Ilex Foundation promotes the study of humanistic
traditions that derive from the civilizations of the Mediterranean
and Near East, and is dedicated to disseminating the research
it promotes through the application of information technology.
Ilex is a non-governmental organization dedicated to purely
intellectual agenda. See Ilex
Mission for more information.
Announcements
The ILEX Foundation Annual Festival of Films From Iran takes place in January and February 2010 at the following venues:
ILEX Foundation presented its Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema to Maziar Bahari. The award was presented Saturday, January 9, 2010, in a private reception at the
Koch Gallery,
Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. The World Premier of Mr. Bahari's new film, An Iranian Odyssey Mossadegh, Oil and the 1963 Coup, followed the reception.
ILEX is pleased to announce the publication of Stri:
Women in Epic Mahabharat, by Kevin McGrath. 2009. Harvard University Press.
This book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahabharata, and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them. Visit the Harvard
University Press web site for more information.
First Award for Lifetime Achievement in
Iranian Cinema to Dariush Mehrjui.
A Private Reception preceded the screening of Mr. Mehrjui’s
film, Santouri: The Music Man, on Friday November 14,
2008, in the Koch Gallery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Mr. Mehrjui receiving the award.
ILEX Foundation Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema, 2008.
Majidi Majidi is the 2008 recipient of ILEX Foundation Award for Excellence in Iranian Cinema
Majidi Majid receiving the award.
See the Cultural
Events page for more on film screenings, awards, and
other events sponsored by Ilex Foundation.
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