The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Summoning the Documentary Image: Archives of the Iran-Iraq War in Contemporary Iranian Art Hoda Nedaeifar, University of Toronto Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/KOBWAw5oSJW212PlYGoIsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto jointly present Attitudes towards Lithography in 19th-Century India: The East India Company and Christian Missionaries Graham Shaw, University of London Thursday, November 6, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/LzX8QvxMR6y0yTkB7ESWqA After registering, you will receive […]

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 Manuscripts and Miracles: The Meherjirana Story Shernaz Cama, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi Friday, November 7 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern […]

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 Framing the Past: Exploring the Godard Archives of Iran and Afghanistan Martina Massulo, Musée du Louvre Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theCenter for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop, 1983-1993 Farzaneh Hemmasi, University of Toronto Monday, November 17, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Rm 304, 4 Bancroft […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Princes, Dervishes and Dragons: The Tile Arcade from Safavid Isfahan (c. 1685-95) Lisa Golombek, Royal Ontario Museum Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/KOBWAw5oSJW212PlYGoIsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies presents: Picturing Polemics: Iconography of a 1526 Painting from Safavid Tabriz Ruba Kana'an, University of Toronto Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/KOBWAw5oSJW212PlYGoIsg After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto jointly present بررسی تاریخچه مطبعه مجلس از بزرگترین چاپخانه های دولتی ایران "The Majlis Printing House" (in Persian) Homa Afrasiabi, Independent Scholar Thursday, December 4, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/LzX8QvxMR6y0yTkB7ESWqA After registering, you […]

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: When Literature Is Accessible: 'Authentic' Materials, Language Awareness, and Teaching Persian in the Era of Internet and Social Media Taraneh Sanei, McGill University Saturday, December 6, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studiesin collaboration with theCenter for Iranian Diaspora Studies, San Francisco State University and theIranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program, Oklahoma State University jointly present Migration, Politics, and Ethnic Identity Mohsen M. Mobasher, University of Houston-Downtown Monday, December 8, 2025, 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time (Canada and US) Zoom Meeting Registration:https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/-y7EFzDpSWCne7IwhD9VnQ After […]

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 SAVAK Calling: Telephonic Directives to the Editor of Diplomat Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, University of Toronto Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Toronto/5:00 p.m. UK  Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/azuvuYKIRh-yNsSYNoA_5A After registering, you […]

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies and the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto jointly present Visual Stereotypes in Illustrated Lithographed Books of the Qajar Era Effatolsadat Afzaltousi, Alzahra University Thursday, December 11, 2025, 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time Zoom Meeting Registration: https://utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/LzX8QvxMR6y0yTkB7ESWqA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing […]