Rethinking History: Traditional Forms and Modern Contents

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 presents Mazdak: The Holy Man of Late Antique Ērānšahr Touraj Daryaee, Professor, University of California, Irvine  Friday, 8 November 2024, 4:00 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: The Chandayan: Identity in a Sufi Vernacular Masnavi in Medieval Sultanate India by Prof. Richard Cohen (University of Virginia) Monday, November 11, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiespresents The 2024-25 Aziz Ahmad Lecture Creating and Recreating in Language: (Re-)Examining the Poetic Interrelations between Bedil and Ghalib   Mehr Afshan Farooqi, Professor, University of Virginia  Monday, 11 November 2024, 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: University College, Rm 140 15 King's […]

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 Archival History of Iran-Canada Relations تاریخ روابط ایران و کانادا: جست‌وجو در آرشیوهای ایران Javad Abbasi, Professor, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad Thursday, 14 November 2024, 12:00 p.m. […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Reading Across Borders: Afghans, Iranians & Literary Nationalism by Prof. Aria Fani (University of Washington) Friday, November 22, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: دُرّ یتیم: خشکیدن آب دهان عنکبوت by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (Novelist) Saturday, November 23, 2024 12:00 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckduuvpjoqEtOqsytn-Jy8Nj3SpgfXuj6n After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Picturing Readers and Writers: An Iconography of Book Culture in Indian Lithographic Illustration, 1840s to 1900 Prof. Ulrike Stark University of Chicago Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rfuyurTIjGNba2qa9shvbeGs5Tb06bprm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   Abstract: Despite recent scholarly interest […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Isfahan: Architecture and Urban Experience in Early Modern Iran by Dr. Farshid Emami (Rice University) Friday, December 6, 2024 3 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, […]

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: Melody and Metaphor: Integrating Music and Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy Aqsa Ijaz, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto Mississauga Saturday, 7 December 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]

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 Uncovered Untold Histories: Iranian Political Activist and Migrant Workers Under Stalin's Great Terror Touraj Atabaki, Senior Research Fellow, Leiden University Thursday, 12 December 2024, 12:00 p.m. […]