Monthly Archives: May 2019

A new book on multiculturalism in the Arab-Islamic heritage by the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa published a new book entitled “Trends of Multiculturalism in the fourth century AH”. This book is the first of its kind to study this topic. Also, it is one of the first works of the Iraqi researcher Noor Ismail. This book, a thesis for Noor’s master’s degree in Arabic language ...

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The UNESCO Chairholder at the University of Kufa participates in a Conference at Koya University.

Dr. Hassan Nadhem, the UNESCO Chairholder, participated in a conference on “The Intellectual and the issue of Coexistence: The Arab-Kurdish Dialogue in Iraq”. The conference was organized by Koya University in Erbil from 28 to 30 April 2019. In his speech in the conference, Dr. Nadhem called for thinking about the reasons why the Iraqi literature written in Arabic rarely ...

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The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue cooperates with Shanghai University

Dr. Hassan Nadhem, the UNESCO Chairholder visited Shanghai University in China for the period (15-19 April, 2019). During this visit he met a number of academics and officials to discuss the ways of mutual cooperation between Kufa the university and Shanghai University. Dr. Nadhem discussed with the Chinese officials the establishment of Confucius Institute which will provide opportunities to build ...

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seminar on “The concept of tolerance and acceptance of the other”

On Tuesday 30/4/2019 the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa held a seminar entitled “The concept of tolerance and acceptance of the other” in the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Arts, the University of Kufa. The seminar was managed by Dr. Alaa Shatnan, associate Chairholder and a professor at the Faculty of Languages. It targeted ...

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