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...
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...