Institutionalizing Iranian Studies

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Saturday, September 13, 2025 9:00 am to 6:30 pm
Massey College (4 Devonshire Place, Toronto)

Description

Institutionalizing Iranian Studies: A Conference Dedicated to Dr. Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali for Her Lifetime Contributions to Iranian Studies

 

 

Conference Program

  • 9:00-10:00 a.m: Registration, breakfast, and musical performance
  • 10:00-10:10 a.m: Opening Remarks

Mohamad Tavakoli, Professor and Inaugural Director, Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto

  • 10:10-10:40 a.m.

The Role of the Association for Iranian Studies and Its Journal in Promoting Iranian Studies as an Interdisciplinary Academic Field

Ali Banuazizi, Research Professor of Political Science at Boston College

  • 10:40-11:10 a.m.

Teaching Persian language in North America: Innovations, collaborations, challenges, and Visions

Azita H. Taleghani, University of Toronto
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi, University of Chicago

  • 11:10-11:30 Intermission
  • 11:30-12:00 p.m.

The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Center for Persian Studies at École Pratique des Hautes Études-Sorbonne

Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, Professor and Director, Centre Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali d’études persanes, École Pratique des Hautes Études-Sorbonne

  • 12:00-12:30 p.m.

TBA
Louvre Museum 

  • 12:30-1:00 p.m.

Empowering Scholarship, Inspiring Growth: Mission-Driven Leadership in Advancing Persian Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill

Claudia Yaghoobi, Roshan Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for the Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

  • 1:00-2:30 p.m. Lunch
  • 2:30-3:00 p.m.

Iranian Studies in Geneva: Emerging Perspectives

Negar Habibi, Mossadegh Foundation Lecturer of Iranian Studies, Université de Genève

  • 3:00-3:30 p.m.

The Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian and Iranian Studies at the University of Arizona

Kamran Talattof, Professor and Chair, Roshan Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Persian & Iranian Studies, University of Arizona

  • 3:30-4:00 p.m.

Decoupling Persian and Iranian Studies: A Perspective from the University of Washington

Aria Fani, Assistant Professor and Director of Persian and Iranian Studies, University of Washington

  • 4:00-4:30 p.m. Intermission
  • 4:30-5:00 p.m.

De-Provincializing Iranian Studies

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Faculty Affiliate, University of Toronto; Former Professor and Director of Sharmin and Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, Princeton University

  • 5:00-5:30 p.m.

Persian Studies from Inward Gaze to Global Spread

Fatemeh Keshavarz, Professor and Program Chair, Roshan Institute for Persian Studies, University of Maryland

  • 5:30-6:30 p.m. Discussion, Closing Remarks, & Musical Performance

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