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Mapping Iranian Languages: Kurdish as a Case Study

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Professor Erik Anonby and Professor Jaffer Sheyholislami Bio: Erik Anonby is Professor in Linguistics and French at Carleton University. His research focuses on documentation and mapping of Iran's languages, with publications including Phonology of Southern Luri (2003), Adaptive Multilinguals: Language on Larak Island (2011), Bakhtiari Studies: Phonology, Text, Lexicon (2014), and Bakhtiari Studies II: Orthography […]

Commemorating the Lives and Works of Mohammad-Ali Eslami-Nodoushan (1924-2022) and Mohamad Asef Fekrat Heravi (1946-2022)

Convenors: Mohamad Tavakoli, Javad Abbasi, Mahmood Fotoohi Rudmajani Speakers: Mohamad Tavakoli|محمد توکلی Shirin Bayani|شیرین بیانی Arash Fekrat|آرش فکرت Mohammad Estelami|محمد استعلامی Wali Parkhash Ahmadi|ولی پرخاش احمدی Asadollah Sho‘ur|اسدالله شعور Mostafa Malekian|مصطفی ملکیان Khalilullah Afzali|خلیل‌الله افضلی Mahmood Fotoohi Rudmajani|محمود فتوحی رودمعجنی Javad Abbasi|جواد عباسی   https://youtu.be/vnS-an2Y_r8

A Literary Journey: On Walls, Veils, Borders, and Thresholds

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University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecture Series presents The Second AnnualElahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecturefeaturing Farzaneh MilaniRaymond J. Nelson Professor of Iranian literature and Gender Studies,University of Virginia Speaking on A Literary Journey:On Walls, Veils, Borders, and Thresholds Friday, 9 September 2022, 1:00 P.M. Eastern […]

Hauntologies of the Present: Notes on Politics of Friendship in Férydoun Rahnéma’s Modernism

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Series in collaboration with The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation present Hauntologies of the Present: Notes on Politics of Friendship in Férydoun Rahnéma’s Modernism   Maziyar Faridi Clemson University Friday, 16 September 2022, 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US) Registration: […]

Women, Life, Liberty: Mahsa Amini, the Women’s Movement, and the Future in Iran

University of TorontoElahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies in collaboration withYork University’s Department of History and the Iranian Women’s Organization of Ontario present an online open public discussion on Women, Life, Liberty:Mahsa Amini, the Women’s Movement, and the Future in Iran Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 01:00 PM Eastern Time (Canada and the US)Zoom Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcu2grjwvHt0_XHLNsFp9B3JbWfq0WDz2 Panel […]

Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration withThe Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation present Iranian Studies Book Launch Alternative Iran:Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice Pamela KarimiAssociate Professor of Art HistoryUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth   Friday, October 7, 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US) Zoom Registration https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErc--rqzgrE9wO1lWKFfJDuLuBYIHEjo8i   Pamela Karimi earned her PhD […]

Gender Encounters in Qajar

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration withThe Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation present Iranian Studies Book Launch (in Persian) رویارویی زن و مرد در عصر قاجار Gender Encounters in Qajar استاد حسن جوادیاستاد بازنشسته، دانشگاه کالیفرنیا، برکلی   Friday, 7 October 2022, 4:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US) Zoom Registration https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcscuuuqTsiGtIsMcZaxdT3DHrd-HvOANHM https://youtu.be/NcF0Al4WKAQ

Control, Digital Censorship and Totalitarianism:  The State Monopolization of Video-on-Demand Platforms in Iran

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Seriesin collaboration withThe Encyclopaedia Iranica FoundationpresentControl, Digital Censorship and Totalitarianism: The State Monopolization of Video-on-Demand Platforms in IranMasoumeh HashemiMel Hoppenheim School of CinemaConcordia University Friday, 14 October 2022, 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US) Zoom Registration https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtdOigqTMuEtDsfouN7QLw9RY1dijGojlM After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the […]

Gender in the Iranian Archives

Gender in the Iranian Archives will be a workshop series which brings together established and emerging Iranian Studies scholars and archivists for a series of guided sessions on archival research focused on how to trace histories of gender and sexuality in the archives of modern Iran. Building on the experience of scholars who have incorporated […]

Familial Undercurrents: Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran

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The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies & York University Department of History present Iranian Studies Book Launch In-person & Online Featuring Professor Afsaneh Najmabadi's Familial Undercurrents:Untold Stories of Love and Marriage in Modern Iran Speakers Afsaneh Najmabadi Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Emerita Leila Pourtavaf Assistant […]

From Defense to Intervention: Iran-Iraq War Cinema in a New Millennium

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Series in collaboration with The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation present From Defense to Intervention: Iran-Iraq War Cinema in a New Millennium Niki Akhavan Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Media and Communication Studies The Catholic University of America Friday, […]

Occupation and Sovereignty: Britain and Iran’s Road to the United Nations, 1941–1946

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University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture Series in collaboration with The Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation present Occupation and Sovereignty: Britain and Iran’s Road to the United Nations, 1941–1946 Dr. Rowena Abdul Razak London School of Economics and Political Science Friday, 4 November 2022, 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time […]