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As propagators of imaginative collaborations, the Cambridge Interfaith team are always curious to hear about new cross-sector conversations. We are therefore delighted to hear about the latest project from Dr Joseph Powell, a British Academy Research Fellow and active member of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum.Partnering with local football …

The Cambridge Interfaith Programme wishes to appoint an agile, organised, and efficient Programme Administrator with excellent interpersonal skills.The duties of this varied role will include maintaining CIP's records including partnership and research databases, serving as first-point-of-contact for enquiries, coordinating & supporting CIP-related…

We are pleased to announce publication of Material Religion 20.5, with proceedings from CIP’s 2023 conference. An online launch event will be held on 21 May at 15:00 BST.CIP hosted Materiality and the Future of Inter-Religious Encounters in September 2023. The two-day cross-disciplinary conference was convened by Dr Anastasia Badder (Cambridge) and…

Would your research benefit from time in Cambridge? The Faculty of Divinity invites applications from scholars from developing countries for the next academic year.Eligibility is determined with reference to the list of ODA recipients. Visits will be for a term (two to three months) during the academic year 2025–2026. The Faculty will pay for direc…

The Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge invites applications for two fully-funded doctoral awards in Islamic Studies for candidates wishing to commence research from 1 October 2025.  These opportunities are made possible by the generosity of the Hartwell and Sheikh Zayed Funds. The Hartwell Studentship is offered at the Overseas fee …

The opportunity to join a Summer School with the Cambridge Interfaith Programme is limited by capacity as well as other considerations. As a result, we ask potential participants to tell us a little about themselves and their interests, and what they hope to do subsequently. Among those who joined our joint programme this summer was Toqueer Quyyam,…

What does the future hold for interfaith relations? What research is needed? What knowledge do researchers and practitioners hold that might benefit each other? And what do policymakers need to know?During Inter Faith Week 2024, the Cambridge Interfaith Programme coordinated a series of cross-sector interviews to explore these questions. Motivated …

CIP Deputy Director Professor Daniel Weiss is in the USA for the 2024 annual joint meeting of the American Academy of Religion & the Society of Biblical Literature, alongside other Cambridge researchers.Among activities on the bill is a panel discussion of Weiss’s monograph: Modern Jewish Philosophy and the Politics of Divine Violence (CUP, 2023).O…

On the brink of UK Inter Faith Week—the first national celebration of inter faith commitments since the closure of the UK Inter Faith Network last April—here’s a rundown of events in Cambridge, and beyond:Monday 11 November: Launching #InterfaithFuturesWe’re cultivating conversations about Interfaith Futures in partnership with Divinity postgraduat…

Last month, Dr Anastasia Badder collaborated with Water Sensitive Cambridge CIC on the first of two community-oriented events exploring the value of water. This activity was funded by a grant from CRASSH.Dozens of Cambridge residents gathered for a day of rethinking our relations with water. This collaboration builds on previous CIP fieldwork condu…

On 15 November, Dr Anastasia Badder & Dr Daniel Moulin convened a second annual joint symposium, Learning through the practice of dialogue. Held at Homerton College, the symposium aimed to consider what practices and techniques can be used to spark dialogue about and between religions.The event incorporated a panel discussion on practices of dialog…

Ria is currently volunteering and learning about permaculture at the Bumi Langit, a permaculture community in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. She previously wrote a master’s thesis on waste management at the Center for Religion and Cross-cultural Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM). Prior to attending the CIP and LSE summer school, Ria participated in a …

Divinity Divulged, a brand new Faculty of Divinity podcast series, was launched this month. Each episode zeroes in on a research project or output through conversations with researchers and an expert guest.  Episodes will be released fortnightly in Michaelmas and Lent terms. The opening episode features Professor Esra Özyürek and Professor Daniel W…

On 2 October 2024, Dr Ankur Barua, Dr Amal Awad and Dr Hina Khalid convened a hybrid conference called A matter of resonance: Exploring the philosophy of mind in Islamic and Hindu traditions at the Faculty of Divinity, discussing the concepts of mind, body, and self in Islamic and Hindu traditions. The conference was envisioned with the hope of fos…

The Faculty of Divinity invites applications for a new part-time (0.25 FTE) Teaching Associate in the field of Jewish Studies, for a fixed term of three years from 1 January 2025.Candidates should have a doctorate in Jewish Studies and will be expected to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and examining in the field as well as to per…