Past Lectures

2007-2008 Academic year

Lecturer: Dr. Michael Karlberg.
Subject: Governance, Democracy, and Social Change: A Bahá'í Perspective
Date: 13.03.2008 (16:00 p.m.)
Place: EZRI CENTER FOR IRAN AND PERSIAN GULF STUDIES, The Ezri center Conference Room, floor 23, Haifa University
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Lecturer: Dr. Nazila Ghanea
Subject: Changing Tides: Human Rights, The United Nations & the Baha'is in Iran
Date: 6/11/2007
Place: The Ezri Center Conference Room
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2006-2007 Academic year

Lecturer: Prof. Suheil Badi Bushrui (B.A., Ph.D., L.H.D).
Subject: Globalization: A Baha'i Perspective
Date: 02/01/2007 (12 p.m.)
Place: Senate Room, floor 29, University of Haifa
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Lecturer: Dr. Nalinie Mooten (University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland).
Subject: "The Bahá'í Approach to Cosmopolitan Ideas in International Relations"
Date: 14/11/2006
Place: Rabin Observatory, Rabin Complex, University of Haifa
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2005-2006 Academic year
Lecturer: Prof. Suheil Bushrui (University of Maryland)
Subject:"Globalization: A Baha'i Perspective"
Date: 16/05/2006
Place:Eshkol Tower, Room 2904 (floor 29), 12:15
Lecturer: Dr. Haleh Arbab (Centro Universitario de Bienestar Rural FUNDEAC, Colombia)
Subject: "Development: Participation in the Generation and Application of Knowledge."
Date: 07/03/2006
Place: Rabin Observatory, Rabin Complex, University of Haifa
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Lecturer: Prof. Firuz Kazemzadeh (Emeritus Professor, Yale University)
Subject: "Baha'i History in Western Perspective"
Date: 18 Jan 2006
Place: Eshkol Observatory (30th floor)
Lecturer: Dr. Soli Shahvar (University of Haifa)
Subject: "Baha'i Sources for the Study of Iranian Jewry during the Qajar Period"
Date: 13 Dec 2005
Place: Rabin Observatory
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2004-2005 Academic year
Lecturer: Prof. Firuz Kazemzadeh
Subject: "The Islamic Regime in Iran and the Baha'i Faith"
Date: 11 January 2005
Place: The Observatory, Floor 30, Eshkol Tower
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Lecturer: Dr. Richard Thomas
Subject: "African American Baha'is, Race Relations and the Development of the Baha'i Community in the United States"
Date: 8 March 2005
Place: The Observatory, Floor 30, Eshkol Tower
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Lecturer: Prof. Brian Lepard
Subject: "Integrating Ethics and International Law: A Baha'i Perspective"
Date: 12 April 2005
Place: The Senate Room, Floor 29, Eshkol Tower
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Lecturer: Dr. Ann Boyles, Senior Editor of "The Baha'i World" and Lecturer, Department of English, The University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
Subject: "The Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden: A Baha'i Perspective"
Date: 16 Nov 2004
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2003-2004 Academic year
Lecturer: Dr. Necati Alkan
Subject: Ottoman Reform Movements and the Baha’i Faith
Language: English
Date: 15 Jun 2004
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Lecturer: Prof. Gad Gilbar
Subject: Interest (riba) in Islam and the Baha'i Faith
Language: Hebrew
Date: 20 Jan 2004
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Lecturer: Dr. Moojan Momen
Subject: The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al Din Shah in 1852:
Millennialism and Violence
Language: English
Date: 23 Mar 2004
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Lecturer: Dr. Tiffani Razavi
Subject: A Baha'i Perspective on the Meaning of Work and Values
Language: English
Date: 25 Nov 2003
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Lecturer: Mr. Siyamak Zabihi-Moghaddam
Subject: The Babi-State Conflicts of 1848-1853
Language: English
Date: 23 Dec 2003
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2002-2003 Academic year
Lecturer: Dr. Soli Shahvar
Subject: The State, the Reform Process and the Baha'i Education in Iran, 1897-1934
Date:13 May 2003
Lecturer: Dr. Hoda Mahmoudi
Subject: Constructiveness and Accomplishment in Social Relationships:
The Baha'i Perspective on Altruism
Date: 8 Apr 2003
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Lecturer: Dr. Moojan Momen
Subject: The Concept of 'Light' in Iranian Religion
Date: 25 March 2003
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Lecturer: Dr. Nicola Towfigh
Subject: Apologetics and Interfaith Dialogue from teh Baha'i Perspective - Irreconcilable?
Date: 25 Feb 2003
Lecturer: Dr. Shmuel Burmil
Subject: The Role of the Baha'i Gardents in Haifa in the Urban Landscape and in the Global Garden Tradition
Date: 10 Dec 2002
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Lecturer: Prof. Moshe Sharon
Subject: The Baha'i Faith: The Birth of a New World Religion
Date: 5 Nov 2002
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2001-2002 Academic year
Lecturer: Dr. Soli Shahvar
Subject: Babism, Baha'ism and Economic Enterprise in Nineteenth Century Iran
Date: 4 June 2002
Lecturer: Prof. Gad Gilbar
Subject: Babism, Baha'ism and Economic Enterprise in Nineteenth Century Iran
Date: 21 May 2002
Lecturer: Prof. Yossi Ben Artzi
Subject: The Place of the Baha'is in the Cityscape of haifa: A Historical-Geographical Dimension
Date: 7 May 2002
Lecturer: Dr. Vahid Rafati
Subject: Some Aspects of Shaykhi Thought in Qajar Iran
Date: 12 March 2002
Lecturer: Prof. Nader Saiedi
Subject: The Writings of the Bab
Date: 4 Dec 2001
2000-2001 Academic year
Lecturer: Mr. Albert Lincoln
Subject: The COvenant and the Administrative Order in the Baha'i Religion
Date: 15 May 2001
Lecturer: Dr. Janet Khan
Subject: Equality of Men and Women: A Baha'i Perspective
Date: 13 March 2001
Lecturer: Prof. Moshe Sharon
Subject: Aspects of Babi and Baha'i History and Theology
Date: Jan 2001
Lecturer: Prof. William Hatcher
Subject: Science and Theology in Baha'i Thought
Date: 27 Dec 2000
Lecturer: Prof. Amin Banani
Subject: Historical Origins of the Babi & Baha'i Perspective
Lecturer: Prof. Amin Banani
Subject: A Portrait in Poetry - The Life and Poetry of Qurratu'l-'Ayn
Date: 13 Dec 2000
Lecturer: Prof. Nader Saiedi
Subject: The Liternature of the Baha'i Faith
Date: 29 Nov 2000