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Who is recognised in Germany as entitled to speak publicly about the state's colonial, racist and antisemitic heritage?Professor Irit Dekel and Professor Esra Özyürek consider the ramifications of the disparagement of Achille Mbembe and other cases. Read their article 'Perfides Ablenkungsmanöver', published in German language in Zeit Online. 

Professor Esra Özyürek has been awarded the DAAD-Cambridge funding for a three-year-long series of workshops titled Entangled and Disentangled Otherings: Critical Perspectives on the Relationship of Antisemitism and Racism.Three planned workshops will build on a workshop organized by Center for Anti-Semitism Research in Technical University, Intern…

Professor Esra Özyürek and Dr Michal Kravel-Tovi reflect on religious gatherings in the age of coronavirus"Governments have used considerable power to restrict the freedom of their citizens as they seek to implement successful public health policy in response to the COVID—19 pandemic. One particular area of consequence is the way in which the tempo…

Public Engagement Starter Fund grant awarded to Dr Safet HadžiMuhamedović and CIP. Dr Safet HadžiMuhamedović and CIP have been awarded a Public Engagement Starter Fund grant for a project titled Shared Sacred Landscapes: Interfaith Dialogues in Cambridge. Safet will develop an exhibition of anthropological photography, a public symposium and an i…

A grant has been awarded to Dr Julia Snyder, Dr Daniel Weiss, and CIP to equip religious and interfaith leaders to address common concerns about religion, scripture, and violence.A variety of online and print resources are being developed for leaders of religious and interfaith organizations to use in training their own members to grapple with scri…

Prof Esra Özyürek has been announced as the new Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths & Shared Values & CIP Academic DirectorProfessor Esra Özyürek has accepted election to the Sultan Qaboos Professorship of Abrahamic Faiths and Shared Values from 1 October 2020.  She is joining the Faculty of Divinity from the London School of Economics, whe…

Research Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations - Prof Wendy Pullan 'Identity Museums: The Secular-Sacred Institutionalisation of Conflict Memories' Friday, 7 February 2020 1.30-3.30pm in the Lightfoot RoomYou are warmly invited to attend an Inter-Religious Relations Research Seminar (preceded by a sandwich lunch in the Selwyn Room at 1pm).Prof Wendy…

Research Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations - Dr Simone Kotva 'An Enquiry Concerning Non-Human Understanding: Crossing Species by Crossing Disciplines' with Rev Dr Tim Jenkins as Respondent Friday, 24 January 2020 1.30-3.30pm in the Lightfoot Room You are warmly invited to attend an Inter-Religious Relations Research Seminar (preceded by a sa…

Research Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations - Dr Jessica Frazier 'Doing Religious Studies with Gadamer: A Journey from Cultural Language, to Spiritual Bildung to Global Destiny' Friday, 17 January 2020 1.30-3.30pm in the Lightfoot RoomYou are warmly invited to attend the first seminar of the Inter-Religious Relations Research Seminar Series held …

Research Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations - Dr Elizabeth Fowden 'From Deucalion's Flood to Abrahamic Rain-Prayers: Approaches to Sacred Space in Athens Friday, 8 November 2019 1.30-3.30pm in the Lightfoot RoomDr Fowden uses the complex pagan, Christian, Muslim and contemporary history of the Olympieion precinct to examine ideological conflict…

Research Seminar in Inter-Religious Relations - Marietta van der Tol 'The Christian Nation in Protestant Thought: Old Wine in New Bottles?' Friday, 25 October 2019 12.30-2pm in the Lightfoot RoomThis seminar will discuss the kinship between the corpus Christianum and the Christian nation state, compare critical reflections to either from withing …

Dr Daniel Weiss & Dr Julia Snyder's research project challenging assumptions about religious texts and acts of violence is recognised at Vice-Chancellor's Research & Impact Engagement Awards 2019Representatives of CIP attended an awards ceremony recognising excellence in research, impact and engagement, hosted by the University of Cambridge's Vice …

A seminar entitled ‘Hindu Visions of Divinity: Doctrinal Vignettes for Christians – Prolegomena to a Monograph’ – Dr Ankur Barua (Lecturer in Hindu Studies, Faculty of Divinity) on 11 October 2019 Friday, 11 October 2019: 1.30 – 3.30pm in the Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity ‘Hindu Visions of Divinity: Doctrinal Vignettes for Christians – P…

Two talks hosted by CIP for the Festival of Ideas 2019 on the theme of 'change'CHANGING HEARTS & MINDS - 16 OCTOBER 2019, 7.30-9PMA talk about the range of ways in which conversion has been experienced & narrated in different religious cultures. What does it mean to turn oneself - or be turned to - God? How, historically, have individuals imagined,…

CIP Conference Competition Winner Dr Paul Michael Kurtz organises event for international scholars - 'Mosaic Law Among the Moderns: Constructions of Biblical Law in 19th Century Germany'Through the figure of Moses, this event uncovered the place of biblical law in modern Germany. International and interdisciplinary scholars examined how ancient rel…