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.
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theCenter for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present […]
The Iranian Studies Students' Forum and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present Embodied Voices, Revolutionary Narratives: Gender, Art, and Decolonial Thoughts Friday, October 31, 2025, 1:00 […]
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: Re-Introducing the Classics: Teaching Classical […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Summoning the Documentary Image: Archives of the Iran-Iraq War in Contemporary Iranian Art Hoda Nedaeifar, University of Toronto Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1:00 […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto jointly present Attitudes towards Lithography in 19th-Century India: The East India Company […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America, the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation, the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, and the […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford jointly present Framing the Past: Exploring the […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theCenter for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Princes, Dervishes and Dragons: The Tile Arcade from Safavid Isfahan (c. 1685-95) Lisa Golombek, Royal Ontario Museum Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 1:00 p.m. […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Picturing Polemics: Iconography of a 1526 Painting from Safavid Tabriz Ruba Kana'an, University of Toronto Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time […]