Iranian Studies Dissertation Writing Workshop

The Old Uyghur Documents and a Global Microhistory of the Silk Roads

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 The Old Uyghur Documents and a Global Microhistory of the Silk Roads Márton Vér, Universität Hamburg Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After […]

Managing Diverse Proficiency Levels with AI Generative Tools

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 18, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]

Cartographies of Displacement

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 Cartographies of Displacement: Gender, Sexuality, and Diasporic Epistemic Minefields Fataneh Farahani, Stockholm University Monday, April 20, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Location for […]

Whose Art History?

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 Warehouse of Bamiyan + The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents   The Warehouse of Bamiyan and The Rise and Fall of the Barmakids Arezou Azad, University of Oxford / Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales Monday, 19 January 2026, 12:00 p.m./5:00.pm.  Toronto/London Zoom Registration Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/IRIPumA0RiywhWQndxY9ZA After registering, you will receive a […]

A Survey of AI Language Learning Apps for Persian, Turkish, and Arabic

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: A Survey of AI Language Learning APPs for Persian, Turkish, and Arabic Narges Nematollahi, Indiana University, Bloomington Saturday, May 2, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/i5HR3liYShGHU9rXmcg6cw […]

Documents from Turbulent Times

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 Documents from Turbulent Times: Studying Middle Persian Collections from the Late Sasanian and Early Islamic Periods—Opportunities and Challenges Nima Asefi, Universiteit Leiden Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. […]

Service Learning Approaches to Machine Translation Post-Editing for Minor Language Pairs

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: Bridging the Gap: Service Learning Approaches to Machine Translation Post-Editing for Minor Language Pairs Kaori Nishizawa, University of Oxford Naoko Tamura-Foerster, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Saturday, May 16, 2026, 1:00 p.m. […]

Practicing Lived Zoroastrianism in a Diaspora

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, the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present Zoroastrian […]

Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies

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   Conference on Global Iranian Diaspora Studies May 29-31, 2026 Emmanuel College 75 Queen's Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5   Provisional Conference […]

SAVAK Calling

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 SAVAK Calling: Telephonic Directives to the Editor of Diplomat Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto Wednesday, June 10, 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 […]