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12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. I have been an intern at the Woolf Institute now fornearly a month, having returned following last year’ssummer school programme. I am an undergraduateat Brigham Young University in Salt Lake Citystudying Philosophy and

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan has always embodied for me a delightfullydelicate paradox: it is at once a month ofrenunciation and fulfilment, of stillness and activity,of turning inwards in contemplation and reachingoutwards in charity. Ramadan

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Too often interfaith dialogue focuses on our sharedground and skirts away from the contentiousconversations about what divides us. Althoughrecognising our common beliefs and sharedstandards is always a good thing, if we don’t

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Good. Friday Agreement. Signed on the 10th April 1998during Holy Week it ended, for the most part, theviolence of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. If youlook back 30 years ago, there

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Most teenagers who found themselves growing up inthe drab suburbs of South East London in the mid-1960s felt the need for escape. Skiffle music andAmerican Rock and Roll were popular. But not withme. I was captivated by the

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Powerful – Evocative – Moving. These are just someof the words used to describe the CambridgeTheological Federation’s Holocaust Memorial DayCommemoration. There is a long-held tradition withinthe CTF for the Woolf

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. The end of my time in Cambridge and as a PhDScholar at the Woolf Institute is bitter-sweet. The fouryears I spent there count among the most impactfulin my growth as a scholar. Initially, my research topicwas about religion, and

18 Aug 2023: 2023 Woolf Institute. Download the electronic copy at https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/training/healthcare. The Woolf Institute has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external

23 Mar 2023: The total number of downloads to August 2022 is 18,500. Listen to the series at: https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-reflections.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. To coin a phrase, love was in the air last week. StValentine’s Day: supermarket deals on prosecco androses; love bomb cards with their somewhatpredictable messages all over the place. But whatdoes our familiar commercial

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Over the summer I had the joy of cycling with mydaughter across the solar system. We packed oursandwiches and got on our tandem bike, starting ourjourney at the sun. Mercury, Venus, and Earth wereall within a stone’s throw,

16 Aug 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As I write this the night sky is blazing with fireworks fromthe May Ball at a neighbouring college. Cambridgecelebrates the end of the academic year in great style. Atthe Woolf we too have been celebrating, not withfireworks,

16 Aug 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. My journey to the Woolf Institute began in theory in 2017,when I was taking a course on Jewish-Christian relationsat the faculty of Religious Studies (Bursa UludağUniversity, Turkey) and Ed Kessler's book AnIntroduction to

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As part of the Faith in Mental Health project, Irecently had the opportunity to visit RamptonHospital, a high secure hospital in Retford. We wereinvited by Imam Farooq Mulla, a chaplain at thehospital and a friend of the Woolf.

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. On April 11 this year, US President Joe Bidentravelled to Belfast, Northern Ireland to mark the1998 signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.It was a momentous landmark in the history of thatconflict-ridden country. Anyone

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. On Wednesday 3rdMay I was delighted to chair apanel at the Woolf Institute exploring the role ofwomen in positions of religious authority as part of a. celebration of the 60th birthday of the Institute’sfounder, Ed Kessler.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. My experience as an Honorary PhD Scholar at theWoolf Institute was nothing short of fantastic. Istarted my PhD at SOAS, University of London, buttransferred to the University of Cambridge aftercompleting the first year of my

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As the Forgiveness and Future-building projectcontinues, one of the most fascinating and humblingoutcomes has been engagement with peopleinvolved in or affected by conflict. As an academic,you feel safe in your ivory tower.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Tomorrow (Monday 28 November) marks the launchof the Commission on the Integration of Refugees.Convened by the founder President of the WoolfInstitute, Dr Ed Kessler, this independentCommission aims to improve refugee

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Last month I presented my work at my very firstWoolf Research Afternoon. Though I was verynervous, I was also intrigued by the idea of‘academic speed-dating’, a fitting term coined by ourExecutive Director, Dr Esther-Miriam