Rethinking History: Traditional Forms and Modern Contents

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: Lyrical Language Learning: A Multisensory Approach to Teaching Persian Language through Literature and Music Behzad Borhan, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University  Saturday, 1 February 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada […]

The Story of my World: De-VIA and the Art of Maryam Hafizirad   Zoom program. RSVP Required. Explore the art of Deaf Canadian contemporary artist Maryam Hafizirad, whose work fuses her Persian and Deaf identities through Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA). This digital conversation, led by curator Fahmida Suleman, will explore both Hafizirad’s personal story […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Sani‘ ol-Molk’s The Thousand and One Nights: A Study of Image Content and Visual Adaptation Prof. Elham Etemadi Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYkf-6srDwrEty7aBW5UGhhlXXUl2xYssvr After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   Abstract: This […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents If Need Be  Rouzbeh Akhbari and Felix Kalmenson Friday, 7 February 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1 Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcld-ChqjouHdVW-lOPmiANKZixHuun9rgv After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Persian Circle, Parya Trillium Foundation, and Silk Road Films jointly present Persepolis - Chicago (Dir. Orod Attarpour, 2020) Persian with English Subtitles Sunday, 9 February 2025, 3:00 p.m  Parya Trillium Foundation 344 John St, Markham, ON, L3T 5W6 Ticket Price: $15/ Student Ticket Price: […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford jointly present "Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, Punishment, and Authority in Iran" Prof. Farzin Vejdani, Toronto Metropolitan University Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArdu-upjkoHt105Bv9ohYiR1iWSIXsCrFA After […]

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 present Disputing Titles and Delineating Identities: Conflicts over Land and Landownership between Zoroastrians and Christians in the Sasanian Legal Milieu Dr. […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Canadian Society for Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present سیامک پورزند روزنامه‌نگاری که قرار شد خودکشی کند نوشته مهرانگیز کار Friday, 21 February 2025, 7:00 p.m. Parya Trillium Foundation 344 John Street, Markham, ON L3T 5W6      

DSR Lecture Series Winter 2025 Zainab's Traffic: Moving Saints, Selves, and Others across Borders Emrah Yıldız, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University in conversation with Simon Coleman & Nada Moumtaz Thursday, 27 February 2025, 3:00 p.m.  JHB 318, Jackman Humanities Building 170 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, M5R 2M8    

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: Lessons from the Age of 'Ajam: Teaching Persian with the Seventeenth-century Archive Shaahin Pishbin, University of Oxford, Queen's College  Saturday, 1 March 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Persian Circle, Parya Trillium Foundation, and Silk Road Films jointly present Baharestan House of Nation (Dir. Babak Behdad, 2019) Persian with English Subtitles Sunday, 2 March 2025, 3:00 p.m  Parya Trillium Foundation 344 John St, Markham, ON, L3T 5W6 Ticket Price: $15/ Student Ticket […]