Iranian Studies Book Launch: Rethinking the Contemporary Art of Iran

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Corpus-based Approaches to the Typology of Iranian Languages

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Geoffrey Haig is professor of linguistics in the Institute of Oriental Studies, University of Bamberg. His research is empirically oriented, with a focus on corpus-based approaches to language typology, and language contact in the Western Asian Transition Zone; for both fields he has co-developed online digital resources (see https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg. de/ and https://multicast.aspra.uni-bamberg.de/resources/wowa/. He has also […]

New Iranian Horror: Theorizing an Emerging Trend in Iranian Cinema

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Farshid Kazemi. Simon Fraser Universiy Bio: Farshid Kazemi is Sessional Lecturer at the School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University. He holds a PhD in Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on Iranian Cinema and Psychoanalysis. His research interests combine an interdisciplinary and theoretical approach to Film […]

Underground: The Secret Life of Videocassettes in Iran

Blake Atwood American University of Beirut Kaveh Askari Michigan State University Golbarg Rekabtalaei Seton Hall University   Abstract: For over a decade, videocassettes were officially banned in Iran. But even analog media technologies like the videocassette are surprisingly difficult to control. Rather than curtain the circulation of videocassettes, the ban inspired a vibrant video-based movie […]

“Salaam Mumbai”: Pasts and Presents of Exchange and Collaboration Between Indian and Iranian Cinemas

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Bio: Dr. Claire Cooley is a postdoctoral fellow at Tufts University. Her research and teaching focus on film and media industries in the Global South, South-South media flows, Sound Studies, and Critical Infrastructure Studies. Her work has appeared in a range of publications including Film History, Jump Cut, and Spectator. Her current book project tells […]

Commemorating the Life and Work of Dr. Reza Baraheni, 1935-2022

Farkhondeh Hajizadeh, Writer, Poet & Publisher Leila Sadeghi, Author, Researcher & Literary Critic Khatereh Sheibani, professor, York University Haroon Siddiqui, Author & Journalist Niyosha Keyzad, Phd Candidate, University of Toronto Granaz Moussavi, Poet Nahid Tavassoli, Writer & Literary Critic Saeed Yousef, Author  

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