The Past, Present and Future of Persian Art

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 […]

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 York, ON M2N 6R8 Registration Link for In-Person or Virtual Attendance: my.alumni.utoronto.ca/nowruz2024 Registration fee for in-person attendance: $18 Registration fee for virtual attendance: $18 All […]

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 York, ON M2N 6R8 Registration Link for In-Person or Virtual Attendance: my.alumni.utoronto.ca/nowruz2024 Registration fee for in-person attendance: $18 Registration fee for virtual attendance: $18 All […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society got Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran Dr. Hamid Keshmirshekan, editor (SOAS, University of London) Friday, April 5, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclcu2prTIsHtcQoeVCBmmFhHNLXW8mUB_w After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]

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 Flames, Flowers and Butterflies: Interpreting Literary Language Pardis Minuchehr, Visiting Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara Saturday, 6 April 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAldOiprDouGNLNd16ANiXTiJZab62Er4xq […]

The Iranian Studies Students Forumand the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly presentIranian Modernity A Graduate Student Symposium Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 2:30-8:00 p.m. EDT Location for  In-Person Attendance: 4 Bancroft Ave., Iranian Studies Seminar Room 304, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for Virtual Attendance:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvcu2sqTstGNQgcd3J-5MyxHNNuc1XYUqy After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]

The Golha Initiative for Music and Culture and theElahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesjointly present“Mey-e Nāb”: The Canadian Golha Orchestra with Sepideh Raissadat  Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 7:30 p.m. EDT Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts, 10268 Yonge St, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3B7   :«میِ ناب» کنسرت ارکستر گلهای کانادا و سپیده […]

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 Archival Practices Materialised: The Persian and Persianate Documents from al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem Zahir Bhalloo, Affiliated Researcher, Universität Hamburg Thursday, 11 April 2024, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies SeminarpresentsA Hermeneutics of Zoroastrian Commentary: On the Publication of the Sūdgar Nask of Dēnkard Book 9 Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina, Associate Professor, University of Oxford  Friday, 12 April 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT/ 6:00 p.m. GMT Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-CsqzkuG9K6V4Y8PHjQkGgkvhNsGb3c After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society of Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: The Rebellion of Forms in Modern Persian Poetry Dr. Farshad Sonboldel (University of California, San Diego) Friday, April 26, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsc-CtrTIiHdyWA7IffUoH55JwgyS0TiUu After registering, you will receive […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Shahscoping Lahore: Elective Affinities in the Era of Regional Cooperation and Development Prof. Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell University) Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Location for In-Person Attendance: Rm 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1C1 Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwvc-6urj8jHtxML4vN6PnPn2va6-I0zsNl After […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian StudiesUniversity of Toronto Zoroastrian Studies Seminarpresents From Zoroastrian Cosmos to Abbasid Baghdad: A Journey through Utopia and Heterotopia Kianoosh Rezania, Professor, Ruhr-Universität Bochum  Friday, 10 May 2024, 1:00 p.m. EDT/ 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 […]