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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,. At the start of each new year, I find myself thinkingabout the past 12 months and wondering what I’ll bereflecting on next January when I look back at the. year just gone by. But with the Woolf Institute’s 25th. Anniversary

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. It seems our world is becoming an increasinglyunsettled place: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, globalrefugee numbers increasing to over 100 million,China is flexing its muscles, internally and externally,and peace between

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

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,. 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,. November is Islamophobia Awareness Month. Nowin its tenth year, the campaign was originallyestablished by a group of British organisations led byMuslim-interest charity MEND (Muslim Engagementand Development). Despite receiving

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,

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