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: Melody and Metaphor: Integrating Music and Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy Aqsa Ijaz, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, University of Toronto Mississauga Saturday, 7 December 2024, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and […]
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 Uncovered Untold Histories: Iranian Political Activist and Migrant Workers Under Stalin's Great Terror Touraj Atabaki, Senior Research Fellow, Leiden University Thursday, 12 December 2024, 12:00 p.m. […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents The Sartorial Islamic Baroque and Folded Feminisms in Contemporary Iranian Women's Cinema Tanya Shilina-Conte, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo Friday, 13 December 2024, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMlcumgrDMpEtV3yH86PRcRx2FVrVwYjYNj After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: نخستینهچاپهای فارسی: همگامی چاپ سنگی، سربی و چوبی "The Persian Incunables: The Convergence of Lithographic, Typographic, and Woodblock Printing" (in Persian) Ali Boozari Tehran University of Art Thursday, January 9, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-uorjMvGNQtfHpS_s8YpNuWs8k_O6tj After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]
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 Early Illustrated Persian Lithographed Books as Historical Record of the Revitalization of Religious Identity against the Bábí Movement Roxana Zenhari, Research Associate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Thursday, 16 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. […]
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 Beginning of Evils (Herodotus 5.97) from a Persian Perspective Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of […]
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: Using Film Adaptations of Persian Literature in Persian Language Instructions M.R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin Saturday, 18 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents Toiling for Oil: A Social History of Petroleum in Iran Dr. Touraj Atabaki, Leiden University Friday, 24 January 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/yj1wULNuTZmPER_kazvU5g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Abstract: […]
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Persian Circle, Parya Trillium Foundation, and Silk Road Films jointly present Baligh "The Iranian Arsène Lupin" (Dir. Sona Moghaddam, 2024) Canadian Premiere Screening Saturday, 25 January 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 Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present: Lyrical Language Learning: A Multisensory Approach to Teaching Persian Language through Literature and Music Behzad Borhan, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University Saturday, 1 February 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada […]
The Story of my World: De-VIA and the Art of Maryam Hafizirad Zoom program. RSVP Required. Explore the art of Deaf Canadian contemporary artist Maryam Hafizirad, whose work fuses her Persian and Deaf identities through Deaf View Image Art (De’VIA). This digital conversation, led by curator Fahmida Suleman, will explore both Hafizirad’s personal story […]
