Jun 18, 2018 | Publications
Oct 2016: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the UNESCO Chair on the Development of Inter- Religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World, Professor Hassan Nadhem collaborated towards the publication of a new book titled ‘To Karbala: Surveying Religious...
May 28, 2018 | Event, Publications
The launch of Long Walk of Peace towards Conflict Prevention took place at the United Nations HQ in Geneva on 24 May 2018. The volume is a culmination of over three years of concerted efforts with UNESCO colleagues and representatives of over thirty UN agencies and...
Mar 30, 2018 | Publications
A collection of works written in English, French and Arabic, edited by UNESCO Chair in Comparative Religious Studies, Mediation and Dialogue, Dr Antoine Messara, was compiled in a book titled La Gestion Démocratique du Pluralisme Religieux et Culturel (Le Liban en...
Feb 5, 2018 | Publications
Earlier in 2018, a moral panic erupted over so-called “African gangs” in Australia after federal and state politicians became vocal about “African youth” since December last year. UNESCO Chair in comparative research on cultural belonging and...
Dec 13, 2017 | Publications, UNESCO
Professor Dimitri Spivak’s new paper on intercultural dialogue in the cultural strategy of UNESCO, was recently published by one of the leading journals in the field, ‘Culture and Dialogue’, The paper is mostly a result of internal discussions,...
May 7, 2017 | Publications
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...
