COVID-19 news and analysis
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...
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...
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...
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...
The socio-cultural implications of Covid-19
Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chairholder for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at Deakin University and UNITWIN Convenor for Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding, shares his views on the socio-cultural implications of COVID-19. Worldwide,...
Official launch of the UNESCO Forum
The COVID-19 crisis has had a major impact on societies, challenging what we thought were fundamental truths. Given that the pandemic is ongoing, and no one knows how it will end, it is all the more urgent that we take time to think. Indeed, these events have revealed...
What does it mean to be a student during COVID-19?
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...