The University of Toronto’s Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, Department of History and the Department of Historical Studies in conjunction with the Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies and The Foundation for Iranian Studies have teamed up to present the Iranian Studies Seminar Series. Our distinguished seminars are designed to feature work from leading faculty members who are enganged in exploring various topics in the Iranian community and culture. Each seminar is uniquely created to provide insight and practical advice to those interested in this particular area of academia. With the rich content embeded into each of our seminars they are bound to spark inspirational ideas for future reasearch.

On March 28, 2014, Dr. Carl Ernst, William R. Kenan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present the lecture “Anglo-Persian Taxonomies of Indian Religions.”