Mr. Paolo Fontani, Director of the UNESCO Office in Baghdad, along with his accompanying delegation, visited the University of Kufa on Sunday, March 17, 2024. During the visit, he met with the University President, who provided an in-depth overview of the university’s structure and its various departments. Mr. Fontani expressed …
Read More »UNESCO Chair Participates in International Francophonie Day
Dr. Alaa Shatnan, Director of the UNESCO Chair, took part in the celebration organized by the French Department at the College of Languages at the University of Kufa on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, to mark International Francophonie Day. In his speech, Dr. Shatnan discussed the history of the establishment of …
Read More »African Delegation Visits UNESCO Chair.
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 …
Read More »The UNESCO Chair held a scientific seminar on the Mandaeans in collaboration in partnership with the College of Education and the University of Birmingham.
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 …
Read More »The UNESCO Chair participated in receiving the representative of the Vatican Pope.
Mr. Yasser Lafta Hassoun, the President of Al-Kufa University, received the representative of the Vatican Pope, Minister Plenipotentiary Mr. Zablos Anzelm, on Monday, 2/10/2023. Dr. Musab Al-Khzaai, the representative of the UNESCO Chair, participated in the meeting, which discussed enhancing mutual cooperation with the university and its specialized colleges regarding …
Read More »The UNESCO Chair participated in an international conference on freedom of opinion and coexistence.
The UNESCO chair for interreligious dialogue participated in the international conference titled “Freedom of Opinion and Coexistence,” sponsored by the Imam Hussain Foundation for Dialogue and Peace, affiliated with Imam Hussein holy shrine , on Friday, 29/9/2023, amidst broad participation from religious, cultural, and community figures from within and outside …
Read More »The Director of the UNESCO Chair participates in an international workshop on “Building and Sustaining an Internal Culture of Quality.”
On Tuesday, September 20, 2023, Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the Director of the UNESCO Chair at Al-Kufa University, took part in the international online seminar titled “Building and Sustaining an Internal Culture of Quality,” organized by the Center for Learning Innovations and Personalized Knowledge Solutions (CLICKS), under the auspices of the …
Read More »The UNESCO Chair participated in a scientific seminar on the revolution of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and its effects in the African continent on 9/9/2023.
The UNESCO Chair participated in a scientific seminar on the revolution of Imam Hussein (PBUH) and its effects in the African continent on 9/9/2023. Dr. Tahseen Fadel Abbas, the representative of the UNESCO Chair at the University of Kufa, participated in the online seminar titled “The Revolution of Imam Hussein …
Read More »A new book is released by the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue at the University of Kufa titled “Transformations of Power in the Modern Iraqi City” by Dr. Mohammed Attwan.
The director of the UNESCO Chair, Assistant Professor Dr. Alaa Shatnan, commented on the release of this book, stating, “The publication of this study comes as part of the UNESCO Chair’s efforts to disseminate academic and specialized research in civil society. The publication of specialized books in these topics is …
Read More »A Series of Activities to be conducted by the UNESCO Chair for Dialogue and the French Institute at the University of Kufa. Seminar 11, March 2021
The UNESCO Chair for Dialogue, in cooperation with the French Institute in Baghdad and the Iraqi Ministry of Culture, held a series of seminars on Islamic studies. The first workshop was titled (Arba’een Pilgrimage: from the Viewpoint of Social Sciences) and conducted on Thursday 3/11/2021. The French researcher Sabrina Mervan …
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