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THE SITE FEATURES DIDACTIC MODULES AND EDUCATIONAL COURSES THAT PROMOTE DEEPER REFLECTION ON A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS, CASE STUDIES AND EXERCISES AIMED AT BETTER UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF OSTAD ELAHI'S PHILOSOPHY AND WRITTEN WORKS. IN ADDITION, IBES ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED A SERIES OF VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ON THE BASIS OF THE DIDACTIC MODULES AND COURSES PRESENTED ON THE WEBSITE. 45950 THE FOUNDATION ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED A SERIES OF PROBING CONVERSATIONS AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM ON THE SUBJECT OF "SPIRITUALITY IN THE AGE OF SCIENCE: CONVERSATIONS ON GOD, TRANSCENDENCE, AND MORTALITY." THE THIRD EVENT IN THIS THREE-PART SERIES TOOK PLACE ON FEBRUARY 7, 2024, TITLED "RETHINKNG MORTALITY: EXPLORING THE INTERSECTION OF LIFE AND DEATH," WITH PHYSICIAN SAM PARNIA. A SECOND THREE-PART SERIES, "BECOMING HUMAN: AN ELUSIVE PURSUIT," LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER 14, 2024 WITH "FROM BIOLOGY TO CULTURE: THE EVOLUTION OF GOODNESS," FEATURING EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST DAVID SLOAN WILSON. THE NEXT TWO INSTALLMENTS IN THE SERIES, ON FEBRUARY 11, 2025 AND APRIL 10, 2025, EXPLORE THE COGNITIVE REVOLUTION UNDERWAY AND THE NOTION OF HUMAN PERFECTIBILITY. ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING ON THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL. 13267 7880 THE FOUNDATION ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED TWO MUSICAL PERFORMANCES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART. ON MARCH 23, 2024, A PERFOMANCE ENTITLED "AN EVENING OF PERSIAN MYSTICAL MUSIC AT THE MET" FEATURED DEMONSTRATIONS AND RENDITIONS ON THE ANCIENT THREE-STRINGED LUTE, THE TANBUR, AND ON THE PERSIAN DAF OR HANDHELD DRUM. 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