Rethinking History: Archival History of Iran-Canada Relations

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 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 […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran

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 […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Flames, Flowers and Butterflies

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 […]

Iranian Modernity Symposium

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 […]

Mey-e Nāb: The Canadian Golha Orchestra with Sepideh Raissadat

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 […]

Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents: Persian and Persianate Documents from al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem

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 […]

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: A Hermeneutics of Zoroastrian Commentary

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 […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: The Rebellion of Forms in Modern Persian Poetry

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 […]

Shahscoping Lahore: Elective Affinities in the Era of Regional Cooperation and Development

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 […]

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: From Zoroastrian Cosmos to Abbasid Baghdad: A Journey through Utopia and Heterotopia

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 […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Learning Persian through Eulogies and Accolades

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 Reading What They Speak: Learning Persian through Eulogies and Accolades Yass Alizadeh, Clinical Associate Professor, New York University Saturday, 11 May 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: Ahmad Kasravi’s Ethos: A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Canadian Society of Iranian and Persian Studies jointly present: Ahmad Kasravi's Ethos: A Critique of Eurocentric Modernity translated by Dr. Hamid Rezaei Yazdi (Humber College) Monday, May 13, 2024 1 pm Eastern Time (Canada & US) Rm 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1C1 […]