News from UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality
Professor Roger Koudé, UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality, is pleased to provide a list of his publications in French and foreign media for January 2021. To access the list in both French and English, please click here.
Journal Article: Racism and Nationalism during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri, Dr Amanuel Elias, Mr Jehonathan Ben and Professor Yin Paradies. Racism and xenophobia associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic disproportionately affect migrants and minority groups worldwide. They exacerbate...
News from UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality
Professor Roger Koudé, UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality, has provided the following news and links to publications and forums conducted in French and foreign media in 2020. To access this list, provided in both French and English, please...
10th International Forum: Islam in the Multicultural World
The following post has been provided by Professor Dimiti Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. A number of professors of the North Caucasus affiliation of our UNESCO Chair,...
Pándēmos! All Under the Same Heaven!
The following article is provided by Dr Gerald Cipriani, Honorary Professor to the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. To most, giving an opinion on a natural phenomenon amounts to semantic...
New Article: Muslim communities in Australia and the ‘mainstreaming’ of outer-group suspicion and apprehension
Professor Fethi Mansouri has written an article that was recently published in the Melbourne Asia Review. The article looks at how Muslims tend to be characterised as the least desirable group of migrants and continue to be viewed with suspicion and apprehension. Few...
Journal Article: Young Muslim Australians’ experiences of intergroup contact and its implications for intercultural relations
New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri, Professor Ihsan Yilmaz, Dr Ana-Maria Bliuc and Dr Galib Bashirov. Literature on intergroup contact shows that in the absence of the required structural conditions, contact is not necessarily always a positive experience...
Radio Interview: The normalisation of Arab states with Israel and its implications for the Palestinian cause
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently interviewed on SBS Arabic 24 radio on the normalisation of Arab states with Israel and its implications for the Palestinian cause. The interview, conducted by Iman Riman and Manal al-Ani in Arabic, can be accessed by clicking...
Radio Interview: Aggressive secularism exacerbates religious tensions in France
Following on from his recent article co-authored with Professor Greg Barton and published on ABC’s Religion and Ethics online, Professor Fethi Mansouri was interviewed on 25 November 2020 by Andrew West from On The Religion and Ethics Report on ABC Radio National,...
Opinion Piece: Muslims are not the problem, and critics are not the enemy: How aggressive secularism is dividing France
Professor Fethi Mansouri recently had an opinion piece published on the ABC Religion & Ethics website. The article, co-authored with Professor Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University, looks at recent terrorism attacks in France and their...
Online Seminar: “Intercultural Dialogue as a European Project”
Online Seminar details are provided by Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity. This seminar series will be held on the following Monday evenings: 16, 23, 30 November and 7 & 14...
International e-Conference: “The Role of Intercultural Dialogue in Managing Diversity in Europe”
Conference details are provided by Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity International e-Conference titled, 'The role of Intercultural Dialogue in managing diversity in Europe' will...