World Zoroastrian Organization Seminar June 1, 2008

Short notice - I only just received it in email today. WZO’s 2008 Seminar on Zoroastrian Religion, History and Culture Held in association with the World Zarathushtrian Trust Fund Sunday 01.06.2008 - 10.00 - 16.00 Venue: Gulbenkian Room The International Students House, 229 Gt. Portland Street, London W1N 5HD (nearest Underground station: Gt. Portland Street) Sunday 1st June 2008 10.00 - Registration and coffee 10.25 - Welcome and opening address by Darayus S Motivala, President of WZO 10.30 - Morning Session commences 13:00 - Break for Lunch 14.15 - Afternoon Session commences 15:30 - Q & A with the panel of today’s speakers chaired by Ms Shahin Bekhradnia. 16:00 - Closing address by Ms Soonu Engineer. Speaker: Shapour Suren Pahlav Chairperson: Mr Noshir Umrigar “The conversion of Zoroastrian Shrines and Temples in Iran to Islamic Ones” Speaker: Prof Stanley Insler Chairperson: Mr Farrokh Vajifdar "Zarathustra: The Man and the Message" Speakers: Prof Kejia Yan (China) & Dr Takeshi Aoki (Japan) Chairperson: Ms Shahin Bekhradnia “Zoroastrians and the Sassanian Royal Family in the Tang China (618-907)” Please reserve your place by telephoning Mr Darayus S Motivala on +44 (0) 1844 352 887 or email: darayus ‘at’ motivala.uk