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...
Radio Interview: France’s crime should be condemned, so should other crimes
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently interviewed by SBS Arabic24 Radio to provide his views on recent events in France. The interview, conducted by Iman Riman and Manal Al Ani explored comments from the French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin where he said he was...
Journal Article: Public Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia
New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri is coauthored with Dr Amanual Elias and Ms Reem Sweid. The growing intellectual and policy debate around optimal approaches to diversity governance, particularly in relation to criticism of multiculturalism, is now...
Journal Article: On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently published in Religions (MDPI). This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the...
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...