The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies,Jackman Humanities Institute, Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, and the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York Universityjointly present"Tehrangeles":Sound, Image and Archives Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 6-8 p.m. William Doo Auditorium (Lower Floor), 45 Wilcocks St,University of Toronto Join us for a multimedia presentation, panel discussion and double […]
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 In Search of Urban Geopolitics: Deep Mapping Tehran's Lalehzar District, 1880-1960 Ida Meftahi, Boise University Thursday, 16 November 2023, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK Zoom Meeting […]
The Royal Ontario Museum, the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, jointly present Apocalyptic Playland:The Works of Shiva Ahmadi Wednesday, 29 November 2023, 1-2 p.m. Zoom Meeting Registration: https://tickets.rom.on.ca/en/login This Zoom program will feature a 20-minute discussion followed by a live audience Q&A. Questions may be sent in advance to programs@rom.on.ca. Please […]
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 presentABC or BCA: What to Teach First: A Psycholinguistic Approach to Teaching Persian as a Second Language Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Instructional Professor, University of Chicago Saturday, 2 December 2023, 12:00 p.m. […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies SeminarpresentsPragmatic Zoroastrian Theology: Mulla Firuz against the Anti-Vaxxers, Bombay, 1806 Daniel Sheffield, Associate Professor, Princeton University Friday, 8 December 2023, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-CsqzkuG9K6V4Y8PHjQkGgkvhNsGb3c After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. […]
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 Bilingual Texts from India: Combining Arabic and Persian with Indic Languages Eva Orthmann, Professor, University of Göttingen Thursday, 14 December 2023, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK […]
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 Sex and the Subject of Law in the National Archives of Iran Jairan Gahan, Executive Director, Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies Thursday, 11 January […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies Seminarpresents"A Nice Morality:" Some Early Meetings between Zoroastrians and North Americans Jenny Rose, Research Fellow, Princeton Claremont Graduate University Friday, 12 January 2024, 1:00 p.m. EST/ 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 Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Io parlo dai confini della notte notte Thursday, January 18, 2024 1 pm Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqfu6gqTkvG9JVn8iEw1iamKE7cEFXyq5T Forugh Farrokhzad, Io parlo dai confini della notte , critical edition of all Persian texts […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies & Toronto Book Club jointly present: Humour in Iran: Eleven-Hundred Years of Satire and Humour in Persian Literature طنز در ایران: هزاروصد سال طنز در ادبیات فارسی Dr. Homa Katouzian (University of Oxford) Sunday, January 21, 2024 2 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US); 7 pm […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Majnun and Layla: Songs from Beyond the Grave Friday, January 26, 2024 2 pm Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance: https://zoom.us/meeting/81473052527 Songs from Beyond the Grave Celebrating 900 Years of Retelling Nizami’s Love Poems […]
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 presentHow to Teach a Persian Poem? Multiple Approaches to Persian Poetry Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Professor, Utrecht University Saturday, 27 Janury 2024, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldOiprDouGNLNd16ANiXTiJZab62Er4xq After […]