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Research Scholar Speaks at World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Azerbaijan

Speakers at the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue
Speakers at the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue
By Duke Today Staff

Darla K. Deardorff, executive director of the
Association of International Education Administrators hosted at Duke
University, spoke in April in Baku, Azerbaijan at the first World Forum on Intercultural
Dialogue. The forum was sponsored by UNESCO and other United Nations agencies, along with the Government of Azerbaijan.  

The theme was "United
through common values, enriched by cultural diversity."  Deardorff spoke on "Intercultural
understanding and cultural diversity to achieve peace and development." in a session hosted by the Foreign Affairs
Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov.
The forum was attended by foreign ministers and other government officials
from more than 70 countries around the world.  

Deardorff is an adjunct research scholar in the
Program in Education and is editor of The Sage Handbook of Intercultural
Competence (Sage, 2009).