, El-Hibri chair and executive director of Interfaith at Augsburg, has been named a senior fellow of the Oxford Interfaith Forum. Reciprocally, Director of the Oxford Interfaith Forum Thea Gomelauri will join Augsburg鈥檚 Interfaith Institute as a senior fellow this fall. This mutual fellowship is a distinct characteristic of the institutions鈥� partnership, which will focus on issues of peace, justice, intercultural and interfaith education, and furthering interreligious learning across the globe.
Gomelauri is a faculty member of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford and has extensive experience in research, teaching, and consultancy in different international, and intercultural contexts. She is a member of the Jewish-Muslim Research Network, the Bible and Religions of the Ancient Near East Collective, and the British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies.
As Augsburg鈥檚 El-Hibri chair and executive director of Interfaith Institute, Syeed serves as a national ambassador for the interfaith movement and faculty advisor for Augsburg鈥檚 Interfaith Scholars. She is a professor, expert practitioner, and public speaker in the fields of interfaith studies, mediation, conflict resolution, deliberative democracy, and social, gender, and racial equity.
鈥淭his fellowship serves as an anchor for our collaborative work of Interfaith Institute at 绿茶直播 and the Oxford Interfaith Forum,鈥� Syeed says. 鈥淲e look forward to collaborating in the United States, United Kingdom, and across the globe.鈥�