UNESCO Chair in Inter-Cultural and Inter-Religious Relations (683), established in 2005 at the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Clayton (Australia).

Fields/Disciplines

Sociology of religion, intercultural dialogue, religious studies, political sciences.

Objectives

• The purpose of the Chair shall be to promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation in the field of sociology of religion.
• It will serve as a means of facilitating collaboration between high-level, internationally recognized researchers and teaching staff of the University and other institutions in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Japan, and the Asia and the Pacific region.

Host Institution

• Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry

Partnership

UNESCO Chairs in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations:

• UNESCO Chair in Cultural and Religious Itineraries (France)
• UNESCO Chair / Network of mutual knowledge of the religions of the Book, the spiritual traditions and the specific cultures (France)
• UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies (Israel)
• UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue Studies (Israel)
• UNESCO Chair in Sciences and Spirituality (Kazakhstan)
• UNESCO Chair for the Study of Culture and Religion (Kyrgyzstan)
• UNESCO Chair in Comparative Religious Studies (Lebanon)
• UNESCO Chair in Comparative Studies of Spiritual Traditions, their Specific Cultures and Interreligious Dialogue (Russian Federation)
• Department-UNESCO Chair in intercultural and inter-religious exchanges (Romania)
• UNESCO Chair in comparative studies of religions (Tunisia)
• UNESCO Chair in the Comparative Study of World Religions (Uzbekistan)
• UNESCO Chair in Interfaith Studies (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
• Seminari Tholoji Malaysia
• National University of Malaysia
• The Council of Churches of Malaysia and the Federation of Religions of Malaysia
• The School of Political and Social Inquiry

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Culture.

Document

Progress report 2009 (short version)

Contact

Prof. Gary Bouma, Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Faculty of Arts
UNESCO Chairholder
E-Mail address - Gary.Bouma(at)arts.monash.edu.au
Work Phone - +61-3-9905-2982
Fax - +61-3-9905-2410
Street - Box 11A
City - Clayton
Postal Code - VIC 3800
Country - Australia
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