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Cambridge Interfaith Programme

 

The Faculty of Divinity’s Religious Studies seminar (convenor: Dr Daniel Weiss) extends a wide invitation to hear Professor Paul Hedges (S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore).

About the speaker

Paul Hedges is Associate Professor in Interreligious Studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, NTU, Singapore. Previously he was Reader in Interreligious Studies at the University of Winchester, UK, and had worked for other British, Canadian, and Chinese universities before that. He has worked with a range of stakeholder groups outside academia, including the Anglican Communion Network for Interfaith Concerns (NIFCON), the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, the Babaji Yogi Sangam, the Dialogue Society, the World Congress of Faiths, and the BBC.

He is on the Editorial Board of both the Journal of Religious History and Studies in Interreligious Dialogue.  He publishes widely in interreligious studies, religious studies, and theology. Current research projects include interreligious relations in Singapore and the East and South-East Asian region, as well as interreligious and intercultural hermeneutics.

About the Jewish Studies seminar

The Cambridge Interfaith Programme is pleased to support the Faculty of Divinity’s Jewish Studies seminar series. Senior research seminars in the Faculty highlight Jewish Studies as part of the Religious Studies offer for one term each year. The convenor is Dr Daniel H. Weiss, Polonsky–Coexist Senior Lecturer in Jewish Studies.

Date: 
Tuesday, 14 May, 2024 - 14:15 to 15:45
Contact name: 
Daniel Weiss
Contact email: 
Event location: 
Faculty of Divinity, Cambridge

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