Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: Disputing Titles and Delineating Identities

Iranian Studies Book Launch: دُرّ یتیم

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 […]

Persian Lithographic Printing: Picturing Readers and Writers

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 […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: Isfahan

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, […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Melody and Metaphor

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 […]

Rethinking History: Uncovered Untold Histories

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. […]

Folded Feminisms in Contemporary Iranian Women’s Cinema

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents The Sartorial Islamic Baroque and Folded Feminisms in Contemporary Iranian Women's Cinema Tanya Shilina-Conte, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo Friday, 13 December 2024, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcumgrDMpEtV3yH86PRcRx2FVrVwYjYNj After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining […]

Persian Lithographic Printing: نخستینه‌چاپ‌های فارسی | The Persian Incunables

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: نخستینه‌چاپ‌های فارسی: همگامی چاپ سنگی، سربی و چوبی "The Persian Incunables: The Convergence of Lithographic, Typographic, and Woodblock Printing" (in Persian) Ali Boozari Tehran University of Art Thursday, January 9, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-uorjMvGNQtfHpS_s8YpNuWs8k_O6tj After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]

Rethinking History: Early Illustrated Persian Lithographed Books as Historical Record

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 Early Illustrated Persian Lithographed Books as Historical Record of the Revitalization of Religious Identity against the Bábí Movement Roxana Zenhari, Research Associate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Thursday, 16 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. […]

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: The Beginning of Evils

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 The Beginning of Evils (Herodotus 5.97) from a Persian Perspective Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Using Film Adaptations in Persian Language Instruction

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: Using Film Adaptations of Persian Literature in Persian Language Instructions M.R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin Saturday, 18 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting […]