Iranian Studies Dissertation Writing Workshop

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 Archaeology as National Archive: Herzfeld's History of Iran Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After registering, you will […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, in partnership with the Toronto Book Club presents The Long War on Iran: New Events, Old Questions Behrooz Ghamari, University of Toronto Thursday, March 5, 2026, 5:15 p.m. Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/F8xkzNgcQVu0AgoNysTK9g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing […]

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 Secular Religion and Neo-Zoroastrian Performatives in the Iranian Diaspora: A Southern California Case Study Babak Rahimi, University of California, San […]

The Iranian Women's Organization of Ontario and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present International Women's Day 2026 From Resilience to Liberty Saturday, March 7, 2026, 1:00 p.m  North York Central Library 5120 Yonge Street North York, ON M2N 5N9 In-Person Ticket Price: $10.00 Email: info@iwontario.ca Phone: (416) 496-9566 Tickets may be […]

March 16-20, 2026: Kurdish Culture & Scholarship Week https://nmckurdishstudies.ca/

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: Adapting the Use of Generative AI for Different Proficiency Levels in Turkish as a Foreign language: Practical Applications and Challenges Gözde Mercan, University of Toronto Saturday, April 4, 2026, 1:00 […]

Rethinking the Iranian Revolution: A Student Symposium Thursday, April 9, 2026, 5:10-8:50 p.m. Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration: Register in advance for this meeting: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/hy2BFhE8QDqIqawX0h0mww After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   5:10-5:15 Opening Remarks Mohamad Tavakoli 5:15-5:30 The Photographic Revolution […]

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 Monājāt and Muškil Āsān: A Comparative Study of Zoroastrian Oral Literature in India and Iran Saloumeh Gholami, University of Cambridge […]

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 The Old Uyghur Documents and a Global Microhistory of the Silk Roads Márton Vér, Universität Hamburg Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After […]

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: Managing Diverse Proficiency Levels with AI Generative Tools: The Case of Persian Classrooms in Higher Education Taraneh Sanei, McGill University Saturday, April 18, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theCenter for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present Cartographies of Displacement: Gender, Sexuality, and Diasporic Epistemic Minefields Fataneh Farahani, Stockholm University Monday, April 20, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Location for […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Whose Art History? The Colonial Afterlives of Western Models in Iranian Art Scholarship Elham Etemadi, Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/KOBWAw5oSJW212PlYGoIsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining […]