Join us for the 2025 Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecture, unpacking new perspectives on the Iranian Diaspora through a lecture and a film screening.
The Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies, University of Toronto,
in conjunction with the Iranian Diaspora Studies Seminar, presents the 2025 Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Distinguished Lecture.
Persis Karim, Professor, San Francisco State University will deliver a lecture on “The Living Archive: Charting New Paths in the Field of Iranian Diaspora Studies”, followed by a screening of The Dawn is Too Far: Stories of Iranian-American Life (Dirs. Persis Karim and Soumyaa K. Behrens, 2024)
Have questions about this event?
Contact Bilal Hashmi, Administrative Coordinator at bilal.hashmi@utoronto.ca
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