Third Academic Forum of UNESCO Chairs in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue, Tunis, December 2018

Sep 26, 2018 | Event, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network

** THIS FORUM HAS BEEN POSTPONED. TO BE UPDATED ** The Third Academic Forum of UNESCO Chairs working in the field of intercultural and interreligious dialogue will be convened in Tunis from 12 to 13 December 2018. It will take place just two days after UNESCO and the...

New Publication: Diversité et dialogue interculturel

Sep 23, 2018 | Publications

Dr Mauricio Beuchot has co-authored with Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez, UNESCO chair on Intercultural Dialogue, to publish a new book titled Diversité et dialogue interculturel. The book is translated as Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue in English. This book aims to...

New Publication on Intercultural Dialogue (Spanish)

Sep 17, 2018 | UNESCO

A new publication (in Spanish) has been released this year, co-authored by UNESCO Chair for Intercultural Dialogue Prof. Dr. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez. This is a publication dealing with the elaboration of the fundamental principles of the approach Dr. Gonzalez in the...

Report: ‘Understanding Global Issues through Cross-Faculty Collaborations’

Sep 4, 2018 | Publications

UNESCO Chairholder in TVET and Lifelong Learning, Professor Bob Adamson was part of a project titled ‘Understanding Global Issues through Cross-Faculty Collaborations’ which was established to find out whether students’ global awareness was actually being...

Event: ‘Multiculturalism, Interculturalism and Diversity Governance in the New Millennium: A Conversation with Tariq Modood and Fethi Mansouri’

Aug 29, 2018 | Event, News

There is a growing concern nowadays in culturally pluralist societies that multiculturalism as a diversity policy framework is experiencing a gradual drop in popular and political support. Yet, as research in many emigre societies shows this characterisation of the...

New Article: ‘Estonian and Finnish Pupils’ Experiences of Religious Issues and Views on the Place of Religion in School’

Aug 13, 2018 | News

UNESCO Chair on Values, Dialogue and Human Rights Prof. Arto Kallioniemi and his colleagues recently published an article on ‘Estonian and Finnish Pupils’ Experiences of Religious Issues and Views on the Place of Religion in School’ in the Journal of...

New Article: ‘Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia’

Jul 30, 2018 | News

UNESCO Chair of Cultural Diversity and Social Justice, Prof. Fethi Mansouri has co-published an article on ‘Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia’ with Dr Matteo Vergani. More on the article: Abstract This...

New Publication: Sectarian Conflict: Chapters on Concepts and History

Jul 30, 2018 | Publications

The UNESCO Chair on the Development of Inter- Religious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World, Professor Hassan Nadhem presents a new book titled ‘Sectarian Conflict: Chapters on Concepts and History’. It focuses on historical moments where ancient...

New Publication: ‘Perception of Traditional \ Non-traditional Music and its Influence upon Life Expectancy: Preliminary Report. Article 1: Telomere Length’

Jul 18, 2018 | News

A significant research that correlates perception of music with positive impact on life expectancy has been published in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue Professor...