Virtual Conference: UN International Day of Peace 2020
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently invited to participate as a plenary speaker at the UN International Day of Peace Virtual Conference. Professor Mansouri presented on critical reflections on World peace / International relations in the context of the emerging...
Presentation: Multiculturalism and Global Citizenship in a post COVID19 World: The role of global youth in emerging/post-covid recovery agenda
Professor Fethi Mansouri gave a keynote presentation on 10 September to the Y20, the Youth Engagement Arm of the G20 Group. The presentation was titled ‘Multiculturalism and Global Citizenship in a post Covid-19 World: The role of global youth in...
COVID’s Metamorphoses
Following is a deeply reflective piece conveying a message of hope and resistance to other Covid 19 patients from Dr Hassan Nadhem, UNESCO Chair on the Development of Inter-religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World, based at the University of Kufa. Dr Nadhem was...
New Briefing Paper: The Socio-Cultural Impact of Covid-19: Exploring the Role of ICD in Emerging Responses
Through inductive exploration of authentic, local, community responses to the COVID-19 crisis, this brief examines the new context in which the ICD agenda is being pursued, complementing the many existing quantitative analyses of the socio-cultural impact of...
UNESCO United Against Racism message rallies leading personalities to fight against racial discrimination
UNESCO Press Release No.2020-75 Paris, 05 August — Leading personalities from all over the world have joined UNESCO in denouncing mounting racial discrimination in an advocacy video, United Against Racism, released today. The 2’41” black and white film features...
News Item – UNESCO Statement on Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, and calls for the universal value of World Heritage to be preserved Paris, Friday 10 July – The Director-General of UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of...
What lies beneath? COVID-19 and the racial politics of face masks
This opinion piece has been written by Scheherazade Bloul, PhD candidate to Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and coauthored by Dr Shakira Hussein, a researcher based at the University of Melbourne. This piece was...
FSCIRE Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020
Applications are now open for Post Doctoral Fellowships on Riba in Islamic thought and promoted by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose (FSCIRE), Italy. FSCIRE Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020 co-funded by Banca d’Italia | The ribā in classical...
XVIII International Forum: World Heritage and Contamination
Professor Carmine Gambardella, UNESCO Chair on Landscape, Cultural Heritage and Territorial Governance is pleased to advise the XVIII International Forum will be held in late September 2020. With the support of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in...
WebGIS UniTwin/UNESCO Chairs Programme
Professor Carmine Gambardella, UNESCO Chairholder on Landscape, Cultural Heritage and Territorial Governance, President and CEO of the Benecon University Consortium, including five Italian Universities, (www.benecon.it) has the pleasure to inform you that the UNESCO...
Coronaspection: Reflecting on the spiritual challenges and opportunities of COVID-19
This post is provided by Alon Goshen-Gottstein, UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies and Director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute. Dear Friends, Shalom Some of you will surely have already received Elijah's recent newsletter, with the announcement of the release of...
New Article: Intrinsic Religiosity of Shiite Muslims in Russia
New paper authored by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue and co-authored by Professor Guylchokhra Seyidova and Dr Alina Venkova The paper presents results of a mass...