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7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. September always feels like a new start. The newacademic year for schools and universities bringsexcitement, potential, and a little nervousness; with afour-year-old starting school for the first time, I knowthat this is true

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. As an academic, I always feel incredibly elated whena student tells me my teaching has changed the waythey think about a problem or the profound effect ourdiscussions have had on their lives. We always liketo think the Woolf

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

30 Aug 2021: Bad Influence. INSTAGRAM:. The text and illustrations may only be reproduced with prior permission of CST and the Antisemitism Policy Trust. Data analysis provided by the Woolf Institute.Published by Community Security Trust and the Antisemitism

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Spring, with its longer daylight hours, new buds on thetrees, and – with a little bit of luck – increasingly sunnyweather, is an annual reminder of new beginnings.Having weathered the hardest season of the year, wecan look to

7 Nov 2022: The Woolf Institute Annual Publication 2022/23 is now available to download.This publication is full of information about current research, teaching, publiceducation and forthcoming events.

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,

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

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, In this special week of celebration of Easter,Passover and Ramadan it seems a good momentto remind ourselves of the foundation of theInstitute and to look forward to our 25th. anniversary next year. Back in 1998 when DrEdward

9 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, This year we have the rare occasion that majorfestivals of the three Abrahamic faiths align:Easter, Passover and Ramadan. Such aconcurrence last happened in 1991 and is broughtabout by the different calendar systems

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

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Our light, airy and unusual building here at the Woolf has always lent itself to allsorts of events. In the five years since we moved in we have had concerts,comedy events, poetry recitals, dinners and drumming workshops all over

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, The Woolf Institute takes great pride in being aninterdisciplinary and collaborative institution. Whilemuch of our work focusses on the social sciences,theology and history, we also understand theimportance of the arts and

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,. 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

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Are we living through an age of crises? The language of crisis drives debate onclimate issues. The war in Ukraine is the culmination of a geopolitical crisisbetween Russia and the West. Crisis shapes our understanding of

11 Apr 2024: FAITH INMENTALHEALTHJamilla Hekmoun, Seherish Abrar. 2024. 02 Healthcare. Executive Summary. This report outlines findings from atwo-year research project conductedby the Woolf Institute. It aimed tohelp bridge the gap betweenmainstream mental

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

25 Sep 2017: 2 Valuing Diversity. INTRODUCTION. Valuing Diversity:Towards Mutual Respectand UnderstandingExploring dialogue and interfaith encounters. IntroductionValuing Diversity: Towards Mutual Respectand Understanding is an important resourcefor teachers

8 Nov 2022: In this issue we continue our occasional series of personalreflections about the Institute, its mission and what it means todifferent people. Between now and our 25th anniversary nextyear we will include the voices of many current and pastmembers of