Rethinking History: Traditional Forms and Modern Contents

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: نخستینه‌چاپ‌های فارسی: همگامی چاپ سنگی، سربی و چوبی "The Persian Incunables: The Convergence of Lithographic, Typographic, and Woodblock Printing" (in Persian) Ali Boozari Tehran University of Art Thursday, January 9, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pd-uorjMvGNQtfHpS_s8YpNuWs8k_O6tj After registering, you will receive a confirmation […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, and the Invisible East Programme, Department for Continuing Education, University of Oxford jointly present Early Illustrated Persian Lithographed Books as Historical Record of the Revitalization of Religious Identity against the Bábí Movement Roxana Zenhari, Research Associate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Thursday, 16 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with the Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America, the Ontario Zoroastrian Community Foundation, the Zoroastrian Society of Ontario, and the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation jointly present The Beginning of Evils (Herodotus 5.97) from a Persian Perspective Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theDepartment of Middle Eastern Studies and theCenter for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago jointly present: Using Film Adaptations of Persian Literature in Persian Language Instructions M.R. Ghanoonparvar, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin Saturday, 18 January 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US)  Zoom Meeting […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, presents Toiling for Oil: A Social History of Petroleum in Iran  Dr. Touraj Atabaki, Leiden University Friday, 24 January 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/yj1wULNuTZmPER_kazvU5g After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.   Abstract: […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, Persian Circle, Parya Trillium Foundation, and Silk Road Films jointly present Baligh "The Iranian Arsène Lupin" (Dir. Sona Moghaddam, 2024) Canadian Premiere Screening Saturday, 25 January 2025, 3:00 p.m  Parya Trillium Foundation 344 John St, Markham, ON, L3T 5W6 Ticket Price: $15/ Student Ticket […]