The 2025 Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecture
When and Where
Speakers
Description
"The Living Archive: Charting New Paths in the Field of Iranian Diaspora Studies"
Professor Persis Karim
Director, Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies
San Francisco State University
Followed by a screening of The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life (Dirs. Persis Karim and Soumyaa K. Behrens, 2024)
Monday, February 17, 2025
Innis Town Hall
2 Sussex Ave
Toronto, ON M5S 1J5
4:00 - 8:00pm
Presented by the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto, in conjunction with the Iranian Diaspora Studies Seminar Series, a collaborative initiative of the Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies at San Francisco State University, the Iranian & Persian Gulf Studies Program at Oklahoma State University, and the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of Toronto. The Institute’s 2025 Distinguished Lecture will serve as the inaugural session of the Diaspora Studies Seminar Series.
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