Rethinking History: Uncovered Untold Histories

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 presentHow to Teach a Persian Poem? Multiple Approaches to Persian Poetry Ali-Asghar Seyed-Gohrab, Professor, Utrecht University Saturday, 27 Janury 2024, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldOiprDouGNLNd16ANiXTiJZab62Er4xq After […]

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 Documents and Archives from Northern and Southern Afghanistan Nicholas Sims- Williams, Emeritus Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Thursday, 8 February […]

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 February 2024, 1:00 p.m. EST/ 6:00 p.m. GMT Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-CsqzkuG9K6V4Y8PHjQkGgkvhNsGb3c After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery: Iran's Cinematic Archive Prof. Parisa Vaziri (Cornell University) Friday, February 16, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Registration Link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIsd-uorzoqGtByL3au_fvoXVsMjewxcBHT#/registration   Bringing together cinema studies, Middle East studies, Black studies, and postcolonial theory, Racial Blackness and Indian […]

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 First Reading Comprehension Texts of Persian and their Literary Sources Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Associate Professor, University of Tehran Saturday, 17 February 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada […]

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 University Friday, 23 February 2024, 1:00 p.m. Toronto EST Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrde6sqjktE9DvQMYOxxDVxf92VeAzL2X7 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society got Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: India in the Persian World of Letters: Ḳhān-i Ārzū among the Eighteenth- Century Philologists Dr. Arthur Dudney (Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society) Friday, March 1, 2024 12 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: […]

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 Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErde2oqD8rGteoyOaNu8G63zo0AllRdNCK After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   This event has been designed to cultivate a collaborative […]

Massey College and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies jointly present: Silenced Voices: Gender Persecution and Women's Rights in Afghanistan and Iran  An International Women's Day Conference Friday, March 8, 2024 8:30 am Eastern Time (Canada & US) Massey College, Junior Commons Room, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 2E1 Registration Link for […]

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, 1:00 p.m. EST/ 6:00 p.m. GMT Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-CsqzkuG9K6V4Y8PHjQkGgkvhNsGb3c After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   Abstract: According […]

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 Harem Histories: Gender in the Qajar Archives Leila Pourtavaf, Assistant Professor, York University Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/4:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: […]

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 Persian Language Courses Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, Instructional Professor of Persian, University of Chicago Saturday, 16 March 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldOiprDouGNLNd16ANiXTiJZab62Er4xq After […]