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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 "Zooming In: Architectural Inscriptions from 10th–13th-Century Afghanistan as Recorded in Photographic Archives" Dr. Viola Allegranzi, Institute of Iranian Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences Thursday, 13 March 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/4:00 […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents After 100 Years: The Past, Present and Future of Persian Art Yuka Kadoi, University of Vienna Friday, 14 March 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location for In-Person Attendance: Room 304, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1 Zoom Registration Link for […]
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 The Multimedia Yasna and the Training of Zoroastrian Priests in India Dr. Kerman Daruwulla, Parzor Foundation Friday, 21 March 2025, […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Office of MP Ali Ehsassi jointly present Celebrating Nowruz 2025 A Musical Meet-and-Greet and Appreciation Sunday, 23 March 2025, 2:00 pm Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C7 In-Person Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/r/q80Y6GLtya Zoom Registration […]
The New Wave Artistic Group and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, jointly present an event honoring the renowned filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 7:00 pm City Playhouse Theatre 1000 New Westminster Drive, Vaughan, ON, L4J 8G3 Admission: tickets.cityplayhouse.ca Contact: tribute2025@gmail.com Event Highlights: Screening of the film […]
The Northrop Frye Centre, Victoria University, presents "Iran Is My Land: Subliminal Diaologue and Modernity in Iranian Cinema" Yaser Farashahinejad Research Officer, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto Northrop Frye Visiting Fellow, Victoria University Friday, 28 March 2025, 1:00 pm VC 102 Victoria University, Toronto, ON, M5S 1K6
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 Zoroastrians during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, 1906-11 Dr. Alexandra Buhler, King's College London Friday, 4 April 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern […]