Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies

09/25/2026

09/22/2026

"From Persian Language Manuscripts to Game On!
The Aga Khan Museum's Collection as Catalyst"

Bita Pourvash
Aga Khan Museum

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Location for In-Person Attendance:
Iranian Studies Seminar Room
Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave
Toronto, ON M5S 1C1

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09/19/2026

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

Among Peoples and Papers:
Archives and the Recovery of Iran’s Past

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, University of Pennsylvania

Wednesday, September 23, 2026, 1:00 p.m. EDT/7:00 p.m. CET

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Abstract:
This talk will focus on conducting research on various aspects of Iranian history. From locating manuscripts, governmental documents, and photographs to conducting oral interviews and recovering material objects, I will focus on how some historians try to explain the past. At the same time, I will highlight the importance of acknowledging silences and biases in existing sources, and what can be done to address lacunae. Finally, I will discuss the process by which researchers slowly begin to create personal archives of their own through their research and works-in-progress.

Bio:
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently finishing her next book, “Tales of Trespassing: Borderland Histories of Iran, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf.” Kashani-Sabet has also written fiction and is completing her second novel, “Ghosts of Guilan.”

09/17/2026

"The Tyrant's Hand:
The Indian Soldier, the Polish Refugee, and the Rejection of A***n History in Occupied Iran"

A. Sean Pue
University of Maryland, College Park

Thursday, September 17, 2026, 1:00 p.m. EDT

Zoom Registration Link:
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09/17/2026

"From Persian Language Manuscripts to Game On!
The Aga Khan Museum's Collection as Catalyst"

Bita Pourvash
Aga Khan Museum

Tuesday, September 22, 2026, 12:00 p.m. EDT

Location for In-Person Attendance:
Iranian Studies Seminar Room
Rm 304, 4 Bancroft Ave
Toronto, ON M5S 1C1

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09/12/2026

https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/archives-and-the-recovery-of-irans-past/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUScFlwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7P10dM0IZsHv0J1XeTeuBOiumnfHQQNebLcV9rlKmI5RzJfnsrZuRlmohrfg_aem_0_wJx7jjVuHrNPNVX7IPEw

06/19/2026

The Holocaust, World War II, and Iranian Studies
22-26 June, 2026
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies
University of Toronto
https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/iran-the-holocaust-and-world-war-ii-2/