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

Happiness in the Zoroastrian Traditions of Iran and India

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration with the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation, the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations in North America, and the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series present   Happiness in the Zoroastrian Traditions of Iran and India   Professor Jamsheed K. Choksy Indiana University   Friday, May 12, 1:00 […]

Acquisition of Persian Differential Object Marker “râ”:  A Challenge for the Second Language learners and Heritage Speakers

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration with The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago   present   Virtual Lecture Series on Persian Language Pedagogy: New Trends and Innovations   Zoom Registration https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtfu2qqjkvHdYeuES1McyTARE2CNzBc68E     Saturday, 13 May 2023, 12:00 PM […]

Presence and Silence: The Iran Archives in the German Foreign Office Jennifer Jenkins, University of Toronto

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and University of Oxford Invisible East Programme, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies present a joint monthly seminar series on Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents   Conveners: Arezou Azad & Mohamad Tavakoli Registration Link https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIocuuhpz8iEtZ-L4819TcSD47Uh7mRt8tK     Thursday, May 18, 2023, 12:00 […]

Cross-Disciplinary Dialogues Conference in Honour of Michael Lettieri

Zoom link for registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_sO4hD-pfQH69I6LpKv8DaQ   Program: THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2023 9:00 – Coffee 9:15 – 10:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Salvatore Bancheri, Chair, Department of Language Studies, UTM Andreas Bendlin, Vice-Dean, Academic Experience, UTM Giulia Romani, Italian Consul, General Consulate of Italy in Toronto Veronica Manson, Director, Italian Cultural Institute of Toronto Luca Somigli, […]

Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents: The Arabic documents from early Islamic Khurasan

Professor Geoffrey Khan Thursday, 15 June 2023 12:00 PM Toronto Time 17:00 PM UK Time In the online lecture series, Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents Convenors: Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies; Arezou Azad, University of Oxford, Invisible East Programme, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies […]

A Half-Century of Towfigh: The Oldest Persian Satirical Periodical (Please note the change in venue)

Isabel Bader Theatre 93 Charles St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://youtu.be/waGYMNqZBkE   Please note the change in venue: Isabel Bader Theatre, University of Toronto 93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7 https://goo.gl/maps/gzPTPM7DhfWBan88A به دلیل استقبال بی نظیر از این برنامه، خواهشمندیم هرچه زودتر ثبت نام کنید.

Rethinking History: Returning to Archives and Documents: The Village and the Archive: Documents in Iranian Languages, 11th-13th century

Dr. Arezou AzadDirector, Invisible East, University of Oxford  20 July 2023, 12:00 p.m. Toronto time / 5:00 p.m. UK time Zoom Registration:https://uoft.me/RethinkingAzad Abstract:This session will look at the complex, social interactions in parts of modern Afghanistan from the 11th to the 13th century. This is an area of multiple entanglements, linguistic, religious, political, and social. The […]

Persian Second Language Pedagogy

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration with The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago present   Persian Second Language PedagogyFall 2023 Virtual Lecture Series   Zoom Registration https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkf-yoqDwrEtRnTBB_LZR6s8lKntJmiaHV  https://youtu.be/XSZQ8b9xXcE

Zoroastrian Studies Symposium in Honour of Ervad Dr. Jehan Bagli

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiespresents aZoroastrian Studies Symposium in Honour of Ervad Dr. Jehan Bagli  9 September 2023, 1:00-7:00 p.m.  Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7   Registration Link for In-Person Attendance: https://www.addevent.com/event/VA18289543   Registration Link for Zoom Session:https://uoft.me/BagliSymposium https://youtu.be/XFNaGYoR-qI   https://youtu.be/y0KCYcYhx4U