New Film on Interfaith Dialogue

Head of affiliation of our UNESCO chair in the Northern Caucasus, Dr. G.Seidova, has served as the Scientific Consultant of a 45-minute documentary, entitled ‘Derbent: Gateway to Faith’, which has just been released. The film, which was created under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, is dedicated to traditions of interfaith dialogue and peaceful coexistence, which have existed for centuries in the city of Derbent, Southern Daghestan. Both Shiism and Sunism, as well as Orthodox Christianity, Judaism, and, retrospectively, Zoroastrianism are represented.

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.

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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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