Cyrus International Film Festival

Rethinking History: Uncovered Untold Histories

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 […]

Folded Feminisms in Contemporary Iranian Women’s Cinema

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 […]

Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: The Beginning of Evils

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 […]

Film Screening: The Iranian Arsène Lupin

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, […]

Literature in Persian Language Pedagogy: Lyrical Language Learning

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 […]

Iranian Studies Book Launch: If Need Be

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents If Need Be  Rouzbeh Akhbari and Felix Kalmenson Friday, 7 February 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Location for […]

Rethinking History: Private Sins, Public Crimes

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 "Private Sins, Public Crimes: Policing, […]