Centenary Series: "Religious Modernity and Peace: Insights from a 1919 Letter to The Hague"

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• Maja Groff, Climate Governance Commission
• Friday 19 November 2021, 19:00-20:00
• Online (register on Eventbrite for link).

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Cambridge University Bahá'í Society.

To commemorate the centenary of the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, the Cambridge University Bahá’í Society has arranged online talks by eight international speakers. Each speaker will focus on one theme based on the teachings and life of this unique individual and its relevance to our world today. This is the fourth talk in the series.

Religious Modernity and Peace: Insights from a 1919 Letter to The Hague

This talk will explore the contemporary relevance of the “Tablet to The Hague,” a Bahá’í document of “far-reaching importance,” which sketches key principles to ensure a sustainable international peace.

Maja Groff is an international lawyer based in The Hague, and is a Convenor of the Climate Governance Commission, which seeks to propose high impact global governance innovations adequate to meet the climate challenge. As a Principal Legal Officer, she has previously worked on the development and administration of multiple multilateral treaties, as well as at international criminal tribunals, has taught at the Hague Academy of International Law and is currently a Visiting Professor at Leiden University, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs. A graduate of Harvard, Oxford, and McGill Universities, and she is an attorney admitted to practice in the state of New York, formerly working in corporate law. She was a co-winner of an international prize in 2018 on global governance innovation (New Shape Prize). She serves on the Advisory Boards of BCorp Europe and ebbf, organisations devoted to ethical business.

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View a list of all the talks in this series on our website: https://bahai.soc.srcf.net/talks/

This talk is part of the Cambridge University Bahá'í Society series.

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