Category: About CID

Happy New Year 2024

About CID

Happy New Year 2024 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. This mandarin duck is from China, but was seen in France, which makes it not only beautiful but an appropriate metaphor for the wide ranging travels of many members of the Center.

Wherever you’re from
Wherever you are
Wherever you’re going
May it be a good year
For you
And for all of us

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and over the past 14 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Casey Man Kong Lum, Associate Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

CID Quoted in Opinion Piece on Cultural Identity

About CIDNegrete, Alexcia. (13 November 2023). Opinion: College is beneficial for developing cultural identities. Daily Titan.

We knew the Key Concepts in Intercultural Dialogue get a lot of views and downloads, and are used in courses, but we don’t often see them quoted in articles or opinion pieces. Therefore we were delighted to run across this opinion piece by a student at California State University, Fullerton.

According to the Center for Intercultural Dialogue, cultural identity comes with a sense of belonging and the process of keeping up with traditions, heritage and language. Having a cultural identity isn’t just about associating yourself with ethnic groups but also gender, sexuality and religion.

This draws upon Vivian Hsueh-Hua Chen‘s description, presented as Key Concept 22: Cultural Identity.

Thanks, Alexcia – glad you found it useful!

If/when others run across similar use of any of the Center’s publications, or if you write something comparable, please let us know, and we’ll help spread the word.

Wikipedia Experts Wanted

About CIDIf you follow CID and have experience creating Wikipedia articles, please get in touch.

The Center for Intercultural Dialogue would like to locate someone who is quite familiar with creating (and perhaps moderating) Wikipedia articles. Please get in touch if you are such a person.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

CID Has Left Twitter

About CIDIf you used to follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We have left the platform, so you should follow us elsewhere.

Over the past few weeks we warned that we would be leaving Twitter. If you did not notice those posts, but have just realized that you can no longer follow us on Twitter, that’s because we did, in fact, delete our account on that platform. Please switch to another platform and follow us there. We have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, and a YouTube channel (though obviously only videos appear there, not all daily posts). In addition, a popular choice is to follow us directly on the website, by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). That gets you an email daily or weekly, your choice.

Hoping to see you on other platforms. (None of the other options currently available, such as Mastadon or Threads, seem appropriate, but if you have strong feelings about where this community should be located, do send an email about that.)

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

CID Leaving Twitter

About CIDIf you follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We are leaving the platform, so you should follow us elsewhere.

Several weeks ago we sent out a request for emails if anyone would be inconvenienced by CID leaving Twitter. In response, we only received two emails, both in favor of the move. While the ads on the site disappeared for a day, they are now back in significant numbers, 99% of them ads of no interest to us. Therefore, as of  this Friday, 28 July, we will stop posting to or following others on Twitter.

If you are one of the 753 people or organizations currently following us on Twitter, please switch to another platform and follow us there. We have a Facebook group, a LinkedIn group, and a YouTube channel (though obviously only videos appear there, not all daily posts). In addition, a popular choice is to follow us directly on the website, by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). That gets you an email daily or weekly, your choice.

Hoping to see you on other platforms. (None of the other options currently available, such as Mastadon or Threads, seem appropriate, but if you have strong feelings about where this community should be located, do send an email about that.)

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Whether to Leave Twitter

About CIDIf you follow the Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Twitter, please read! We are considering leaving the platform, and need to hear from anyone that would inconvenience.

CID has been on Twitter for a decade and currently has 657 followers there, but the promoted tweets are starting to take over our feed. The Center also has a Facebook group (2,001 members), and a LinkedIn group (612 members). It is also possible to directly follow the website as 1,442 people do now by providing your email (in the box on the right side of the page if you view the website on a computer; use the triple bar (≡) at top left if you view it on a phone). Presumably most of our followers on Twitter will be able to follow one of the other platforms.

If you would find that terribly inconvenient (because you’re not on FB or LI, or you don’t wish to receive notifications of posts via email), you need to let us know by sending an email before July 17, 2023. If leaving Twitter would cause difficulty for a sizable group, we will stay – at least for the time being (we cannot promise more). But if we do not hear an outpouring of objections, we will be leaving that platform, and asking you to follow us using any of the other options.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Happy New Year 2023

About CIDHappy New Year 2023 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing peace, happiness, and good health to all our followers in the coming year. May this be an easier year for everyone than the last several have been.

handmade tile with sun from Albuquerque NM
handmade tile with sun seen in Albuquerque NM

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and over the past 13 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Casey Man Kong Lum, Associate Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Happy New Year 2022

About CIDHappy New Year 2022 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing peace, happiness, and especially good health to all our followers in the coming year.

woods

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past 12 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Photo taken in Shelburne, Vermont, in November 2021, by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Happy New Year 2021

About CIDHappy New Year 2021 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. Wishing good health and happiness to all our followers in the coming year.

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past 11 years. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are much appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

Photo taken at the Tết Festival, the Vietnamese New Year celebration, in San Diego, January 25, 2020, by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Happy New Year 2020

About CID

Happy New Year 2020 from the Center for Intercultural Dialogue. May the light shine on all of us in the coming year.

Glasgow mosaic

Thank you to all those who have supported CID over the past year, and the past decade. Our work would not be possible without the considerable contributions of scholars and practitioners around the world. See the acknowledgments for specific names, but you know who you are. Your time and effort are appreciated.

Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz, Director
Center for Intercultural Dialogue

This is one small part of a set of mosaics at the Glasgow Central Station (UK), created by Jude Burkhauser in 1989. Photo credit: Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.