News & Updates
Real News: Where is it?
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...
Truth, Difference, and Loyalty: An Interfaith Symposium February 14-18, 2021
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...
COVID’s Metamorphoses, A Reflective Piece by UNESCO Chair, Dr Hassan Nadhem
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....
Reading Levinas and Talmud in a Time of Plague: A Poetic Response, by the UNESCO Chair featured in Tikkun Magazine
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...
Rabbi Michael Lerner & the Dalai Lama
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 Vision Summit....
Upcoming Zoom Events: Getting Religion Right in a Time of Crisis, Featuring Sister Helen Prejean and Rabbi Michael Lerner
Sister Helen, author of River of Fire: My Spiritual Journey (Random House, 2019) and Rabbi Lerner, author of Revolutionary Love: A Political Manifesto to Heal and Transform the World (University of California Press, 2019), will discuss their recent books on...
UNESCO Chair Steven Shankman’s Upcoming Talks
The North American Levinas Society will host their annual conference virtually this year. This subject of this year’s conference is “THE FACE AND THE INTERFACE: Levinas, Teaching, & Technology”, July 20th-23rd, 2020. Conference participants will reflect on Levinas’s...
Transformational Change and the Climate Crisis an Interview with Aurora Flynn
In our second interview with Aurora Flynn, we discuss the nuts and bolts of transformational change and how current capitalist systems stymie the individual's ability to meet the climate crisis and grow stronger. Part 1
The Climate Crisis Comes Home an Interview with Aurora Flynn
Research and theory only stay in their books until the crisis they reveal burns down your house. Aurora Flynn is a climate researcher who saw first hand the destruction warming temperatures can unleash. While working in California, Flynn had to flee the 2019 fires...
COVID-19: A Note From the UNESCO-Chair
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...
Local or National? How Radio Connects Us
KLCC director Rachael McDonald talks about how to report on hate crimes and radio’s role in investigation. Additionally, what is local radio’s part in reporting on international and national news in relation to local reactions or connections.
The Challenges of Radio in the 2020s
KLCC director Rachael McDonald discusses funding and underwriting models, and how they’ve changed as demographics and technological challenges have arisen over the last 10 years for radio.
Local Radio in an Evolving Media World
In an increasingly connected world, what can, and should, a local radio station do in its community? KLCC director Rachael McDonald talks about expanding connections beyond Eugene and how her work has changed with a government hostile to media.
The Perfect Voice For Radio
There’s no mistaking Prince Nesta’s voice for anyone else. He talks about his natural radio voice, his mother’s dream that he’s honoring by studying journalism and his initial fascination with radio.
The World DJ, from Kenya to Oregon
Prince Nesta loves all aspects of radio, including spinning records. He talks about discovering music from across the world and his time as a DJ in Kenya.
Kenya to Nevada to Oregon, Prince Nesta’s Travels
University of Oregon PhD student Prince Nesta talks about his journey from Kenya to Nevada to Oregon and the ongoing digital transition of traditional radio.
Where Does Public Radio Go From Here?
Chris Chavez talks about NPR, its role in the modern media landscape and its evolution over the last 50 years. The technological and demographic changes and disruptions of the 21st century have proven tricky for radio and funding is another question mark he examines...
Dreaming in Turtle
Peter Laufer talks about his book “Dreaming in Turtle,” the inspiration behind studying the boxy reptiles and human cruelty toward animals.