Iranian Diaspora Pop, 1983-1993

The Mental Dimension of Evil in Zoroastrianism

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 […]

Many Homes

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 […]

The Painted Worlds of Isfahan

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 […]

Confronting Revolutions in Image-Making

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, […]

From Heritage to Design

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 […]

From Homeland to Diaspora

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 […]

Embodied Voices, Revolutionary Narratives

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 […]

Teaching Classical Persian through the Works of Sa’di

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 […]

Archives of the Iran-Iraq War in Contemporary Iranian Art

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 […]

Attitudes towards Lithography in 19th-Century India

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 […]