Opinion Piece: Muslims are not the problem, and critics are not the enemy: How aggressive secularism is dividing France

Nov 18, 2020 | UNITWIN Network

Professor Fethi Mansouri recently had an opinion piece published on the ABC Religion & Ethics website. The article, co-authored with Professor Greg Barton, Chair in Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University, looks at recent terrorism attacks in France and their...

Online Seminar: “Intercultural Dialogue as a European Project”

Nov 18, 2020 | Seminar, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network

Online Seminar details are provided by Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity. This seminar series will be held on the following Monday evenings: 16, 23, 30 November and 7 & 14...

International e-Conference: “The Role of Intercultural Dialogue in Managing Diversity in Europe”

Nov 18, 2020 | Conference, Event, UNITWIN Network

Conference details are provided by Associate Professor Despoina Anagnostopoulou, UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Policy for an Active Citizenship and Solidarity International e-Conference titled, ‘The role of Intercultural Dialogue in managing diversity in...

New Journal Article: Psychological Peculiarities of Shiite Muslims in Russia: Factor Analysis

Nov 18, 2020 | Publications

Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue is pleased to advise his journal article titled, ‘Psychological Peculiarities of Shiite Muslims in Russia: Factor...

Professor Fethi Mansouri is elected as a fellow to Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

Nov 18, 2020 | News, UNITWIN Network

Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, was this week named one of 38 new fellows elected this year to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. “This is more than a personal honour but...

New Article: Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Approach.

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...

New book: Evangelic Lutheran Congregation of Toksovo: a 400 Year Long

Nov 8, 2020 | Publications

Professor Dimitri Spivak, Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue provides the following update. Proceedings of the 6th Toksovo Readings have just been published in St.Petersburg, Russia, in Russian...

New Article: For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic

Nov 3, 2020 | News

On 30 October, Professor Fethi Mansouri wrote an article for The Conversation. The article, co-authored with Professor Greg Barton, was written in response to the recent terror attacks that occurred in Nice, France. To view the full article, please click here. A...

International Symposium ‘W(est) & E(ast) Metacultural Challenge’

Oct 29, 2020 | Conference, UNITWIN Network

Professor Anatoly Alexeyev-Apraksin, PhD, Dr ScSymposium Chair On October 3, 2020, International Symposium ‘W(est) & E(ast) Metacultural Challenge’ took place in St. Petersburg, Russia. The following post has been provided by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair...