Workshop: Food & Faith

Food cultures are enjoying renewed attention in the fields of anthropology and religious studies. Join PhD students Peach and Reem to learn about their work on food, faith and community in Cambridge and beyond.

They will be reflecting on a project seed-funded by the Cambridge Interfaith Knowledge Hub, which combined discussion with hands-on cooking as a way to understand how people approach food as a symbol, a process and a locus of connection across difference.

This session is part of a series organised by the Cambridge Interfaith Knowledge Hub. The ticket price includes chance to continue the conversation over a light lunch buffet.

This session is part of an interactive Alumni Festival workshop series organised by the Cambridge Interfaith Knowledge Hub.

Capacity is limited and advance registration is essential. Lunch will be provided.

Background to this event

The humanities have seen a turn towards the material, sensory, and embodied aspects of religious life.  This move has been analytically and methodologically stimulating, but it has primarily focused on single religious communities.  

Meanwhile, Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum scholars have been wondering about materiality in the context of interreligious encounters, approaching these questions from various directions – including food. Join Peach and Reem to learn more about this emergent work.