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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,. 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

2 Nov 2022: Best wishes,. David PerryWoolf Media Consultant & Producer. The Woolf Institute Annual Publication 2022/23 is now available to download.This publication is full of information about current research, teaching, publiceducation and

1 Nov 2022: Dr Andrew Reed of Brigham Young University, Utah, reflectson the impact of the Woolf summer school and remembershis own experience of first coming to Cambridge and thethen Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations 16 years ago. Dear Woolf Friends,. In

6 Mar 2023: This week Professor Robert Tombs reflects on his own experiences of Lent when he wasyounger. Dear Woolf Friends,. Lent, which begins on Shrove Tuesday, 21 February,is a time for the recollection of important matters oflife and death in preparation

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Ramadan is coming! Ramadan is a time of the year most which Muslims eagerly look forward to. Buthow can one look forward to a month of struggle and extreme hunger? Why doMuslims indeed anticipate Ramadan with such excitement? It

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. Does interfaith work? This is a question with which the Woolf Institute, andprobably too few others, wrestle. Our Measures of Success project, completedlast year, explored the tricky topic of effectiveness and produced a

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,. The Woolf Research Days are a valuableopportunity to present the work of some of our bestyoung researchers to audiences in brief TED-styletalks. These occasions also give our students andacademics an opportunity to practise the

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends,. A few years ago, the Woolf Institute conducted a research project on trustbetween religious communities. Through our work, we recognised that buildingtrust between people requires positive, but also meaningful,

27 Oct 2022: Madingley Road I Cambridge I CB3 0UB. Tel 44 (0)1223 761984 Email enquiries@woolf.cam.ac.uk. Charity No 1069589 Company No 3540878. FAITH TRUST & RELATIONSHIPS CONFERENCE. 15 – 16 NOVEMBER 2022. TIME SCHEDULE. Tuesday 15th November. 12:00. 12:45.

7 Nov 2022: It is with great sadness that the Woolf Institute learns of the passing of HerMajesty, Queen Elizabeth II. As Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governorof the Church of England, Her Majesty took an interest in all faith communities,regularly meeting

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, ‘Coming here has changed how I see the world. It hastaught me to listen to different voices, to make friendswith people from entirely different cultures andbeliefs. It’s been awesome.’ The summer school student who told me

1 Nov 2022: Dr Andrew Reed of Brigham Young University, Utah, reflectson the impact of the Woolf summer school and remembershis own experience of first coming to Cambridge and thethen Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations 16 years ago. Dear Woolf Friends,. In

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,. “Do you know anyone who would be interested inworking as my PA?”, came the question from EdKessler. I did, and the rest, as they say, is history. I am thinking back on my journey at the WoolfInstitute. I first started

10 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, One of the things that distinguishes the Woolf Institute from other researchinstitutes is our strive to translate all our research into public education.Academic work sometimes has the reputation of being conducted in an

7 Nov 2022: Dear Woolf Friends, Over the past few weeks the Woolf Institute, baskingas it has been in the hot summer sun, has been avibrant place, busy with events and the participants inthe various programmes we organise at this time ofyear. Two of these stand

9 Nov 2022: In this issue we are starting an 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

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