Dr. Farhad Daftary,Institute of Ismaili Studies (London)

6:00 pm, Thursday, November 4, 2004

Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Room 1900
Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver

This lecture is free and open to the public.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. To
reserve, call 778-782-5100 or email cs_hc@sfu.ca.

Sponsored by the SFU Department of History

Dr. Farhad Daftary is the Director of Academic Research and Publications at London’s prestigious Institute of Ismaili Studies. The foremost authority on the pre-modern history of Persian Ismailism, he serves as editor of the Ismaili Heritage Series, the Ismaili Texts and Translations Series, and Consulting Editor of the Encyclopaedia Iranica. His publications include The Ismailis: Their History and Doctrines (Cambridge University Press, 1990), The Assassin Legends: Myths of the Ismailis (Cambridge University Press,1994), A Short History of the Ismailis (Edinburgh University Press, 1998), and Culture and Memory in Medieval Islam (I.B. Tauris, 2003). He is currently researching a biography of the 12th century Persian Ismaili leader Hasan-i Sabbah.

Wellsprings of Wisdom: Persian Contributions to Ismaili Thought. An Exhibition of Manuscripts from the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London The exhibition will be open from 10 am to 10 pm in the Joseph and Rosalie Segal Centre. At 1:30 pm, there will be a free public lecture about the exhibition by Alnoor Merchant, Senior Librarian and Keeper, Ismaili Collections, Institute of Ismaili Studies Library.

Ismaili Muslim Community of BC Reception 8:00–10:00 pm
Joseph & Rosalie Segal Centre, Room 1400–10
There is no charge for the reception.