by ssamuel | Apr 2, 2024 | News
Starting this Thursday, April 4th through Sunday, April 7th, The Chair is pleased to co-sponsor the Extra! Extra! Don’t Kill the Messenger: Migrating to Stay Alive Symposium. This symposium aims to foster listening and understanding through dialogue with...
by ssamuel | Feb 6, 2024 | News
The Chair is pleased to publicize The UO Prison Education Program’s art exhibition, Hope: A Human Right. This is a creative exhibition of artwork that will be on display February 4th through March 8th at the Adell McMillan Gallery. These pieces were created by...
by ssamuel | Dec 9, 2023 | News
Tomorrow, December 10th at 2:00 PM PST, The Chair will speak at the Israel, Palestine, and American Forum held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene. This event will bring together people from various ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds to share...
by ssamuel | Nov 27, 2023 | News
The Chair is pleased to help publicize two upcoming UNESCO online seminars on Harnessing New and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development in Africa. These seminars are part of the series on Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future and will be held via...
by ssamuel | Nov 20, 2023 | News
Next Monday, November 27th, at 6:30 PM PT, in the EMU Redwood Rooms, please join The UNESCO Chair at the upcoming co-sponsorship event, Theater for Empathy and Understanding in the Israel-Palestine Conflict, with the University of Oregon’s Division of Global...
by rkhalife | Oct 30, 2023 | News
Tomorrow, October 31st at 3 PM ET, via Zoom, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum is hosting a special webinar intended solely for academics and legal scholars to hear, first-hand, from families whose loved ones have been kidnapped by Hamas. Today, hundreds of...
by rkhalife | Sep 17, 2023 | News
The UNESCO Chair Dr. Steven Shankman and Jana Zvibleman will be reading from their works at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on September 20th, 2023 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM PDT. The reading series will take place live at the Downtown Eugene Public Library or online...
by rkhalife | Jul 24, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
The Chair is pleased to help publicize the third edition of the UNESCO Series of Regional Expert Consultations on Intercultural Competencies for Peacebuilding, which will take place this Thursday, July 27 between 15:00 to 17:00 CEST (UTC+2), via Zoom platform. This...
by rkhalife | Jul 20, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
The US has officially rejoined UNESCO after a five-year absence. The UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace welcomes this development. Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-unesco-6380e9bfc62c02e6669d227590d44341
by rkhalife | Jul 13, 2023 | Crossings Radio and Crossings News
UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Sector has launched the UNESCO Series of Regional Expert Consultations on Intercultural Competencies for Peacebuilding. The first out of the six sessions focused on Europe, bringing in experts and practitioners in peacebuilding to...