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New Article: Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Approach.

New Article: Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Approach.

by Unitwi5 | Nov 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Journal Article, Professor Steven Shankman, UNITWIN Network

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 World,...
What does it mean to be a student during COVID-19?

What does it mean to be a student during COVID-19?

by Unitwi5 | May 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Education, Professor Steven Shankman, UNITWIN

This reflective piece has been provided by Ms Brittany Banna who is currently completing a double masters at the University of Oregon and works as Assistant to Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace...
Covid-19 + Trump Policies = more Crises on Campus

Covid-19 + Trump Policies = more Crises on Campus

by Unitwi5 | Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Professor Steven Shankman, UNITWIN

Article provided by Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace and authored by Professor Peter Laufer, CoDirector of UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute for Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict-Sensitive Reporting ....
Reflections on Covid-19 from UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace, University of Oregon, Professor Steven Shankman

Reflections on Covid-19 from UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace, University of Oregon, Professor Steven Shankman

by Unitwi5 | Apr 2, 2020 | COVID-19, Professor Steven Shankman

Dear Friends, During a period of increasing nationalism, the relentless itinerary of a virus that is heedless of national boundaries is telling us, in piercing tones, that we are all indeed connected to each other, that we are one globe, one world. The virus is...
‘Turned Inside Out: Reading the Russian Novel in Prison’ New Book by UNESCO Chair, Professor Steven Shankman

‘Turned Inside Out: Reading the Russian Novel in Prison’ New Book by UNESCO Chair, Professor Steven Shankman

by Unitwi5 | May 7, 2017 | New Book, News, Professor Steven Shankman

In Turned Inside Out: Reading the Russian Novel in Prison, Steven Shankman reflects on his remarkable experience teaching texts by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Vasily Grossman, and Emmanuel Levinas in prison to a mix of university students and inmates. These persecuted...

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