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...
New Journal Article: Psychological Peculiarities of Shiite Muslims in Russia: Factor Analysis
Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue is pleased to advise his journal article titled, 'Psychological Peculiarities of Shiite Muslims in Russia: Factor Analysis',...
Professor Fethi Mansouri is elected as a fellow to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, was this week named one of 38 new fellows elected this year to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. “This is more than a personal honour but...
New Article: Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Approach.
Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace has recently published an essay (with original poems) in the online journal Tikkun: The Prophetic, Jewish, Interfaith & Secular Voice to Transform and Heal the...
New book: Evangelic Lutheran Congregation of Toksovo: a 400 Year Long
Professor Dimitri Spivak, Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue provides the following update. Proceedings of the 6th Toksovo Readings have just been published in St.Petersburg, Russia, in Russian...
New Article: For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic
On 30 October, Professor Fethi Mansouri wrote an article for The Conversation. The article, co-authored with Professor Greg Barton, was written in response to the recent terror attacks that occurred in Nice, France. To view the full article, please click here. A...
International Symposium ‘W(est) & E(ast) Metacultural Challenge’
The following post has been provided by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue On October 3, 2020, International Symposium ‘W(est) & E(ast) Metacultural Challenge’...
Research Report: Understanding Victorians’ varied attitudes towards Muslims
Professor Fethi Mansouri is pleased to announce the release of the final report from the project, ‘Dissecting Islamophobia: Understanding the varied racialisation of Islam using Latent Class Analysis. This project was undertaken by Alfred Deakin Institute for...
2nd International Forum: ‘Theological Legacy of Muslims in Russia’
The following post was provided by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. Our UNESCO Chair took part at the 2nd International Forum ‘Theological Legacy of Muslims in...