by emrakebw | Jun 23, 2021 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
Professor David Markowitz talks with Crossings Institute co-Director Peter Laufer in this episode of “Real News: Where is it?” The two explore theories of Truth Default and Plausibility, studies that can help news consumers best navigate news sources...
by emrakebw | Jun 18, 2021 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
Welcome to the UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute chats with University of Oregon professors whose research deals with how news consumers can best navigate news sources during an era of increasing propaganda fueled by technologies that can shroud fraud. Professor Peter...
by bbanna | Jan 28, 2021 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
How can interfaith encounters both engage aligned groups and reach across deep divides? Professor Steven Shankman registered to embark on a weeklong exploration of truth and difference, allyship, and the ways in which faith engenders connections with others, even...
by bbanna | Nov 7, 2020 | Food for Thought, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Stories
The 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....
by bbanna | Nov 5, 2020 | Events, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Stories
UNESCO Chair and University of Oregon Professor Steven Shankman, shares reflections on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his teaching, reading, and writing over the past several months through oracle poetry and heartfelt writings. Some of the reflections Shankman...
by bbanna | Oct 16, 2020 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Events, Food for Thought, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, News, Stories
A note from Tikkun’s Editor, Rabbi Michael Lerner: I was humbled and honored to be invited by the Dalai Lama to speak on two panels with him several years ago, and now to be invited to speak at the Lion’s Roar and Tibet House organized Dalai Lama Global...