Sep 21, 2020 | Conference, COVID-19, Event
Professor Fethi Mansouri was recently invited to participate as a plenary speaker at the UN International Day of Peace Virtual Conference. Professor Mansouri presented on critical reflections on World peace / International relations in the context of the emerging...
Sep 14, 2020 | COVID-19, Event
Professor Fethi Mansouri gave a keynote presentation on 10 September to the Y20, the Youth Engagement Arm of the G20 Group. The presentation was titled ‘Multiculturalism and Global Citizenship in a post Covid-19 World: The role of global youth in...
Sep 11, 2020 | COVID-19, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Following is a deeply reflective piece conveying a message of hope and resistance to other Covid 19 patients from Dr Hassan Nadhem, UNESCO Chair on the Development of Inter-religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World, based at the University of Kufa. Dr Nadhem was...
Sep 10, 2020 | COVID-19, News, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Through inductive exploration of authentic, local, community responses to the COVID-19 crisis, this brief examines the new context in which the ICD agenda is being pursued, complementing the many existing quantitative analyses of the socio-cultural impact of...
Aug 7, 2020 | News, UNESCO
UNESCO Press Release No.2020-75 Paris, 05 August — Leading personalities from all over the world have joined UNESCO in denouncing mounting racial discrimination in an advocacy video, United Against Racism, released today. The 2’41” black and white film features...
Jul 22, 2020 | News, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Hagia Sophia: UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of the Turkish authorities, made without prior discussion, and calls for the universal value of World Heritage to be preserved Paris, Friday 10 July – The Director-General of UNESCO deeply regrets the decision of...
Jul 16, 2020 | COVID-19, News, UNITWIN Network
This opinion piece has been written by Scheherazade Bloul, PhD candidate to Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and coauthored by Dr Shakira Hussein, a researcher based at the University of Melbourne. This piece was...
Jul 7, 2020 | Event, News, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Professor Carmine Gambardella, UNESCO Chair on Landscape, Cultural Heritage and Territorial Governance is pleased to advise the XVIII International Forum will be held in late September 2020. With the support of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in...
