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Invitation to a Global Prayer Event

Oct 7, 2024 | News

An invitation to a gathering (in person and virtual) on 10 October 2024 from the Elijah Interfaith Institute which hosts the UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies The Friends Across Faiths Initiative and Praying Together in Jerusalem invite you to join them for a special...

UNESCO’s “Pact for the Future”: a historic step for the cultural sector

Oct 7, 2024 | News, UNESCO

The Network is delighted to announce that UNESCO has recognised culture as an integral component of advancing a more equitable future. Read the full article on the UNESCO website UNESCO’s pact for the Future places culture at the heart of its response to the...

Youth and Future Generations

Jul 19, 2024 | Seminar, UNESCO

We are pleased to share the recordings in English and French from the Seminar on Youth and Future Generations, held on Wednesday 26 June 2024. See the UNESCO Chairs Seminars website for information on past and upcoming Seminars. Nous sommes heureux de partager les...

Invitation to 2024 Online Summer School: Human Life, Purpose and Dignity

Jul 4, 2024 | Event

The Elijah Interfaith Institute is delighted to invite you to “Human Life, Purpose and Dignity” online from July 29th – August 7th! Their annual Elijah series is in its 27th year of bringing religious leaders, interfaith activists and students of...

Recorded UNESCO Seminar: Science, Technology and Innovation and Digital Cooperation

Jul 2, 2024 | Seminar, UNESCO

This Seminar on ’Science, Technology and Innovation and Digital Cooperation’ was held on Wednesday 5 June 2024. Ce Séminaire des Chaires UNESCO : Science, technologie, innovation et coopération numérique s’est tenu le 5 juin 2024. Watch a...

Uniting Cultures and Traditions in Modern Intercultural Projects

Jun 28, 2024 | News

On May 5, 2024, Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures, and Interreligious Dialogue, was invited to take part in a panel discussion, titled ‘Uniting Cultures and Traditions in Modern Intercultural...

Call for Proposals: Exploring Intercultural Competences in an African Context

Jun 5, 2024 | Conference

Download the Call for Proposals (PDF) The UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences hosted by Stellenbosch University will organize its first Annual Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, at Strathmore University from 14 to 15 October 2024. The theme of the Conference is...

UNESCO Chairs Seminar: ’International Peace and Security’

Jun 5, 2024 | Seminar, UNESCO

UNESCO’s Constitution recognizes that ‘a peace based exclusively upon the political and economic arrangements of governments would not be a peace which could secure the unanimous, lasting and sincere support of the peoples of the world … peace must, therefore, be...

Religion and Family Values Conference in Russia

May 27, 2024 | News

Members of the UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures, and Interreligious Dialogue were recently part of a conference entitled ‘Promoting Traditional Family Values in Age of Globalization: Religious Viewpoints’, which was...

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