Conferences

The Ilex Foundation sponsors a range of conferences to improve mutual understanding between cultures, in line with its larger mission. Please see Ilex Mission for more information.

Click on the links below for details on each conference, including select papers presented.

Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, 2006

ILEX Foundation presented a panel at the 40th Anniversary of MESA's annual conference, held in Boston, MA, in November 2006. The ILEX panel was entitled "Cunning Words: Hila or How To Do Things with Tricks."

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International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) 6th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, 2006

Ilex Foundation sponsored a panel at this conference in London, England entiled "Ethics in Iran: Historical and Literary Perspectives."

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Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, 2005.

Ilex Foundation hosted a panel at this conference entitled "Departed but Not Dead: The Presence of Figures from the Past in Islamic Lands, " on November 19-22, in Washington, D.C.

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International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) 5th Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, 2004

Ilex Foundation sponsored a panel at this conference on May 28-30, 2004, in Bethesda, Maryland .

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Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, 2003

Ilex Foundation hosted a panel at this conference entitled "Dreaming Across Boundaries: Divination in Islamic Lands, " on November 7-9, in Anchorage, Alaska.

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2002 MESA Annual Meeting

Ilex organized a panel at this conference in November 2002 in Washington, DC.

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2nd Ferdowsi Conference

Ilex Foundation and the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia sponsored this conference on August 21 - 28, 2000, in Tehran, Iran.

Building Bridges Between the United States and Iran

Ilex Foundation and Search for Common Ground sponsored this conference on Monday, April 27, 2000, in Washington, DC.

MESA Annual Meeting

Ilex Foundation sponsored a panel entitled "Current Trends in Contemporary Iranian Culture" at this conference in November 1999, in Washington, DC.

More on the Ilex panel.

1st Ferdowsi Conference

Ilex Foundation and Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies sponsored this conference on March 25 - 26, 1999, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.