Persian Lithographic Printing: Picturing Readers and Writers

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.   Abstract: When the first Persian […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Intimacies of Global Sufism: Ne'matullahi Shrines and Material Culture between Iran and India by Dr. Peyvand Firouzeh (University of Sydney) Wednesday, September 18, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Angels Tapping at the Wine-Shop's Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World by Prof. Rudi Matthee (University of Delaware) Friday, September 20, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran by Prof. Pamela Karimi (Cornell University) Friday, September 27, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Registration Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0tde2ppjMjHNKeR_PcrTtip9MKuwsw1xEb After registering, you will receive a […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: رشد نظام و عوام در سایه چاپ سنگی "The Development of the Military and and the Public in the Shadow of Lithography" (in Persian) Mr. Majid Jalise Independent Scholar, Tehran 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 Iranian Studies Students Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentExploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices #3 A Graduate Student Symposium  Friday, 4 October 2024, 4:00 p.m. EDT Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvdeGoqTkvHdVqJBSjiccMco8NeAsb4sbN After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   This event has been designed to cultivate a […]

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: Persian Satire and Humor in Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language: A Case Study Negar Davari Ardakani, Associate Professor, Shahid Beheshti University Saturday, 5 October 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada […]

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 From the Gavbara to Khurshid: The Pahlavi Archive of Tabarestan and the First Century of Islam in Iran Khodadad Rezakhani, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Leiden University […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with the Cyrus International Film Festival jointly present the 10th Edition of the Cyrus International Film Festival October 12-14, 2024 Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Ave Toronto, ON M5S 1J5   Ticketing/Info:https://cift.ca   Promotional Teaser: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DA4Kqury5hn/?igsh=MTZhbm1iZ2JmeHVxeg==

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: رازها و دروغ‌ها در جشنواره کن و ۴۴ سال حضور سینمای ایران در فرانسه | Secrets and Lies at the Cannes Festival and 44 Years of Iranian Cinema in France (in Persian) by Mamad Haghighat, Critic […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin partnership with the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies jointly presents Iran, the Holocaust, and World War II Arash Azizi, Boston University Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto Lior Sternfeld, Pennsylvania State University Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: […]

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: Teaching Persian Grammar through Literature: Bringing Language to Life in Persian Second Language Classrooms Azita H. Taleghani, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto Saturday, 2 November 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern […]