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

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  

End Gender Apartheid, Build Peace

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, in collaboration with Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML), CW4Afghan.ca, & the Women's Regional Network jointly present   End Gender Apartheid, Build Peace Thursday, September 21, 2023 2 pm- 4 pm Sidney Smith Hall SS2098 (2nd Floor), 100 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S […]

Women, Life, Liberty: Human Rights and the Women’s Uprising in Iran

Join the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies at the Faculty of Arts & Science for: Women, Life, Liberty: Human Rights and the Women’s Uprising in Iran زن، زندگی، آزادی: حقوق بشر و خیزش زنان در ایران Friday, September 22, 2023 5 pm- 9 pm Convocation Hall, 31 King’s College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S […]

Women, Life, Liberty: A Symposium Dedicated to Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Laureate

  The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Women, Life, Liberty: A Symposium Dedicated to Dr. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Laureate   Saturday, September 23, 2023 1 pm- 7 pm Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St W, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7   Registration Link for In-Person Attendance: https://www.addevent.com/event/iI18313391

Book Launch: Transnational Culture in the Iranian Armenian Diaspora

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents an Iranian Studies Book Launch for Transnational Culture in the Iranian Armenian Diaspora Claudia Yaghoobi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sunday, 24 September 2023, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time  Room 200B, 4 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, ON, M5S 1C1Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwucu6tpjwrGN2t9aUGDRvA73MQ33yWZ4ql After registering, you will receive a confirmation email […]