The Fly-Bottle Academic Discussions aim to bring together scholars, graduate students, and inquisitive minds with a passion for arts, social sciences, and humanities to exchange research ideas in a friendly environment. Each session features a brief presentation followed by a question and answer discussion. Please subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on social media to be notified about our meetings.

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Mannie Mirzaei

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Saskatchewan


Azam Khatam

Instructor, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University Global Iranian Studies Review, Editor


نیما نخغی

استادیار علوم سیاسی در دانشگاه یورک


محمد حاجی‌نیا

فارغ‌التحصیل کارشناسی ارشد فلسفه از دانشگاه تهران و Aix-Marsellie


Niloufar Vadiati 

Ph.D. in Urban Geography

DFG Walter Benjamin Research Fellow, Digital City Science, HafenCity University Hamburg


مهسا اسداله‌نژاد

پژوهشگر علوم اجتماعی

پوریا جهانشاد

 پژوهشگر مطالعات شهریِ انتقادی و هنر معاصر و مدیر گروه مطالعاتی رخداد تازه مستند

Soroush Maroozi

Research Fellow at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University


فاطمه فرهنگی‌نیا

دانشجوی کارشناسی‌ارشد ایران‌شناسی، پژوهشگر


ایمان واقفی

پژوهشگر مستقل مطالعات انتقادی شهر


Abotaleb Safdari

 Philosophy Postdoc Researcher


Duman Riazi

Postdoc in History of Theatre, University of Toronto

Arian Behzadi

Adjunct lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

وفا مهرآیین

پژوهشگر مستقل در حوزه زبانشناسی

محمد سجادیان

تهیه‌کننده، کارگردان، مهندس صنایع از ایران

مزدک دانشور

پزشک و انسان شناس پزشکی، پژوهشگر رشته تاریخ اجتماعی در دانشگاه لیدن هلند

کلودیا یعقوبی

استاد مطالعات فارسی و مدیر مرکز خاورمیانه و مطالعات اسلامی در دانشگاه کارولینای شمالی

مهدی فراهانی

نویسنده و پژوهشگر هنر، دانشگاه هنر OCAD، کانادا

Shawhin Roudbari

Assistant Professor, Environmental Design at University of Colorado Boulder

Samane Moafi

Assistant Director of Research at Forensic Architecture, University of London

احسان ابراهیمی

دانش‌آموخنه‌ فلسفه و کلام

Shadi Seyedi

PhD student in Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Hooman Razavi

University of Toronto, Na Ma Na Cinema Film Club

Ali Fard

Asistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Virginia


Shima Taj Bakhsh

Visual Artist

Alireza Taheri 

Toronto Psychoanalysis Society and Institute

Mehrdad Loghmani 

Researcher in Information Management, Syracuse University

Shervin MirzaeiGhazi 

Ph.D. candidate in Practical Philosophy, Lund University

Nojang Khatami

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of British Columbia

Sara Abbaspour 

MFA in Photography, School of Art, Yale University

Amir Yahya Ayatollahi 

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Vechta 

Hesam Hossein Zadeh

M.Sc., Sociology Department, Tehran University

Farhad Taraz

Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy, Cornell University

Simin Nasiri

MS.c., M.Arch., Georgia Institute of Technology

Anousheh Marouzi 

Pharm.D., M.Sc., Community Health and Epidemiology Department, University of Saskatchewan

Seif Ramezani

Ph.D. candidate in French Language and Literature, McMaster University

Behnam Amini

Ph.D. candidate, Social and Political Thought Department, York University

Sina Badiei

Program director in Philosophy and Human Sciences department, Université Paris Lumières

Payam Pilvar

Ph.D. candidate in Interdisciplinary Research in Music, University of Ottawa

Hediyeh Eghtesadi

Ph.D. candidate in philosophy, McMaster University