Oct 12, 2021 | Conference, COVID-19
Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Oriental Studies On April 15, 2021, an international online conference “Religious Institutions and Practices during the COVID Pandemic: challenges and answers” was held at the Faculty of Oriental Studies,...
Jun 30, 2021 | COVID-19, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Dear UNITWIN Network Coordinators and UNESCO Chair holders, After the unprecedented growth in higher education in the last decade, the education of more than 220 million tertiary students was suddenly disrupted due to the COVID-19 driven university closures....
Apr 14, 2021 | Conference, COVID-19, UNITWIN Network
The following conference information is provided by Dr. Laura Yerekesheva (Prof., al Farabi Kazakh National University. (Almaty, Kazakhstan) The conference is organized within the frames of the research project “Religious Institutions and Practice in Kazakhstan in the...
Jan 12, 2021 | COVID-19, UNITWIN Network
The following article is provided by Dr Gerald Cipriani, Honorary Professor to the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. To most, giving an opinion on a natural phenomenon amounts to semantic...
Nov 9, 2020 | COVID-19, 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...