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. Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/F8xkzNgcQVu0AgoNysTK9g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing […]
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 Iranian Women's Organization of Ontario and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present International Women's Day 2026 From Resilience to Liberty Saturday, March 7, 2026, 1:00 p.m North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street North York, ON M2N 5N9 In-Person Ticket Price: $10.00 Email: info@iwontario.ca Phone: (416) 496-9566 Tickets may be […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: Adapting the Use of Generative AI for Different Proficiency Levels in Turkish as a Foreign language: Practical Applications and Challenges Gözde Mercan, University of Toronto Saturday, April 18, 2026, 1:00 […]
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 Art in Exile: Aesthetics of Resistance in Diasporic Iranian Women Mehraneh Ebrahimi, York University Monday, April 20, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]