UNESCO CHAIR IN COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS, THEIR SPECIFIC CULTURES AND INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

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Dimitri L. SPIVAK

Chair

Ph.D., Dr.Sc. (linguistics, psychology)

Head, Center of Basic Studies in the Realm of Culture, Russian Scientific Research Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage, Moscow, Russia.
Principal Expert, Human Brain Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg, Russia. Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Cultural Research, St.Petersburg, Russia.

Basic areas of research:
Basic issues in culture, basic issues in tthe cultural strategy of UNESCO.

Basic publications:

  • Dialogue and heritage in the cultural strategy of UNESCO // Culture and Dialogue (The Netherlands – USA), 2017, Vol.5, No.2, p.242-252; 
  • Christianity and Islam in the Context of Contemporary Culture: Perspectives of Interfaith Dialogue from Russia and the Middle East/ Eds. D.Spivak, N.Tabbara. – St.Petersburg / Beirut, 2009. – 287 p.; 
  • Metaphysics of St.Petersburg. Vol.1-3. – St.Petersburg: Aletheia, 2003-2005. – 1456 p. (in Russian); 
  • Altered States of Consciousness: Psychology and Linguistics. – St.Petersburg: Juventa Publishers; State University of St.Petersburg, 2000. – 296 p. (in Russian); 
  • Fundamental problems of cultural research / Ed. D.Spivak. Vol. 1–7. – Moscow-St.Petersburg: Novy chronograph, Eidos, Aletheia, 2008-2009. – 2990 p. (in Russian).

The Northern Caucasus Affiliation

On March 25, 2015, the Northern Caucasus affiliation of our Chair was inaugurated in the city of Derbent, basing upon the premises of the State University of Daghestan, and the Naryn-Kala historical, architectural and artistic museum.

Partners


UNESCO Chair in Comparative Religious Studies (592), established in 2002 at Saint-Joseph University, (Lebanon)

  • College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. Oregon Humanities Center
  • Center Leo Apostel (CLEA), Brussels Free University (Brussels, Belgium)
  • Center for XX Century Studies, Milwaukee University, Milwaukee (Wisconsin, USA)
  • The Elijah School for the Study of the Wisdom of the World Religions (Jerusalem, Izrael)

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