For Lent term 2021, we are continuing the Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme (CIP) Research Seminar series online. Chaired by Dr Giles Waller, these 40 minute talks will explore a wide range of inter-faith topics from from multi-disciplinary perspectives. There will be an opportunity for attendees to ask questions after each talk.
Join us by registering your interest through Eventbrite and we will send you a Zoom webinar link the day before the event.
Friday, 12 Feb 2021 at 13:30 GMT
'The Abrahamic Stranger: Jews, Muslims and the Question of Europe’
Dr Elisabeth Becker, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin
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Dr Becker has published in such venues as: the Journal of European Sociology, Ethnic & Racial Studies, the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Social Science & Medicine, the Journal of Islamic Architecture, and the Annual Review of the Sociology of Religion. She also very much identifies as a public scholar, and has written for leading publications like the Washington Post and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Dr Becker's academic profile page: https://people.ucd.ie/elisabeth.becker
Friday, 26 Feb 2021 at 14:00 GMT
‘Curating an Interfaith Pilgrimage: Visual Strategies for Interreligious Studies’
Dr Aaron Rosen, Professor of Religion and Visual Culture, Director, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts & Religion, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC
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Dr Rosen is the author of several books: Brushes with Faith (Cascade, 2019); Art and Religion in the 21st Century(Thames & Hudson, 2015; pbk 2016), named one of the best books of the year by The Times; and Imagining Jewish Art(Legenda, 2009). His edited books include: Religion and Sight (Equinox, 2020); Encounters: The Art of Interfaith Dialogue (Brepols, 2018); Visualising a Sacred City: London, Art and Religion (I.B. Tauris, 2016); and Religion and Art in the Heart of Modern Manhattan (Ashgate/Routledge, 2015; pbk 2018). He is currently working on a monograph entitled The Hospitality of Images: Modern Art and Interfaith Dialogue for Cambridge University Press.
For further details, please check out Dr Rosen's academic profile: https://www.luceartsandreligion.org/aaron-rosen