Iranian Studies Book Launch: Bahram Beyzaie’s Cinema and Theatre

Bactrian Documents and Archives

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 Bactrian […]

Eschatology and Apocalyptic Literature

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies SeminarpresentsEschatology and Apocalyptic Literature in the Zoroastrian Context Carlo G. Cereti, Professor, University of California, Irvine  Friday, 9 […]

The First Reading Comprehension Texts of Persian

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present Ḥekāyāt-e Laṭīf: The […]

Aziz Ahmad Lecture: Munshis and their “Successors”

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents the 2024 Aziz Ahmad Memorial Lecture Munshis and their "Successors:" The Fraught Genealogies of Modern Hindu Thought Supriya Gandhi, Professor, Yale […]

Exploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices

The Iranian Studies Students Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentExploring Contemporary Iranian Art Practices A Graduate Student Symposium  Friday, 1 March 2024, 4:00 p.m. EST Zoom Meeting […]

The Hidden Everlasting Queen of the Sassanian Empire

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies SeminarpresentsThe Hidden Everlasting Queen of the Sassanian Empire Claudine Gauthier, Professor, University of Bordeaux  Friday, 8 March 2024, […]

Gender in the Qajar Archives

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 Gulistan […]

Literary Translation in Persian Language Courses

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present Literary Translation in […]

Celebrating Nowruz 2024

Celebrating Nowruz 2024: A Musical Meet-and-Greet and Appreciation دید و بازدید و سپاس نوروزی ۲۰۲۴ Saturday, 30 March 2024 Doors open at 2:00 pm Event begins at 3:00 pm Lyric Theatre, Meridian Arts Centre, 5040 Yonge St., North […]