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...

Research Report: Understanding Victorians’ varied attitudes towards Muslims

Oct 29, 2020 | News

Professor Fethi Mansouri is pleased to announce the release of the final report from the project, ‘Dissecting Islamophobia: Understanding the varied racialisation of Islam using Latent Class Analysis. This project was undertaken by Alfred Deakin Institute for...

2nd International Forum: ‘Theological Legacy of Muslims in Russia’

Oct 28, 2020 | Event, UNITWIN Network

The following post was provided by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue. Our UNESCO Chair took part at the 2nd International Forum ‘Theological Legacy of Muslims in...

Radio Interview: France’s crime should be condemned, so should other crimes

Oct 27, 2020 | Radio interview

Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently interviewed by SBS Arabic24 Radio to provide his views on recent events in France. The interview, conducted by Iman Riman and Manal Al Ani explored comments from the French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin where he said he was...

Journal Article: Public Attitudes Towards Multiculturalism and Interculturalism in Australia

Oct 8, 2020 | News

New Journal Article by Professor Fethi Mansouri is coauthored with Dr Amanual Elias and Ms Reem Sweid. The growing intellectual and policy debate around optimal approaches to diversity governance, particularly in relation to criticism of multiculturalism, is now...

Journal Article: On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West: Ontological and Epistemological Considerations

Oct 2, 2020 | News

Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently published in Religions (MDPI). This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the...