by Olivia Sanchez | Feb 6, 2019 | Excerpts from Olivia's Paris Journal, Postcards from Abroad
Well, my soul may love Paris, but my immune system definitely does not. I am sick for the second time in six weeks despite my best efforts to avoid all germs*. I am not typing this post on my clickety French keyboard while swiveling around in my 1990’s office...
by | Feb 5, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Programs, Stories
UNESCO Student Research Fellow and Truman Scholar Sravya Tadepalli sits down with Peter Laufer and Chris Chavez to discuss her time studying politics and the impact of political organizations, both foreign and local, in Jordan.
by | Feb 5, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Programs, Stories
University of Oregon professor, author and UNESCO Crossings Institute Co-chair Seven Shankman teaches the “Inside Out” program at the University of Oregon. In his classes, prisoners and University students take classes together creating a unique experience...
by Olivia Sanchez | Jan 30, 2019 | Excerpts from Olivia's Paris Journal, Postcards from Abroad
It’s Monday morning at UNESCO and the building is buzzing with energy. In addition to being the International Year of Indigenous Languages (which has primarily been my area of focus since arriving), according to the United Nations, it is also the International Year of...
by | Jan 25, 2019 | Conflict Sensitive Reporting, Crossings Radio and Crossings News, Food for Thought, Intercultural and Interreligious Conflict, Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
The traditionally small, conservative, throughly Americana town of Princess Anne, Maryland has an intriguing new development. A mosque has been founded on mainstreet. UNESCO research fellow and Salisbury University professor David Burns reports from Maryland on the...