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 Two Mental Dimension of Evil in Zoroastrianism Antonio Panaino, Università di Bologna Friday, October 3, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada […]
The Iranian Studies Students' Forum and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present Many Homes: Personal Journeys and Visual Narratives Elena Soní, Vanessa Barnett, and Negar Sagharichi Friday, October 3, 2025, 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/cjoM5xH5RAWYJRpsdBNz9Q After registering, […]
The Royal Ontario Museum and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present From Courtyards to Coffee Houses: The Painted Worlds of Isfahan Sussan Babaie (Courtauld Institute of Art), Farshid Emami (Rice University), and Lisa Golombek (ROM) Sunday, October 5, 2025, 2:00 p.m. EDT Level B1, Eaton Theatre Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) 100 […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: The Elahé Omidyar Mir Djalali Distinguished Lecture 2025-26 "Confronting Revolutions in Image-Making: Historicism and Novel Technologies in Persian Painting" Prof. Sussan Babaie, The Cortauld Institute of Art, University of London Monday, October 6, 2025, 4:00 p.m. EDT Location for In-Person Attendance: Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON […]
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 Persian Archives for Histories of Colonial State-Formation in South Asia in the Eighteenth Century Robert Travers, Cornell University Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK Zoom Meeting Registration: […]
The Iranian Studies Students' Forum and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present From Heritage to Design: Ancient Motifs in Contemporary Visual Language Mahak Rouhina Friday, October 17, 2025, 2:00 p.m. EDT Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/oHLaGRyOSoGweTChaCI7Uw After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]
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: Modern Short Stories and Poems: Authentic Texts as a Tool for Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language Nima Mina, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Saturday, October 18, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time […]
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 From Homeland to Diaspora: Iranian Women Navigating Family and Gendered Expectations Bahar Hashemi, University of Toronto Monday, October 27, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]
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 p.m. EDT Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/YHlp8kTVQKidDknztIVgrA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information […]
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 Persian through the Works of Sa'di Cameron Cross (University of Michigan) and Matthew Thomas Miller (University of Maryland) Saturday, November 1, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern […]
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 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 meeting.
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 and Christian Missionaries Graham Shaw, University of London Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/LzX8QvxMR6y0yTkB7ESWqA After registering, you will receive […]