In collaboration between the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue and the College of Education at the University of Kufa, with the sponsorship of the University of Birmingham and the Rawaaq Foundation for Culture and Development, a scientific seminar titled “The Mandaeans: Their History, Cultural and Religious Heritage, and Connection to the Mesopotamian Civilization” was held on Sunday, November 5, 2023. The ...

The Director of the UNESCO Chair, Dr. Alaa Shatnan, participated in the sixth Seminar in the series of Seminar organized by the UNESCO Chairs Network on Wednesday 28/06/2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Paris time). The Seminar was titled (Advancing Scientific and Academic Freedoms in Times of Complexity).    The Seminar focused on scientific freedom and academic freedom as ...

On Wednesday, June 14th, 2023, Dr Alaa Shattnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair at Kufa University, participated in a symposium titled “Science Benefit Society – the Role of the Right to Science”, organized by UNESCO. The symposium addressed the role of science and scientists in the service of society, especially in addressing health crises and pandemics and their consequences ...

On Wednesday 30/11/2022 the International Day of Philosophy, the UNESCO Chair and Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Kufa held a seminar called “Ethics and cognitive requirements of dialogue” in the hall of the Faculty of Arts. Many professors from the Philosophy Department attended. At the beginning of the symposium, Dr. Alaa Shatnan, Director of ...

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the Philosophy Department of the Faculty of Arts-University of Kufa, hosted the expatriate Iraqi writer, researcher, and translator Professor Said Al-Ghanmi at an interactive Symposiumon Wednesday morning, October 19, 2022, at the Faculty of Arts. Professor Saeed Al-Ghanimi gave a lecture entitled “Literature and symbolic value-making”. The lecturer talked about how literature, ...

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University held the electronic symposium (Cultural Harmony and Its Impact on Peaceful Coexistence). Dr. Zeid Abbas Karim, UNESCO Chair, managed the electronic symposium. At the same time, Dr. Sabah Abbas Anouz/ Kufa University, and Dr. Rahman Gharkan, from the University of Al-Qadisiyah, were the lecturers, at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 2022, ...

Sponsored by the University of Kufa President, Prof. Yasir Lafta Hassoun. The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University, in cooperation with the Karbala Center for Studies and Research at the al-Hussainiya Holy Shrine, held the electronic symposium tagged: The Arbaeen Visit and its Human Dimensions in the Living Heritage of UNESCO. The symposium was managed by Dr. Zaid Abbas ...

The UNESCO Chair at Kufa University held a symposium in cooperation with the Imam Amir al-Mu’minin Center for Specialized Studies and Research in Najaf on Sunday evening, 12/6/2022. Dr. Abbas Al-Faham of Kufa University, Faculty of Education, who represents Imam Amir al-Mu’minin Center, Dr. Tahsin Fadil Abbas, representing UNESCO chair, attended the Symposium, and was managed by Dr. Khaled Al-Hamidi. ...

The UNESCO Chair, in collaboration with the Philosophical Studies Department of Beit Al-Hakma, held a scientific symposium at the Faculty of Languages Hall at Kufa University on Sunday, 29/5/2022 in the presence of the Dean of the Faculty of Languages‏, ‏‏‎Dr.Wiaam Albayati. The symposium addressed the problem of hate speech and cyberbullying in social media and the effective role of ...

On the occasion of the World Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development and under the auspices of the President of Kufa University, Professor dr. Yasir Lafta Hassoun. The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the Peace Studies Unit at Tikrit University, held a symposium about ” (Religious Diversity and The Future of Community Peace in Iraq”) on ...