The Jackman Humanities Institute's Program for the Arts, the Centre for South Asian Studies, and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, jointly present Papers and Gardens: A Conversation with Artist Bahar Behbahani Thursday, February 12, 2026, 4:00 p.m. Rm 208N, North House 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7 […]
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: AI in Catalan Language Education: Bridging the Hype-Reality Gap Bel Olid, University of Chicago Saturday, February 21, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/i5HR3liYShGHU9rXmcg6cw After registering, you […]
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 Memoir of a Box: The Iranian Diaspora, Erasure, and Recognition in North America Neda Maghbouleh, University of British Columbia Monday, February 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern […]
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 Archaeology as National Archive: Herzfeld's History of Iran Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After registering, you will […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, in partnership with the Toronto Book Club presents The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions Behrooz Ghamari, University of Toronto Thursday, March 5, 2026, 5:15 p.m. Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for […]
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 Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation jointly present Secular Religion and Neo-Zoroastrian Performatives in the Iranian Diaspora: A Southern California Case Study Babak Rahimi, University of California, San […]
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: The Effect of Using Talkio AI on Reflective and Impulsive Persian as a Foreign Language (PFL) Learners' Speaking Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency Mehrdad Amiri, Farhangian University Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, University of […]
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 DisEntangled Solidarities: Pro-Palestine Politics in the Iranian-American Diaspora Ciara Moezidis, Harvard University Monday, March 9, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/-y7EFzDpSWCne7IwhD9VnQ […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Whose Art History? The Colonial Afterlives of Western Models in Iranian Art Scholarship Elham Etemadi, Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design Tuesday, March 10, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/KOBWAw5oSJW212PlYGoIsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining […]
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 Documenting Space: Waqf-Namehs, Architecture, and the Social Function of Qajar Madrasas Maryam Heydarkhani, University of Oxford Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/4:00 p.m. UK Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After […]
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: Managing Diverse Proficiency Levels with AI Generative Tools: The Case of Persian Classrooms in Higher Education Taraneh Sanei, McGill University Saturday, April 4, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]
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 Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation jointly present Monājāt and Muškil Āsān: A Comparative Study of Zoroastrian Oral Literature in India and Iran Saloumeh Gholami, University of Cambridge […]