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UNESCO Chair

for Religious Pluralism and Peace

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In 2003 the UNESCO Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace has been entrusted by the Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna University to Prof Dr. Giuseppe Alberigo, director of the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies, which, since its establishment in 1953, operated by Giuseppe Dossetti, has contributed constantly to the indispensable dialogue between cultures and confessions through the formation of young researchers, with its enormous library and archive, its research, editorial, journalistic and televisual activities, in the belief that peace for future generations can be constructed through historical research and true confront. The foundation is now one of the most important research centers for religious studies in Europe. Since October 1st 2009, the UNESCO Chair for Religious Pluralism and Peace has been entrusted to Prof Dr. Alberto Melloni, successor in directing the Foundation since 2003.