Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Institute of Iranian Studies - 2026–27

Registration link https://iranianstudies.utoronto.ca/event/the-aga-khan-museums-collection-as-catalyst/

Sep. 22

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

Bita Pourvash, Curator at Aga Khan Museum

Oct. 13

The Mask as Argument: Bahman Mohassess and the Parody of Authority in 1960s Tehran

Reza Mirzaei, Clinical Assistant Professor of Art History, Alfred University

Nov. 3

Forgery and Finance in a Global Market: Islamic Ceramics, in and Out of Time

Margaret S. Graves, Associate Professor Brown University

Dec. 8

Ilkhanid Capital Cities: Transcultural Interactions

Atri Hatef Naiemi, Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Victoria

Jan. 19

‘Ālam al-Mithāl and the Image in Early Modern Iran

Micheal Chagnon, Curator at Aga Khan Museum

Feb. 9

The Rose and Nightingale’s Journey from Isfahan to Shiraz: Iranian Flower-and-bird Iconography in the Second Half of the 18th Century

Leila (Leili) Tabatabaei Yazdi, University of Mashhad

March 2

Title TBD

Massumeh Farhad, National Museum of Asian Art Smithsonian

March 23

Modernizing 'Ajab: Zenderoudi's Early Paintings and Installations

Hamed Yousefi, Oberlin College

April 13

Commercial Break: Manuscript Production in Bukhara in the Absence of Royal Patronage, ca. 1570 – 1590

Jaimee Comstock, New College, Oxford