Scholar, physician, and poet Julio Savi of Italy has been named to deliver the 28th Hasan M. Balyuzi Memorial Lecture at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Baha’i Studies–North America. The conference will be held in Vancouver, BC, from 12 to 15 August 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver.
Dr. Savi received a classical education and went on to study medicine at the Universities of Bologna and Florence. He now works as a gynecologist in the province of Bologna. He has participated in the translation of most of the major Baha’i texts into Italian. His areas of research are Scriptures, spirituality, inter-religious dialogue, and poetry. His first published book in English was The Eternal Quest for God (George Ronald, 1989), which was also published in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese. His latest book in English is Towards the Summit of Reality: An Introduction to the Study of Bahá’u’lláh’s Seven Valleys and Four Valleys (George Ronald, 2008). He has published many articles and poems. Dr. Savi is currently secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Italy.
The conference theme addresses human nature. For conference program, themes, and to register, please visit http://www.bahainews.ca/en/100204-abs and http://www.bahai-studies.ca/.