COVID-19 news and analysis
Ramadan Conversations
On Saturday 2 May, Professor Fethi Mansouri was a guest panel member for an episode of Ramadan Conversations organised by the Australian Intercultural Society and the Dialogue Institute of Australia. Hosted by George Donikian and co-hosted by Dr Zuleyah Keskin,...
Imagining diversity and intercultural relations in a post-COVID world
A reflection provided by Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. COVID-19 is proving to be a truly transformational global crisis that is changing and will continue to change the way our social lives are structured and lived for...
Joint Statement by United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF) with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council
The following joint statement is issued by the Principals of the rotating IATF co-Chairs (UNAOC and UNOSAPG) and Executive Secretariat (UNFPA) on behalf of the members of the IATF and endorsed by the co-Chairs of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council (MFAC) on behalf...
Covid-19 + Trump Policies = more Crises on Campus
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 how COVID-19 has impacted on Russian Communities
by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue The pandemic has considerably aggravated everyday living conditions of the majority of target groups of the intercultural...
Reflections on Covid-19 from UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace, University of Oregon, Professor Steven Shankman
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 telling us that our work with UNESCO matters. This is good.