Rethinking History: Traditional Forms and Modern Contents

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 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents:  بررسی سیر تحول تاریخی نشر کتاب‌های فارسی چاپ سنگی در دوره پهلوی اول در دو شهر تهران و شیراز "An Examination of the Historical Evolution of Persian Lithographic Book Publishing during the First Pahlavi Era in the Cities of Tehran and Shiraz" (in Persian) Dr. Torfeh […]

The Iranian Studies Students' Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentNew Perspectives on Persian Art An Emerging Scholars Symposium  Friday, 7 March 2025, 4:00 p.m. EST Location for In-Person Attendance: Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfuuspzktG9YZsgkSqmhkB25g2kDNs0A3 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis: The Interpreter of Desires Farshid Kazemi, Lecturer, Simon Fraser University Friday, 7 March 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOmqrzMqE9TM4likHnfK9lvXlszU3u16 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   Abstract: Combining […]

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 "Zooming In: Architectural Inscriptions from 10th–13th-Century Afghanistan as Recorded in Photographic Archives" Dr. Viola Allegranzi, Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences Thursday, 13 March 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/4:00 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents After 100 Years: The Past, Present and Future of Persian Art Yuka Kadoi, University of Vienna Friday, 14 March 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time   Location for In-Person Attendance: Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1   Zoom Registration Link for […]