the Irfan Colloquia
Programs cosponsored by
the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund
and
The Institute for Baha'i Studies
December 1993 - March 1996
write to for the most recent list.
Institute for Baha'i Studies Publications
Irfan Colloquia
1. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993
2. Wilmette, Ill., March 1994
3. Green Acre Baha'i School, October 1994 (Persian)
4. DePoort Baha'i School, Netherlands, November 1994
5. Wilmette, Ill., March 1995
6. Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995
(Persian)
7. Louhelen Baha'i School, September 1995 (Persian)
8. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995
9. Wilmette, Ill., March 1996
Lil Abdo, "An Examination of Androgyny and Sex Specification in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Lil Abdo, "Possible Criticisms of the Baha'i Faith from a Feminist Perspective," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Iraj Ayman, "Biography of Haj Mehdi Arjmand and a General Review of his Works," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Iraj Ayman, "The General Nature of Divine Laws," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Iraj Ayman, "Memorial Funds and Fostering Baha'i Scholarship," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Rama Ayman, "Redefining a Social Contract," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
William Barnes, "Mythoi: Stories of the Origin, Fall, and Redemption of Man: A Study in the Typology of the Holy Books," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Vahid Behmardi, "uqúqu'llah, Zakat, and Khums," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Roman Boha_ek, "European Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Kim Bowers, "The Continuity of Consciousness and Phenomena," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Susan Brill, "Reading With or Against the Book, or the Avoidance of Interpretive Chaos," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Chris Buck, "Sacralizing the Secular: The Proclamatory Aqdas as a Response to Modernity," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Kamran Ekbal, "Daéna-Dén-Din: The Zoroastrian Heritage of the "Maid of Heaven" in the Tablets of Baha'u'llah," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Kamran Ekbal, "The Koranic Roots of Some Legal and Theological Terms in the Kitab-i-Aqdas Regarding Women and Homosexual Relations," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Kamran Ekbal, "Marriage and Divorce Laws in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Kamran Ekbal, "Taqíyyih and Kitman: Reflections on the Practice of Dissimulation in the Babí and Baha'i Religions," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Khazeh Fananapazir, "The Day and Days of God," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Khazeh Fananapazir, "Mírza Abu'l-Fal's Contribution to Baha'i Polemic and Replies to Anti-Baha'i Polemic," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Nabil and Azadeh Fares, "Obedience to Divine Laws: Evolution of the Individual's Perception," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Seena Fazel, "The Inheritance Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Seena Fazel, "Understanding Exclusivist Texts," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Aram Gomez, "The Tree of Peace and the Coming of Baha'u'llah," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Holly Hanson, "Getting to Justice: The Creation of Justice through the Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Richard Harmsen, "Discordant World Views within Baha'i Studies and the Detraction They Encourage," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
John Hatcher, "The Model of Penology in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
John Hatcher, "The Validity and Value of an Historical Critical Approach to the Revealed Word of Baha'u'llah," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Joseph Houseal, "Cultivating a Baha'i Response to Homosexuality," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Jena Khadem Khodadad, "The Question of Exclusivism: A Scientific Perspective," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Benjamin La Framboise, "Understanding the Baha'i Faith through Study of the Christian Faith," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Stephen Lambden, "The Position of Mírza Yaya Núrí Sub-i-Azal (1830-1912): Some Aspects of Azalí Anti-Baha'i Polemic and Baha'i Apologetics," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Stephen Lambden, "Prophecy in the Johannine Farewell Discourse: The Advents of the Paraclete, Amad, and the Comforter (Mu'azzí)," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Stephen Lambden, "Thomas Kelly Cheyne," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Todd Lawson, "The Tafsír Súratu'l-Ar of the Bab," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Tony Lee, "The Kitab-i-Aqdas and the Development of Baha'i Law," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Frank Lewis, "Scripture as Literature: The Writings of Baha'u'llah in their Literary Context," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Craig Loehle, "Baha'i Parables," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Nikoo Mahboubian, "Haj Mehdi Arjmand: My Great Grandfather," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Diana Malouf, "The Kitab-i-Aqdas: Questions of Structure and Style," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Thomas May, "Entombed in a Dead Language: the Saints Raising out of their Graves," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Michael McCarron, "The Resurrection of Divine Wisdom: A Study of the Ontology of Greek Philosophical Theology and Jewish Theology in the Context of Wisdom Revelation and its Realization in the Baha'i Religion," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Sen McGlinn, "Church and State in the World Order of Baha'u'llah," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Sen McGlinn, "Some Considerations Relating to the Inheritance Laws in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Sen McGlinn, "The Theology of Church and State in the Baha'i Order," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Moojan Momen, "The History of Writing and Transmission of the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Moojan Momen, "The Legal Basis of Islamic Opposition to the Baha'i Faith," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Wendi Momen, "Service of Women on the Universal House of Justice," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Vadim Nomokonov, "On the Experience of Taking the Most Holy Book to the Masses Using Structurized Educational Material," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Habib Riazati, "The Relationship Between Content and Context in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Behrooz Sabet, "The New World Order and the Convergence of Religious and Secular Opposition," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Julio Savi, "The Love Relationship Between God and Humanity: A Commentary on Baha'u'llah's Hidden Words," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
Udo Schaefer, "Experiences with Anti-Baha'i Polemic in German-speaking Countries," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Gary Selchert, "The Dream of Uniting the Nations: The Culminating Vision of the Hebrew Bible," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Jeff Simmonds, "The Relationship of the Laws of the Bayan of the Bab to the Laws of the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Fifth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1995.
Robert Stockman, "The Baha'i Faith and Higher Biblical Criticism," First Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1993.
Robert Stockman, "Concepts of Revelation, Interpretation, and Elucidation in the Baha'i Writings," Fourth Irfan Colloquium, DePoort Conference Center, Netherlands, November 1994.
Robert Stockman, "The Limits of Discourse in the Baha'i Community and their Consequences," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Nicola Towfigh, "E. G. Browne's Misconceptions," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Stephen Vaccaro, "The Good Tree: Distinguishing the Baha'i Faith from Destructive Cults," Ninth Irfan Colloquium, Wilmette, March 1996.
Margit Warburg, "Religious Definitions and Religious Polemics: Baha'i in Popular Handbooks of Religion," Eighth Irfan Colloquium, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U.K., December 1995.
Ross Woodman, "The Inner Dimensions of Revelation," Second Irfan Colloqium, Wilmette, March, 1994.
(With Translations of their Abstract Titles)
Muhammad Afnan, "The Laws of the Bayan and Statements Addressed to the People of the Bayan in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Musa Amanat, "Life Story of Haj Mehdi Arjmand and Memories of His Encounters with Opponents of the Faith," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Iraj Ayman, "A Study of `Abdu'l-Baha's Prayers in Persian," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Iraj Ayman, "Biography and Works of Haj Mehdi Arjmand," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Tal'at Bassari, "A Study of Risaliy-i-Siyasíyih (`Abdu'l-Baha's Treatise on Politics)," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Vahid Behmardi, "A Study of the Bab's Sahífiy-i-Baynu'l-aramayn (The Epistle Between the Two Shrines)," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Kamran Ekbal, "Meanings of `Maiden of Heaven' in the Tablet of the Holy Mariner and its Zoroastrian Roots," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Behrooz Jabbari, "Naghamat-i-Irfan (Mystical Poems)," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Moojan Khadem, "A Comparative Study of Seven Valleys and Mantiqu'-ayr," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Giv Khavari, "Some Observations on Muammad's Receiving the Revelation," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Giv Khavari, "Some Notes on the Book of Certitude," Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Rouhullah Khoshbin, "World Government from the Baha'i Point of View," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Rouhullah Khoshbin, "Prerequisites for the Study of the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Ardeshir Lohrasbi, "A Brief Review of the Writings of Mulla usayn," Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Daryoush Maani, "Mystic Themes in the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Amir Houshang Mehrasa, "A Study on the Tablet to a Physician (Law-i-ibb,)" Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Amir Houshang Mehrasa, "A Study on the Law-i-Burhan" Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Rouhullah Modir Masiha'i, "Punishment in the Baha'i Faith," Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Manuchehr Mofidi, "Secrets of Divine Knowledge and Wisdom," Seventh Irfan Colloquium, Louhelen Baha'i School, USA, September 1995.
Badi` Panahi, "An Explanation of the Mystery of the Great Reversal," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Habib Riazati, "The Seven Categories of the Baha'i Sacred Texts and the Kitab-i-Aqdas," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Nader Saiedi, "Crime and Punishment in the Baha'i Faith as Compared with Bakaria's Views," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
Manuchehr Salmanpour, "Meanings of Nar (Fire) in the Baha'i Sacred Texts," Sixth Irfan Colloquium, Center for Baha'i Studies, Acuto, Italy, June 1995.
Ali Tavangar, "Metaphors in the Scriptures and Oneness of the Prophets," Third Irfan Colloquium, Green Acre Baha'i School, USA, October 1994.
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