Rethinking History: From the Gavbara to Khurshid

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies Seminarpresents From Zoroastrian Cosmos to Abbasid Baghdad: A Journey through Utopia and Heterotopia Kianoosh Rezania, Professor, Ruhr-Universität Bochum  Friday, 10 May 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT/ 6:00 p.m. GMT Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-CsqzkuG9K6V4Y8PHjQkGgkvhNsGb3c After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present Reading What They Speak: Learning Persian through Eulogies and Accolades Yass Alizadeh, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Saturday, 11 May 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society of Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Ahmad Kasravi's Ethos: A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity translated by Dr. Hamid Rezaei Yazdi (Humber College) Monday, May 13, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Rm 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford jointly present Of Petitions, Taxes and Democratization: Constitutionalism and the Public in Iran Dr. Nader Sohrabi, Senior Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin Thursday, 16 May 2024, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society of Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Love at a Crux: The New Persian Romance in a Global Middle Ages by Prof. Cameron Cross (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) Friday, May 17, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Rm 200B, 4 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Iranian Culture in Bahram Beyzaie's Cinema and Theatre by Prof. Saeed Talajooy (University of St. Andrews) Friday, June 7, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckdu6gpjkoEtMBE87OeQdCfApV-5nG5jDw After registering, you will receive […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford jointly present (Re-)Discovering the Firuzkuh Documents from Afghanistan Nabi Saqee, Document Research Assistant, University of Oxford Thursday, 13 June 2024, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: […]

The Iranian Studies Students Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentExploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices #2 A Graduate Student Symposium  Friday, 21 June 2024, 3:00 p.m. EST Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0odOyhrDwrHdCAHldFBHEOqGSY6v8MmloW After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   This event has been designed to cultivate a […]

We are delighted to host a Writers' Workshop by our 2024 Distinguished Lecturer and renowned author and poet Moniro Ravanipour.  We invite established and aspiring authors, novelists and poets to attend this workshop for inspiration, fresh motivation and lively conversation. *Please note that due to the nature of the event and the limited seating, we […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: بحران میانسالی وعقده ی مادر در سینمای ایران   Midlife Crisis and the Mother Complex in Iranian Cinema (in Persian) Dr. Mohammad-Reza Sargolzaee (Psychiatrist & Author) Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 4 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Rm 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Persian Printing in Comparative Context: The Place of Iran in Three Technological Diffusion Zone Prof. Nile Green University of California, Los Angeles Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-uorjMvGNQtfHpS_s8YpNuWs8k_O6tj After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   When the first Persian text […]