Zoroastrian Studies Seminar Series: The Hidden Everlasting Queen of the Sassanian Empire

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, […]

Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Lecture SeriespresentHow Women Claim their Rights on or off Screena virtual lecture by Dr. Pardis MinuchehrCalifornia State University, Long BeachFriday, 2 December 2022, 1:00 PM Eastern Time (Canada and the US)   Zoom Registrationhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvc-GhrjojEtPL2odpI4uEzAx1wPcOU3HM   After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about […]

   University of Toronto The Elahé Omidyar Institute of Iranian Studies presents Women, Life, Liberty: Iran’s Democratic Future Saturday, 14 January 2023 10:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada and the US) In-Person: Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 1J5 Zoom Registration & Participation https://uoft.me/IransDemocraticFuture 10:15-10:30 Welcome & Introduction: Mohamad Tavakoli, University of Toronto  Payam Akhavan, University […]

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin 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 Conception and Representation of the Zoroastrian Rituals   Professor Alberto Cantera Institute for Iranian Studies, Freie Universität Berlin   Friday, January 20, 1:00 PM Eastern TimeZoom Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdOqrrDstE9AhTsED3g0OOxf9E4maGo0T https://youtu.be/5F2fSy1a46s

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents Iranian Studies Virtual Book Launch featuring Iranian Masculinities: Gender and Sexuality in Late Qajar and Early Pahlavi Iran   by Dr. Sivan Balslev   https://youtu.be/FPVthJT8xik

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago and the Department of Near Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto present Virtual Lecture Series on Persian Language Pedagogy: New Trends and Innovations Grammaticalization of “Dāshtan” Dr. Mahbod GhafariUniversity of […]

University of Toronto Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin 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 On the Transmission of the Zoroastrian Texts   Professor Almut HintzeFellow of the British Academy and Zartoshty Brothers Professor of Zoroastrianism, University of London   Friday, February 17, 1:00 PM Eastern Time   Zoom […]