Abdu'l Baha at Stanford: A Centennial Conference

00:00 Welcome Remarks: Dr. Abbas Milani
08:30 The Baha’i Archives at Stanford: Dr. C. Ryan Perkins
13:36 "Abdu'l Baha’s Journey Across America" by Hamid Mozaffari
PANEL I
25:22 Moderator: Dr. Natalie Jean Marine-Street
30:13 Abbas Milani: “Abdu’l Baha at Stanford: An Archival Inquiry"
31:21 Shane Tedjarati: “Abdu’l Baha at Stanford: An Archival Inquiry"
50:21 Negar Mottahedeh: “Abdu'l Baha's Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity”
1:13:33 Robert H. Stockman: “Abdu’l Baha and Universities in the US and Europe”
1:38:46 Q&A
PANEL II
2:00:50 Moderator: Dr. Kioumars Ghereghlou
2:04:48 Mina Yazdani: “Reflections on “Abdu’l-Baha’s Views on Reform in Persia”
2:26:20 Dominic Parviz Brookshaw: “To Train Mothers and to Promote Eloquence: Abdu’l-Baha and the Education of Women and Girls in Iran”
2:44:39 Richard W. Thomas: “Abdu’l Baha: Pioneer in Anti-racism, Racial Unity, and Cultural Diversity” (via Zoom)
3:10:42 Q&A

In 1912, Abdu’l Baha, son of the founder of the Baha’i Faith and its leader from 1892 to 1921, became one of the first Iranians to visit Stanford University and address the entire student body and faculty. A little more than a century later, this conference revisits and analyzes the important event at Stanford. This event was organized on June 4, 2023.

Dominic Brookshaw, Abbas Milani, Negar Mottahedeh, Robert Stockman, Shane Tedjarati, Richard Thomas, and Mina Yazdani discuss topics including Abdu’l Baha’s views on women's education, anti-racism, peace, modernity, the place of science in social discourse, and the need to engage with universities (some of which were addressed in his talk at Stanford).

• Welcome Remarks: Dr. Abbas Milani
• The Baha’i Archives at Stanford: Dr. C. Ryan Perkins
• "Abdu'l Baha’s Journey Across America" by Hamid Mozaffari

PANEL I
Moderator: Dr. Natalie Jean Marine-Street
• Shane Tedjarati, Abbas Milani: “Abdu’l Baha at Stanford: An Archival Inquiry"
• Negar Mottahedeh: “Abdu'l Baha's Journey West: The Course of Human Solidarity”
• Robert H. Stockman: “Abdu’l Baha and Universities in the US and Europe”

PANEL II
Moderator: Dr. Kioumars Ghereghlou
• Mina Yazdani: “Reflections on “Abdu’l-Baha’s Views on Reform in Persia”
• Dominic Parviz Brookshaw: “To Train Mothers and to Promote Eloquence: Abdu’l-Baha and the Education of Women and Girls in Iran”
• Richard W. Thomas: “Abdu’l Baha: Pioneer in Anti-racism, Racial Unity, and Cultural Diversity” (via Zoom)