Follow the links to program pages below where you can learn about and register for our upcoming programs. These pages will also contain links to view recordings of past programs.
Current and Past Programs
Michael V. Day, “The Triumph of the Terraces,” July 12, 2 p.m. Eastern
Nabil Fares, “Sacred Norms Across Dispensations: From Extinction to Extension and Distinction, May 17
Vafa Bayat, “What We Are, We Teach,” April 19
Ney Grant, “The Last ‘First Philosophy,’ Part III: The Postmodern Turn,” Sunday, March 15
Ney Grant, “The Last ‘First Philosophy,’ Part II: The Hermeneutic Turn,” Sunday, Feb. 15, 2 p.m. Eastern
Janice Ndegwa, The Africa Plan, 1950-3: A Vital Precursor to the Ten Year Crusade, Jan. 25,
William P. Collins, “Waiting Ends—the Future Is Now: Millennialism and Prophecy in Spiritual Evolution”, Jan. 18
Necati Alkan, “150 Years of The Secret of Divine Civilization, Dec. 14
Paul Hanley, “Adasiyyih: ‘Abdu’l-Baha Pioneers Regenerative Agriculture and Rural Development,” Dec. 7
Anne Perry, Origin and Significance of Green Acre as a Center of Baha’i Learning, Nov. 9
Marco Oliveira, A Baha’i perspective on Aristotle, “the well-known man of knowledge”, Sept. 14
Ney Grant, “Oneness and Time: Temporality and Progress in the Baha’i Writings,” Aug. 24
Marco Oliveira, “A Baha’i Perspective on ‘the Divine Plato’”
Heather Harvey, “Winnifred Harvey and the Beginnings of the Baha’i Faith in Ottawa”
Karen Webb, “Quddus: A Comprehensive English Biography”
Lex Musta, Parallel Paths of Service: The Lives of Corinne True and Coralie Franklin Cook
From the Seed of Love We Sow: A Panel Discussion about Tahirih, Session 2
From the Seed of Love We Sow: A Panel Discussion about Tahirih, Session 1
Moojan Momen, “The Afnan Library: A Resource for Scholars of the Baha’i Faith
Ted Brownstein, “Race Unity in the Torah”
Hoda Mahmoudi, A Faith that Acts: The Story of Susan Moody
Sovaida Maani-Ewing, Why the Role of the Custodians in Piloting the Ark of the Cause is Historically Unprecedented and Offers Lessons for the Future
Violetta Zein, Shoghi Effendi in Africa
Duane Herrmann, The Role of Barbara Ehrsam in Bringing the Bahá’í Faith to Kansas
Hooper Markert, Parallels between the Bhagavad-Gita and the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh
Necati Alkan, A Survey of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Turkish Writings
Necati Alkan, The Babi and Bahá’í Religions in the Ottoman Empire
Peter Terry, The Oneness of Religion
Moojan Momen, The History of the Bahá’í Faith in Britain
Marco Olivera, Socrates: The Most Distinguished of All Philosophers
Brendan McNamara, The Reception of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Britain
A Conversation About Corinne True with Gisu Mohadjer
Harold Rosen, Eye to the Ages: A Baha’i Inspired Philosophy of History
Adib Masumian, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Europe, 1912-13
Mike McMullen, The American Bahá’í Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Why Study History and Philosophy?
Ed Sevcik, Introduction to the U.S. National Baha’i Archives
Future Programs
Ted Brownstein, “Muhammad: Peacemaker,” Sept. 20, 2 p.m. Eastern
Aaron Ferguson, “On the Divine Ipseity (Huwíyyah) in the Bahá’í Writings: Annotated Compilation on the Mystical and Metaphysical Foundations of the ‘Unknowable Essence,’” Nov. 1, 2 p.m. Eastern
Robert Atkinson, “The Baha’i Revelation as a Comprehensive Unitive Vision for Planetary Flourishing,” Nov. 8., 2 p.m. Eastern