Iranian Diaspora Studies Seminar: Diasporic Pilgrimage

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
in collaboration with the
Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and the
Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University
 jointly present:

Diasporic Pilgrimage: Iranian Women’s Return Narratives, 1999-2020

Niyosha Keyzad, University of Toronto
 
Monday, 21 April 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) 
 
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Bio:

Niyosha Keyzad holds a PhD in English and Diaspora and Transnational Studies from the University of Toronto, and an MA in English from McGill University. Her dissertation, Diasporic Pilgrimage: Iranian Women’s Return Narratives, 1999-2020, examined post-Revolution return narratives through the lens of pilgrimage. She has previously served as the Founding President of the Race and Ethnicity Caucus of the University of Toronto Graduate Students’ Union and Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee at Massey College, where she was a Fellow. She co-founded the Scarborough Studies Collective, an interdisciplinary group of local scholars, artists, and community organizers, and was recognized for her work with a Graduate Fellowship Award from the UofT School of Cities. Niyosha is a Research Associate at the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and currently teaches critical writing at the University of Toronto Scarborough.