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Read more at: Interview: Research leave in Tübingen (Daniel Weiss)
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Interview: Research leave in Tübingen (Daniel Weiss)

5 October 2023

Dr Daniel Weiss is now the longest-standing member of the CIP team, arriving in 2010 as the first Polonsky-Coexist Lecturer in Jewish Studies (now Senior Lecturer). Over the past two years, he has had three terms of research leave, spending time at the University of Tübingen as a visiting scholar, supported by a Humboldt...


Read more at: Report: Materiality and inter-religious encounter (conference)
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Report: Materiality and inter-religious encounter (conference)

1 October 2023

Over two days in September 2023, the Faculty of Divinity and Cambridge Interfaith Programme hosted the conference “ Materiality and the Future of Inter-Religious Encounters ”—convened by Dr Anastasia Badder (Cambridge) and Dr Lea Taragin-Zeller (HUJI). They reflect on the event: Our aim was to examine the vital role of...


Read more at: Event report: God and Human Speech—A Cambridge workshop

Event report: God and Human Speech—A Cambridge workshop

12 September 2023

Co-organized by Dr Daniel H. Weiss (Divinity Faculty, Cambridge), and Prof Napoleon Katsos (Linguistics Department, Cambridge), this 8 September workshop was “a resounding success”. The workshop stemmed from a Templeton Foundation-funded pilot grant, led by Dr Joanna Leidenhag at the University of Leeds, which brings...


Read more at: Report: Visiting sacred space
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Report: Visiting sacred space

3 September 2023

Tilak Parekh is a postgraduate research student in the Faculty of Divinity. His doctoral thesis focuses on the purpose, creation and impact of the Neasden Temple in northwest London—the first traditional Hindu temple built in the western world. Visiting another famous religious site this summer, he was drawn to reflect: “...


Read more at: New article: Predators are prohibited, why are ducks kosher?
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New article: Predators are prohibited, why are ducks kosher?

16 August 2023

What’s the logic behind biblical eating prohibitions? Are commandments intended to promote the consumption of vegetarian animals? How come ducks—devourers of fish, insects, and frogs—can be part of a kosher diet? Dr Daniel Weiss explores these and related questions in a new article for TheTorah.com. The article adapts...


Read more at: Religion, conflict, dialogue - a one-day symposium
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Religion, conflict, dialogue - a one-day symposium

20 June 2023

Last Thursday (June 15, 2023), CIP was pleased to host a one-day student symposium on the theme Religion Conflict Dialogue. Devised by three first-year PhD students with the Cambridge Interfaith Programme's support, the schedule was bursting at the seams with fresh research and creativity. Media and dialogue The opening...


Read more at: "A long and fruitful dialogue": Özyürek and Dekel
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"A long and fruitful dialogue": Özyürek and Dekel

12 June 2023

Responding to questions at her inaugural lecture, Professor Esra Özyürek referred briefly to the work of Dr Irit Dekel (Assistant Professor of Germanic Studies and Jewish Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington). The two academics are well-acquainted with each other’s work. In recent times, they have begun to document...


Read more at: Congratulating Don Stebbings Prize-winner Hina Khalid
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Congratulating Don Stebbings Prize-winner Hina Khalid

8 June 2023

We are delighted that Hina Khalid, a third-year PhD student and highly-committed researcher in the domain of inter-religious researchers has been recognised by the Faculty of Divinity. Hina is one of three students to be awarded the 2023 Don Stebbings Prize, as recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Faculty...


Read more at: New video: Özyürek inaugural lecture with captions
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New video: Özyürek inaugural lecture with captions

6 June 2023

On 3 May 2023, the Faculty of Divinity hosted the inaugural lecture of Professor Esra Özyürek, Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values and the Academic Director of Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Introducing the lecture, Professor Richard Rex (a historian of the English Reformation) characterised...


Read more at: Congratulating Peter Ochs, 2023 Lucas Prize recipient
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Congratulating Peter Ochs, 2023 Lucas Prize recipient

5 June 2023

Awarded by the University of Tübingen’s Faculty of Protestant Theology, the Leopold Lucas Prize honours the memory of the Jewish rabbi and scholar Dr Leopold Lucas, who died at Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943. Professor Peter Ochs has been recognised for his role in the development and dissemination of Scriptural...


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