Dear Friends:

SymposiuM program

Cultural and Historical perspective of Zoroastrian Faith

Sunday March 29 2009  9am- 6pm

at  MEHRABAN GUIV DARBE MEHR, 3590 BAYVIEW AVE. NORTH YORK, ON

8:30 AM

Open Registration

 9:30-10:00 AM

                ZSO:            Kevin Mancherjee

   WZO:           Keki Bhote

      FEZANA:     Firdosh Mehta

FEZANA Khorshed Jungalwala lecture

 10:00-11:00 AM

Session Chair – Ervad Dr. Jehan Bagli

Speaker: Prof. Oktor Skjaervo

Zoroastrian Literature as a Part of the Cultural Heritage of

Modern Zoroastrians

11:00-11:30 am

*  Coffee Break  *

11:30-12:30  PM

Session Chair –Mr. Daraius Bharucha

Speaker: Prof. Jenny Rose

Keepers of the Flame: The Early Zoroastrians of Central Asia

12:30-2:00 PM

*  LUNCH  *

2:00-:3:00 PM

Session Chair – Mr. Fredy Mirza

Speaker: Prof. Maria Subtelny

The Water of Omniscience and the Milk of Knowledge:

Zoroastrian Elements in the Apocalypse of Muhammad

3:00-3:30 PM

*  Tea BREAK  *

   3:30-4:30 PM

Session Chair- Mr Kerman Katrak

Speaker: Prof. Jamsheed Choksy

How a Minority Adapts: Zoroastrians in Ceylon/Sri Lanka

from Antiquity to the Present.

4:30-5:30 PM

Session Chair- Ervad Dr. Jehan Bagli

Open Forum

with

Panel of speakers

Mr. Sam Vesuna

Closing Remarks

 Courtesy : Behram Pastakia