South Africa: Nurturing hope in challenging times webinar

Jun 16, 2025 | Event, Webinar

You are warmly invited to join the next webinar in the UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences Webinar Monthly Series. The webinar is titled “Nurturing Hope in Challenging Times – How we build courageous leadership for humanity.” It will be...

Exploring Intercultural Competences in African Contexts: Conference in Rabat

Jun 11, 2025 | Conference, News

You can register now to attend the UNESCO Chair on Intercultural Competences Conference 2025. The conference will be held on 29 September – 2 October 2025 at the International University of Rabat in Morocco. Hosted by Stellenbosch University, the UNESCO Chair on...

International Symposium ‘W(est)-E(ast) Identity in Space of Metaculture’

Jun 5, 2025 | News

Photograph of Professor Anatolii Alekseev-Apraksin, speaking at the Symposium The 8th International Symposium ‘W(est)-E(ast) Identity in Space of Metaculture’ took place in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 24, 2025 at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Symposium was...

Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme

Jun 4, 2025 | News

The Youth for Peace: UNESCO Intercultural Leadership Programme is open for applications. The deadline to apply is 22 June 2025 at 23:59 CET (Paris time).This new flagship initiative aims to empower emerging leaders (ages 25–45) to harness intercultural dialogue as a...

Network Newsletter for June 2025

Jun 4, 2025 | News

Newsletter sent to members of the IDIU Network on 3 June 2025 Message from the Convenor Dear Network members, I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible next week at the UNESCO IDIU Network Meeting, which is on Tuesday 10 June from 5pm-6pm, Eastern...

International Conference on Strategies to Prevent and Eliminate Genocide, 4-6 December in Kigali, Rwanda

Jun 2, 2025 | News

2. Dossier de présentation du colloque international (Kigali-Rwanda, décembre 2025)Download The UNESCO Chair “Memory, Cultures and Interculturalism” and the Higher Institute of Practice and Development of Law (ILPD) is hosting an International Conference...

Call for papers: International Colloquium on Cultural Diversity Governance in November 2025

Jun 2, 2025 | News

1. Colloque international (Conakry-Guinée, 13-15 novembre 2025)Download The UNESCO Chair “Memory, Cultures and Interculturality” of the Catholic University of Lyon (France) and the Catholic University of West Africa-University Unit in Conakry (Guinea), are...

Publication: The Russian-Ukrainian War: Challenges and Prospects

May 30, 2025 | Publications

The Russian-Ukrainian War: Challenges and Prospects (La guerre russo-ukrainienne : enjeux et perspectives) is a French language publication edited by the UNESCO Chair of Memory, Cultures and Interculturalism, Professor Roger K. Koudé. About this book...

5th Congress of Russian UNESCO Chairs   

May 28, 2025 | News

Mr. Sobhi Tawil, Director of the Futures of Education and Innovation Section, UNESCO Secretariat, speaking to the Congress (online) /Photo:D. Spivak The 5th Congress of UNESCO Chairs in the Russian Federation was held on 20 May 2025. The congress was held at the...