Events

At the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, we aim to increase connection by bringing our community together, both for engaging scholarly discussion and to celebrate our culture. The Institute hosts a regular speaker series as well as events to celebrate important occasions. We invite you to join us at any of our events.

Iranian Studies Book Launch: Reading Across Borders

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians & Literary Nationalism by Prof. Aria […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: دُرّ یتیم

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: دُرّ یتیم: خشکیدن آب دهان عنکبوت by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Novelist) Saturday, […]

Persian Lithographic Printing: Picturing Readers and Writers

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Picturing Readers and Writers: An Iconography of Book Culture in Indian Lithographic Illustration, 1840s to 1900 Prof. Ulrike Stark University of […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Melody and Metaphor

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present: Melody and Metaphor: Integrating Music […]

Rethinking History: Uncovered Untold Histories

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford jointly present Uncovered […]