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Consultant to the Royal Commission on Sexual Abuse and Religious Organisations 2015-2017
Chair: Religions for Peace Australia http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au
More about the Speaker: Educated in Australia and Italy, Desmond Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies at RMIT University, is one of Australia's leading social researchers. In 2006, he was made an honorary fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Lenaders for his work in immigrant, cross-cultural, interfaith and international education. He currently chairs the Religions for Peace (Australia), and represents Australia on the Asian Conference of Religion and Peace (ACRP). He led Melbourne's successful bid to stage the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions, the world's largest interfaith gathering, and is now its Melbourne Program Director. A member of the Australian Partnership of Religious Organizations (APRO) and of the Victoria Police Multifaith Advisory Council, he is a Club Melbourne Ambassador as part of the “Think Melbourne, Think Victoria” strategy of the Victorian Government.
Where: Laby Theatre (L108), Physics Building, Melbourne University (located near Melbourne University's tram stop on Swanston street)
https://maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/building/192s/laby_theatre
Cost: Free
Booking: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=339119
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Religions for Peace (Victoria)
Website: http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au/2017/12/05/2018-world-interfaith-harmony-week-lecture/
A collaboration between The University of Melbourne Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria
UN World Interfaith Harmony Lecture 2018
Speaker: Emeritus Professor Desmond Cahill OAM B.A., S.T.L., M.Ed., Ph.D, F.A.C.E.L.Consultant to the Royal Commission on Sexual Abuse and Religious Organisations 2015-2017
Chair: Religions for Peace Australia http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au
More about the Speaker: Educated in Australia and Italy, Desmond Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies at RMIT University, is one of Australia's leading social researchers. In 2006, he was made an honorary fellow of the Australian Council of Educational Lenaders for his work in immigrant, cross-cultural, interfaith and international education. He currently chairs the Religions for Peace (Australia), and represents Australia on the Asian Conference of Religion and Peace (ACRP). He led Melbourne's successful bid to stage the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions, the world's largest interfaith gathering, and is now its Melbourne Program Director. A member of the Australian Partnership of Religious Organizations (APRO) and of the Victoria Police Multifaith Advisory Council, he is a Club Melbourne Ambassador as part of the “Think Melbourne, Think Victoria” strategy of the Victorian Government.
Where: Laby Theatre (L108), Physics Building, Melbourne University (located near Melbourne University's tram stop on Swanston street)
https://maps.unimelb.edu.au/parkville/building/192s/laby_theatre
Cost: Free
Booking: https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=339119
MORE:
Religions for Peace (Victoria)
Website: http://religionsforpeaceaustralia.org.au/2017/12/05/2018-world-interfaith-harmony-week-lecture/
A collaboration between The University of Melbourne Chaplaincy and Religions for Peace Victoria