for gaining deeper and systematic knowledge of the sacred Writings and the fundamental principles of the Baha'i beliefs. It will be held at Louhelen Baha'i School in Michigan from 10 to 13 October, 2003. Presentations at the seminar include the Book of Bayan, Commentary on Suriy-i Val-Asr; and Sermon at Jeddah from the Writings of the Báb, Tablet of Universe ( Aflakiyyih ), a Tablet Addressed to Abu'l-Fadl Gulpayigani in relation to the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, Commentary on Hadith-i-Kuntu-Kanz, and Image of Christ in the Writings of Abdu'l-Bahá, as well as “Historical Background of Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of Qina”; “The Concept and Significance of ‘Manifestation' in the Writings of the Báb”; "Strong Readers of Sacred Texts: Explorations of a Babi-Baha'i Semiotics."; “Models and Idols: Towards a New Philosophy of Community of Mind”, and “An early Shayhki Reaction to the Claims of the Báb: Refutation of the Qayyumu'l-Asmá in Izháqu'l-Batil.”

Presentations will be made by Dr. Muhammad Afnan, Dr. Muin Afnani, Maryam Afshar, Vahid Brown, Shahbaz Fatheazam, Mona Iman, Moojan Khadem, Stephen Lambden, William McCants, Sholeh Quinn and Habib Riazati.

All those attending the sessions of the Colloquium and Seminar are respectfully required to pay a registration fee of $40.00 and receive the package of publications and documents for personal study and reference.

For registration and reservation please contact:

Louhelen Baha'i School
3208 South State Road
Davison, MI 48423-8603
Tel: 810-653-5033
Fax: 810-653-7181
E-Mail: LOUHELEN@usbnc.org

ENGLISH PROGRAM, from irfancolloquia.org/getdata.php?id=51&item=Program

Afnan, Muhammad
Book of Bayan (Panel)
Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of Universe)

Afnani, Muin
Book of Bayan (Panel)
Kuntu Kanz (Panel)

Afshar, Maryam
The Image of Christ in the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha

Brown Vahid
The Bab's Commentary on Surah Val-Asr

Fatheazam, Shahbaz
Modela and Idols: Towards a New Philosophy of Community of Mind

Iman. Mona
Abdu'l-Baha's Tablet addressed to Abul-Fadl Gulpayegani in relation to the ascension of Baha'u'llah

Khadem, Moujan
Kuntu Kanz (Panel)

Lambden, Stephen
The Bab's Sermon at Jeddah

McCants, William
Strong Readers of Sacred Texts: Explorations of a Babi-Baha'I Semiotics

Quinn, Sholeh
An Early Shaykhi Reaction to the Claims of the Bab: Refutation of Qayyumu'l-Asma in Izhaqu'l-Batil

Riazati, Habib,
Book of Bayan (Panel)
The Concept and Significance of “Manifestation” in the Writings of the Bab

PERSIAN INFO: see irfancolloquia.org/getdata.php?id=50&item=Info

PERSIAN PROGRAM, from irfancolloquia.org/getdata.php?id=50&item=Program

Afnan, Muhammad
Book of Bayan (Panel)
Lawh-i-Aflakiyyih (Tablet of Universe)

Afnan, Mehry
The Bab's Sahifihy-i-Adliyyih

Afnani, Muin
Book of Bayan (Panel)
Kuntu Kanz (Panel)

Erfanian, Sadegh
Interpretation of the Day of God and Laqau'llah and the Question of Ru'yat in the Baha'i Literature

Fatheazam, Houshmand
An overview of the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha
Creation of a New Race of Man by the Creative Word of God

Jabbari, Farhang
Tablets of Divine Plan as the Source and Charter of Teaching Plans

Khadem, Moujan,
Abdu'l-Baha's Commentaryon Kuntu Kanz (Panel)

Riazati, Habib
Book of Bayan (Panel)
Mazhariyyat in the Writings of the Bab

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