Connections Newsletter

connectionsConnections is the Centre for Dialogue's biannual newsletter. The newsletter aims to inform readers of the Centre's past, present and future activities. It also attempts to engage the reader with the broader issues that set the background for the Centre's work.

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Connections Issue 5 [PDF 5.4MB]

This edition includes:

  • A feature article about the visit of H.E.Sayed Mohammed Khatami, former President of Iran (1997-2005) and pioneer of the 'Dialogue of Civilisations', to the Centre for Dialogue;
  • An opinion piece by Professor Laurence Splitter, Hong Kong Insitute of Education and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Dialogue, on the relationship between dialogue and personhood;
  • Update on the progress of the Northern Interfaith and Intercultural Network ;
  • Report on the Centre for Dialogue visit to the Middle East.

Connections Issue 4 [PDF 5.9MB]

This edition includes:

  • An opinion piece by The Honourable Michael Kirby AC CGM, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and Patron of the Centre for Dialogue, on the slow path to tolerance within religious institutions;
  • An opinion piece by Professor Hilary Charlesworth, Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the Australian National University, questioning the universality of the UN Declaration of Human Rights;
  • A feature article on post-September 11 responses to ethnic tension;
  • Announcing the Honourable Steve Bracks, former Premier of the State of Victoria, as Chair of the Centre for Dialogue.

Connections Issue 3

This edition includes:

  • An opinion article by Dr Michális S. Michael on Australia's future in the region and the world;
  • A feature article on how the conflict in Sri Lanka affects local communities;
  • Announcing the launch of the Northern Interfaith Network;
  • Announcing a new project by the Centre on evaluating the effectiveness of "values-education" in secondary schools.

Connections Issue 2

This edition includes:

  • An opinion piece by Patrick Dodson, Chairman of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (1991-1997), calling for a new national dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians;
  • An abridged version of a paper presented by Professor Joseph Camilleri at the 6th Globalisation for the Common Good Conference in Istanbul;
  • Two research articles that assess the breadth and depth of interfaith and interreligious dialogue activity in Australia and abroad;
  • An opinion piece by freelance journalist, Saeed Saeed, on how the Leadership Training Programme for Young Muslims could curb misperceptions towards the Australian-Muslim population.

Connections Issue 1

This edition includes:

  • Extract of the book Asia-Pacific Geopolitics: Hegemony Versus Human Security;
  • Examining the discussion at the Centre for Dialogue's inaugural international conference that addressed key philosophical and pragmatic issues relating to the notion of 'dialogue';
  • Two articles that highlight the topics addressed at the Asian and European conferences that form part of the Centre's Europe and Asia Between Islam and the West project

Further Information

Electronic copies of past issues can be obtained by contacting the Centre for Dialogue.