Association for the Study of Ginans to launch Ginan Conference in London

Description:
Ginan Conference on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October 2009.

Venue:
Holiday Inn London Brentford Lock, High Street, Brentford Middlesex TW8 8JZ

Expected Presentation and Research Papers by:
Moti Venti and its meaning – Zawahir Moir
Launch of Ginan Database and website – Zahir Virani
Collection of Ginans – Pyarali Jiwa

Background:
The Ginan Study group during its short existence has been involved in four International Conferences. The first conference was organised by Mr A Rahmatoullah of the Society of Ismaili Studies with co-sponsorship of the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) and the North Gujarat University (Patan) at the French Riviera in April 2002; followed by the second in collaboration with and at the location of the University of Saurastra Rajkot India in November 2004; and the third entitled ‘Devotional Expressions of South Asian Muslims’ organised by The Institute of Ismaili Studies at the Ismaili Centre London in November 2006; and the last conference was held in London in June 2007 when the Association for the Study of Ginans was formally established.

For more information, please contact studyofginans@ginans.org
or Pyarali Jiwa on 44-(0)20 8656 6802