On World Arabic Language Day, the UNESCO Chair, in collaboration with the Faculty of Languages at the University of Kufa, organized a scientific seminar on “Linguistics between Theory and Practice”. The seminar was held on Thursday, December 21, 2023, and was presented by Visiting Professor Yassin Taha Yassin from the Institute of Translation at the University of Algeria. Professor Yassin ...

The UNESCO Chair participated in the on-site seminar titled “Global and RegionalPerspectives in Contemporary Society: An Overview of the Middle East and the Arab World.”which took place at Hussein Institute for Dialogue and Peacebuilding, affiliated with ImamHussain Holy Shrine, on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.During the seminar, researcher and professor Francesco Nicola Maria PETRICONE fromLUMSA University in Italy delivered a lecture ...

Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the director of the UNESCO Chair, participated in the virtual seminar titled “Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future: Advancing the reflection and the action on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence” organized by UNESCO as part of the seminar series hosted by the UNESCO Chairs Network, on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. The seminar aimed at several objectives, including: • ...

A representative of the Centre for African Studies of the Holy Abbasiya Shrine and an African delegation visited the University of Kufa on Sunday, 03/12/2023. The delegation met with the president of the University in the presence of the director of the UNESCO Chair, Dr. Alaa Shattnan, and the director of the Kufa Studies Center, Dr. Hasanin al-Hilu.The African delegation, ...

The Director of the UNESCO Chair at Kufa University, Dr. Alaa Shatnan, participated in the virtual symposium ” Transforming Knowledge for Africa’s Future: Advancing the Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER) “organized by UNESCO as part of the UNESCO Chairs Network activities on Thursday, 30/11/2023. The goals of the symposium were to provide an overview of how open educational resources ...

Prof Dr. Musaab A. Al Khazaali, member of the UNESCO chair for interreligious dialogue, published a new book entitled ( Linguistic diamonds) covering various linguistic topics such as applied linguistics, pragmatics, stylistics, rhetoric and political discourse analysis. This book is supposed to be if great value for researchers and post graduate students.

The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at Kufa University published a new book, “The Code of Violence in Iraq, Four Bloody Decades’ Fiction Research”, by Iraqi scholar and academic professor “Ahmed Hamid.”The Director of the UNESCO Chair, Alaa Shatnan, stated: The production of specialized books on dialogue, pluralism and civil society, as well as the topics of peacebuilding, violence and destruction, ...

The UNESCO Chair participated in a conference on the revolution of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) held by the Holy Shrine of Imam Hussein on Monday, November 20, 2023. The chair was represented by Dr. Tahsin Fadhel Abbas, who presented a research paper on Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) as an inspiration to the brave and an inspiration ...

In collaboration with the civil society department of the Faculty of Arts at Kufa University, the UNESCO Chair organized a symposium on the International Day for Tolerance. The event was held on Sunday, November 19, 2023, and was attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, professors, and students from the Civil Society Department. At the symposium, three lectures ...

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 ...