Imagining diversity and intercultural relations in a post-COVID world

May 5, 2020 | COVID-19

A reflection provided by Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. COVID-19 is proving to be a truly transformational global crisis that is changing and will continue to change the way our social lives are structured and lived for...

Joint Statement by United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF) with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council

Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19

The following joint statement is issued by the Principals of the rotating IATF co-Chairs (UNAOC and UNOSAPG) and Executive Secretariat (UNFPA) on behalf of the members of the IATF and endorsed by the co-Chairs of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council (MFAC) on behalf...

Covid-19 + Trump Policies = more Crises on Campus

Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19

Article provided by Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace and authored by Professor Peter Laufer, CoDirector of UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute for Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict-Sensitive Reporting ....

Reflections on how COVID-19 has impacted on Russian Communities

Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19

by Professor Dimitri Spivak, UNESCO Chair on Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue The pandemic has considerably aggravated everyday living conditions of the majority of target groups of the intercultural...

A lecture on “The Power of Dialogue in Encountering the Sectarian Conflict in Iraq”

Apr 3, 2020 | News

The Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University, Dr. Hassan Nadhem presented a lecturer at Bitzer College in Los Angeles on February 18, 2020. The lecture was part of the well-known Spring Lectures Series at MCSI, that have been organized by the...

Participation in a Joint Project on US-Europe-Iraq Cooperation

Apr 3, 2020 | News

The Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University, Dr. Hassan Nadhem participated in the first Dialogue of the new joint project: a US-Europe-Iraq Track II Dialogue held in Berlin, Germany on 2-4, March 2020.  This project is organized by the...

Reflections on Covid-19 from UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace, University of Oregon, Professor Steven Shankman

Apr 2, 2020 | COVID-19

Dear Friends, During a period of increasing nationalism, the relentless itinerary of a virus that is heedless of national boundaries is telling us, in piercing tones, that we are all indeed connected to each other, that we are one globe, one world. The virus is...

Spring Session 2020 – Distance Meeting of Coordination Committee of UNESCO Chairs of the Russian Federation

Mar 23, 2020 | News

In light of the current necessity to maintain social distance, the Spring Session 2020 of the Coordination Committee of UNESCO Chairs of the Russian Federation took place in late March in the form of a distant meeting. The session’s agenda included primarily...

A comparative overview of traditions associated with celebrating the New Year in Russia

Jan 20, 2020 | UNITWIN Network

On 13th January 2020, Dr. Dimitry Spivak (Head of the Center for Fundamental Research in Culture at the Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage named after D. S. Likhachev, UNESCO Chair) was invited to take part in a TV program dedicated to making a comparative...