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Iranian Studies Book Launch: If Need Be

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 […]

Film Screening: Persepolis – Chicago

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: […]

Rethinking History: Private Sins, Public Crimes

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 […]

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: Disputing Titles and Delineating Identities

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 Living Archive: Charting New Paths in the Field of Iranian Diaspora Studies

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, in conjunction with the Iranian Diaspora Studies Seminar, presents   The 2025 Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecture   "The Living Archive: Charting New Paths in the Field of Iranian Diaspora Studies" Persis Karim, Professor, San Francisco State University   Followed by a screening of […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: سیامک پورزند

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      

Moving Saints, Selves, and Others across Borders

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    

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Lessons from the Age of ‘Ajam

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 […]

Film Screening: Baharestan

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 […]

Persian Lithographic Printing: بررسی سیر تحول تاریخی نشر کتاب‌های فارسی چاپ سنگی | An Examination of the Historical Evolution of Persian Lithographic Book Publishing

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 […]

New Perspectives on Persian Art: An Emerging Scholars Symposium

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 […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis

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 […]