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Read more at: Inter Faith Week 2022: in Cambridge and beyond
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Inter Faith Week 2022: in Cambridge and beyond

9 November 2022

Inter Faith Week gets under way in England, Northern Ireland and Wales this weekend. From Sunday 13 to Sunday 20 November, thousands of people will be participating in events for Inter Faith Week. Running since 2009, Inter Faith Week seeks to strengthen inter faith understanding and cooperation; highlight the contribution...

Read more at: Event report: Searching for the Sacred in South Asia

Event report: Searching for the Sacred in South Asia

12 October 2022

Last month, CIP co-sponsored postgraduates "Searching for the Sacred in South Asia". Faculty of Divinity PhD student and lead organiser Hina Khalid reports back from the symposium: “Over the two days of the conference, participants – in the online format and on the in-person day – energetically discussed and debated a wide...

Read more at: Hebrew proficiency and liberal Jewishness: new publication
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Hebrew proficiency and liberal Jewishness: new publication

5 October 2022

How do you define literacy? Young learners at a Jewish complementary school found themselves grappling with competing ideals as their teacher encouraged them to accept variation in transliteration and pronunciation, and let go of their concern to comprehend textual Hebrew. The end result was a language-learning experience...

Read more at: Ecologies of Wisdom: commemorating 20 years of Cambridge Interfaith Programme with Kalam Research & Media
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Ecologies of Wisdom: commemorating 20 years of Cambridge Interfaith Programme with Kalam Research & Media

26 September 2022

During celebrations for the 20th anniversary of Cambridge Interfaith Programme, there were many kind words from friends of the Programme. One special token came from Kalam Research and Media, a collegial thinktank directed by Dr Aref Nayed. Dr Nayed has been a consultant and key advisor since the Programme's inception...

Read more at: Cultures of continuity: Berlin conference this October
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Cultures of continuity: Berlin conference this October

26 September 2022

"Cultures of continuity: Jewish-Muslim conversations on a contested ideal" is the inaugural conference of the Forum for Jewish--Muslim theology and thought. The three-day conference takes place this October (24-26), at the Humboldt University, Berlin. It opens with a joint introduction from hosts Asher Biemann (University...

Read more at: Armenian–Turkish relations: call for research proposals
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Armenian–Turkish relations: call for research proposals

1 August 2022

Early career researchers (within 5 years of PhD degree)* are invited to submit proposals for projects on Armenian-Turkish relations with a contemporary focus. Applications across social sciences and humanities are eligible, such as political science, economics, sociology, anthropology, modern history and religious studies...

Read more at: NY Times features Moroccan Jewish archive: Saving historic songs

NY Times features Moroccan Jewish archive: Saving historic songs

22 June 2022

For 15 years, Dr Vanessa Paloma Elbaz has been recording and documenting the musical traditions of Jewish women in Morocco. As NY Times reporter Aida Alami learned, this dwindling community's musical heritage is powerfully influenced by experience of living in another land: Spain. A full-length feature on Dr Paloma Elbaz's...

Read more at: Workshop: Entangled otherings 2022
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Workshop: Entangled otherings 2022

22 June 2022

On Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 June 2022, Cambridge Interfaith Programme hosted the first workshop in a series funded by the Cambridge DAAD Research Hub: Entangled otherings: racism, solidarity, identity Entangled and disentangled otherings is a collaboration between Cambridge Interfaith Programme, the Centre for Research on...

Read more at: Podcast: German converts to Islam

Podcast: German converts to Islam

6 May 2022

Cambridge Interfaith Programme's Academic Director Professor Esra Özyürek is the guest interviewee on the latest episode of the Germany Now podcast. The interview focuses on her recent research exploring the backstories behind conversions to Islam in today’s Germany. Converts to Islam in Germany number about 100,000...

Read more at: Call for postgraduate papers: searching for the sacred in South Asia
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Call for postgraduate papers: searching for the sacred in South Asia

21 April 2022

Cambridge Interfaith Programme associate, Hina Khalid, is among the organisers for a postgraduate symposium taking place in Cambridge this autumn. The one-day event is entitled “Conversations: searching for the sacred in South Asia”. Hina and her collaborators aim to provide a platform where postgraduate students from a...

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Call for papers: Seeing Muslimness

28 March 2024

An interdisciplinary conference for scholars, researchers, and practitioners, co-convened by Madiha Noman—a PhD student in the Faculty of English and affiliate of the Cambridge Interfaith Research Forum—and Abdul Sabur Kidwai of King’s College London. Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2024.

Event report: Celebrating South Asia’s sonic spaces

18 March 2024

Earlier this month, Hina Khalid and Ankur Barua co-hosted a Mehfil— a “gathering to entertain or praise”, to extend students’ exposure to South Asian soundscapes. The event...

Exploring religion and economic development

15 March 2024

In January, Professor Sriya Iyer began work on the Social Consequences of Religion initiative, a multistrand programme from the Templeton Religion Trust. Iyer is leading...

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